Vikram Batra, Indian captain (died 1999)

Vikram Batra

Indian army officer, recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1974–1999)

Captain Vikram Batra PVC was an Indian Army officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War. On 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while fighting Pakistani troops at Point 4875 in the Kargil…