Honorary Captain Bana Singh, is an Indian soldier and a recipient of the nation's highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra. As a Naib Subedar in the Indian Army, he led the team that wrested cont
Singh with his Param Vir Chakra medal
Singh's bust at Param Yodha Sthal, National War Memorial, New Delhi
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was the first regiment that was raised in independent India and was formed by amalgamating various voluntary resista
Bana Singh
…and his uncles were soldiers in the Indian Army. He enlisted in the Indian Army on 6 January 1969, and began service with the 8th Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry. He was trained at the High Altitude Warfare School in Gulmarg and at another school at Sonamarg. He was promoted to the rank of Naib Subedar from…
A JAK LI soldier guarding India Gate in New Delhi with an INSAS rifle.
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry marching contingent of the 11th Battalion passes through the Rajpath during the 65th Republic Day Parade, 2014
The regiment getting its colours from the President Mr KR Narayanan