Kargil Chowk
Template:Infobox Military Memorial
Kargil Chowk is a War memorial. It was established in year 2000, at the North-East corner of Gandhi Maidan, Patna.[1] It is dedicated to the soldiers from Bihar & Jharkhand who had sacrificed their lives in the Kargil War in 1999.[2]
List engraved names on Kargil ChowkEdit
Following are the martyrs whose names are engraved on Kargil Chowk war memorial.[3]
- Major Chandrabhushan Divedi
- General Digambar Dixit, Palamu
- General Prabhakar Kumar Singh, Bhagalpur
- Nayak Ganesh Prasad Yadav, Patna
- Lance Naik Rambachan Rai, Vaishali
- Lance Naik Vidyanand Singh, Bhojpur
- Naik Bishuni Rai, Saran
- Naik Subedar Nageshwar Mahato, Ranchi
- Naik Neeraj Kumar, Lakhisarai
- Naik Sunil Kumar Singh, Muzaffarpur
- Havaldar Ratan Kumar Singh, Bhagalpur
- Sepoy Hardeo Prasad Singh, Nalanda
- Sepoy Rambhu Singh, Siwan
- Sepoy Arvind Kumar Pandey, Poorvi Champaran
- Sepoy Pramod Kumar, Poorvi Champaran
- Sepoy Arvind Kumar Pandey, Poorvi Champaran
- Sepoy Raman Kumar Jha, Saharsa
- Sepoy Harikrishna Ram, Siwan
In popular cultureEdit
Of late Kargil Chowk has witnessed several candle light marches by the general public to pay homage, to protest and to demand justice.[4][5][6]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Diktat to mend auto manners". Telegraphindia.com. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Kargil Chowk". Go4patna.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Landmarks". Patna.bih.nic.in. 22 March 1912. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Candle Light March in support of Irom Sharmila at Kargil Chowk". e-pao.net. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ↑ "About Kargil Chowk". ftd.travel. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ↑ "Candle Light March in Patna in honour of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's memory". lockerdome.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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