Colonel (then Captain) Sanjeev Singh Jamwal is an Indian Army officer and Kargil War veteran. He is awarded the Vir Chakra for his gallant services for his actions on Kargil War. During the Kargil War he succeeded to recapture point 5140 along with Captain Vikram Batra. He was a captain during the war and now he is Colonel, and commanding an Army Service Corps battalion near Amritsar in Punjab.[2][3][4]
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 Sanjeev Jamwal Official Portrait | |
| Birth name | Sanjeev Singh Jamwal |
| Nickname(s) | Jimmy |
| Born | 2 August 1974 Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service/ |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1997 – present |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Service number | IC-57027W [1] |
| Unit | 13 JAK Rifles Indian Army Service Corps |
| Battles/wars | Kargil War (1999) |
| Awards |  Vir Chakra |
| Alma mater | Sainik School, Sujanpur Tira |
| Relations | Kehar Singh Jamwal (father) Malka Jamwal (mother) |
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References
edit- ^ Sawant, Gaurav C. (4 October 2008). Dateline Kargil: A Correspondent's Nine-week Account from the Battlefront - Google Books. Macmillan India. ISBN 9780333934081. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "COLONEL (THEN CAPTAIN) SANJEEV SINGH" (PDF). Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
- ^ Ludra, Kuldip Singh (8 September 2008). The Kargil Strike: A Study of the Failure of Indian Strategic Thought - Kuldip Singh Ludra- Google Books. T.K.S. Ludra. ISBN 9788190121897. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Sanjeev Jamwal — A gallant Dogra". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 January 2019.