MILITARY PERSONNEL

Somnath Sharma

1923 - 1947

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Somnath Sharma, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), was an Indian military officer and the first recipient of India's highest military decoration, Param Vir Chakra (PVC), which he was awarded posthumously. Sharma was commissioned into the 4th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, in 1942. He served in Burma during the Arakan Campaign in World War II, for which he was mentioned in despatches. Fighting in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948, Somnath Sharma was killed in action on 3 November 1947 while repulsing Pakistani infiltrators near Srinagar Airport. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Somnath Sharma is the 1,808th most popular military personnel (down from 1,607th in 2019), the 680th most popular biography from India (down from 484th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Somnath Sharma ranks 1,808 out of 2,058. Before him are Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Zhanna Yorkina, Luigi Capello, Mizuno Tadakuni, Friedrich von Scholtz, and Andy Green. After him are Jalil Zandi, Aris Velouchiotis, Oliver Hazard Perry, Tolmides, Gilad Shalit, and Duke Alexander of Oldenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Somnath Sharma ranks 332. Before him are Atilio Cremaschi, N. T. Rama Rao, Jorge Daponte, Ivor Bueb, Jim Marshall, and Jean Stapleton. After him are Gösta Löfgren, Oskar Fischer, Latifa al-Zayyat, Hedy Schlunegger, Otar Korkia, and Mother Angelica. Among people deceased in 1947, Somnath Sharma ranks 180. Before him are Riichi Yokomitsu, Carrie Chapman Catt, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Rosalia Zemlyachka, Nikolai Chebotaryov, and Grantley Goulding. After him are August Blom, Anna von Mildenburg, Manuel Machado, Joseph Barcroft, Frank Heller, and Kálmán Tihanyi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Somnath Sharma ranks 680 out of 1,861. Before him are Wasim Sajjad (1941), N. T. Rama Rao (1923), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Uttam Kumar (1926), Atul Kulkarni (1965), and Celina Jaitly (1981). After him are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Madhavi (1962), N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (1983), and Shyamala Gopalan (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Somnath Sharma ranks 12. Before him are Rash Behari Bose (1886), Orde Wingate (1903), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), John Frost (1912), William Birdwood (1865), and Padma Bandopadhyay (1944). After him are Sam Manekshaw (1914), Bakht Khan (1797), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Bipin Rawat (1958), Vikram Batra (1974), and Avani Chaturvedi (1993).

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