India's First Officer Victoria Cross Winner - Lt Gen PS Bhagat
Salute to India's First Officer Victoria Cross Winner - Lt Gen PS Bhagat
Pantheon of Heroes | Victoria Cross Winner Lt Gen PS Bhagat - विक्टोरिया क्रॉस विजेता लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल पीएस भगत
Bhagat was born on 13 October 1918 in Gorakhpur, British India to Surendra Singh Bhagat, an executive engineer in the provincial government of the then United Provinces.
India still remembers Lt Gen PS Bhagat with pride and nostalgia sixty nine years on, an icon of courage and bravery Last act of young Indian Army Engineer Lt Gen PS Bhagat,
Who was awarded Victoria Cross (VC) in colonial India was. LIEUTENANT PS BHAGAT, VICTORIA CROSS The hearts of us Indians always have respect
In 1930, he entered the Royal Indian Military College, a military school in Dehradun, where he was an average student. In June 1937, he entered the Indian Military Academy.
As a gentleman cadet, Bhagat captained the academy tennis and squash teams. While noted by his instructors as an intelligent all-round sportsman, he was also described as a careless student.
Bhagat applied himself to his studies in his final year and was commissioned in the British Indian Army on 15 July 1939 as a Second lieutenant (2 Lt.) in the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners. He was posted to the 21 Field Company of Engineers at Pune in September, shortly after war began in Europe.
The Victoria Cross was conferred on him for his actions in the Sudan theatre during the World War II. Lieutenant General Premindra Singh Bhagat VC, PVSM (14 October 1918 – 23 May 1975) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.