Major M Sarvanan (SS - 36288) 1 Bihar Regiment Vir Chakra (Posthumous)

Major Mariappan Saravanan of the Bihar Regiment laid down his life in a hand to hand combat with Pakistani intruders in Batalik on May 29 1999. Leading a group of 30 men on a difficult mission on the Jubar ridge, at 14,000 feet, he managed to close in to the enemy. On reaching Point 4268, Maj Saravanan went ahead of the patrol and engaged the enemy in a long gun-battle. It was after a fierce battle that he and 10 soldiers fell prey to the enemy's bullets.