Kishan Singh Rathore
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Kishan Singh Rathore is recipient of Mahavir Chakra for bravery displayed in Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
. He is from Ghadsisar in Bikaner district
in Rajasthan
. He belonged to 1 Rajput/4 Guards unit. He retired as Colonel. His father Major Th. Deep Singh had also got an award earlier.
Col. Kishen Singh is married in the royal family of Jamnagar(Nawanagar) in Gujarat.His elder brother was the highly decorated Maj. General Shiv bux Singh.His father Major Deep Singh was the Commander of Ganga Risala popularly known as the camel army.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
The India-Pakistan War of 1947-48, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four wars fought between the two newly independent nations...
. He is from Ghadsisar in Bikaner district
Bikaner district
Bikaner District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The historic city of Bikaner is the district headquarters. Bikaner is also Division with the four district: Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.-Geography:...
in 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...
. He belonged to 1 Rajput/4 Guards unit. He retired as Colonel. His father Major Th. Deep Singh had also got an award earlier.
Col. Kishen Singh is married in the royal family of Jamnagar(Nawanagar) in Gujarat.His elder brother was the highly decorated Maj. General Shiv bux Singh.His father Major Deep Singh was the Commander of Ganga Risala popularly known as the camel army.