Narinder Singh Sandhu
Brigadier Narinder Singh Sandhu MVC (1 September 1932 – 30 March 2018) was an Indian Army officer who was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), the second-highest Indian military decoration, for gallantry, leadership and devotion to duty during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. Sandhu was commissioned into the Indian Army Armoured Corps in 1953, and participated in the Battle of Asal Uttar during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and was mentioned in dispatches. He transferred to the Dogra Regiment in 1970, and it was for his performance as commanding officer of the 10th Battalion, Dogra Regiment during an assault on a fortified Pakistan Army position that he was awarded the MVC. He retired as a brigadier and was active in veterans' and gallantry award recipients' matters until his death of colorectal cancer in 2018. 
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Brigadier
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MVC
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Indian Army
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Maha Vir Chakra
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Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
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Indian Army Armoured Corps
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Battle of Asal Uttar
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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mentioned in dispatches
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Dogra Regiment
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commanding officer
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Pakistan Army
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colorectal cancer
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Narinder Singh Sandhu
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