The martyr commanding officer Colonel Santosh Babu was also from the 16 Bihar Regiment.
New Delhi| 20 soldiers were killed in a violent clash between Indian-Chinese soldiers in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh on Monday night. The maximum of these 13 martyrs are from two different regiments of Bihar. One martyr belongs to 12 Bihar Regiment and the rest to 16 Bihar Regiment. The martyr commanding officer Colonel Santosh Babu was also from the 16 Bihar Regiment.
Martyres and Their Regiments
16 Bihar Regiment: 12 martyrs
3 Punjab Regiment: 3 Martyrs
3 Medium Regiment: 2 Martyrs
12 Bihar Regiment: 1 martyr
81 Mount Brigade Signal Company: 1 martyr
81 Field Regiment: 1 martyr
Here are the names of martyred soldiers:
1. Col B Santosh Babu- Hyderabad
2. Nb Sub Nuduram Soren- Mayurbhanj
3. Nb Sub Mandeep Singh- Patiala
4. Nb Sub Satnam Singh- Gurdaspur
5. Hav K Palani-Madurai
6. Hav Sunil Kumar-Patna
7. Hav Bipul Roy-Meerut City
8. Nk Deepak Kumar- Rewa
9. Sep Rajesh Orang-Birgham
10. Sep Kundan Kumar Ojha- Sahibganj
11. Sep Ganesh Ram-Kanker
12. Sep Chandrakanta Pradhan-Kandhamal
13. Sep Ankush-Hamirpur
14. Sep Gurbinder-Sangrur
15. Sep Gurtej Singh-Mansa
16. Sep Chandan Kumar-Bhojpur
17. Sep Kundan Kumar-Saharsa
18. Sep Aman Kumar-Samastipur
19. Sep Jai Kishore Singh-Vaishali
20. Sep Ganesh Hansda-East Singhbum
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