Company Havildar Major Piru Singh – The Unsung War Hero of 1947 War

Piru Singh

In 1947, the newly independent states of Pakistan and India began the first of many wars over the province of Kashmir.In the summer of 1948, the AZN (the Pakistani army in Kashmir) attacked the village of Tithwal and surrounded the area with securely placed machine-gun nests. Company Havildar (Sergeant) Major Piru Singh was part of … Read more