Rajiq Khan
Encyclopedia
Rajiq Khan was a posthumous recipient of the Vir Chakra
gallantry medal, awarded to him for showing acts of exceptional devotion to duty & courage in 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. Khan served with the 5 Grenadiers unit of the Indian army
. He was born in Bikaner in the state of Rajasthan
in India
.
Vir Chakra
Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefield. Award of the decoration carried with it the right to use Vr.C. as a postnominal abbreviation Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefield. Award of the decoration...
gallantry medal, awarded to him for showing acts of exceptional devotion to duty & courage in 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. Khan served with the 5 Grenadiers unit of the Indian army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
. He was born in Bikaner in the state of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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