Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
Military Person
1943 – 1971
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Who was Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon?
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, PVC was an officer of the Indian Air Force. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a PAF air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He is the only member of the Indian Air Force to be so honoured.
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- Born
- Jul 17, 1943
Ludhiana - Nationality
- India
- Lived in
- Ludhiana
- Died
- Dec 14, 1971
Srinagar
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on July 23, 2013
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