© Indian Armed Forces Portal: © IC 57620 P Major Devender Pal Singh, 7th Battalion, The Dogra Regiment, Retired.

An officer of the Indian Army, IC 57620 P Major Devender Pal Singh, 7th Battalion, The Dogra Regiment, Retired; became a battle casualty of Indo-Pak War- Operation Vijay, 1999 while leading a platoon of 28 men and defending their position at the LOC. He survived to tell his tale.

Recently, my article on his heroic tale was published in a National Magazine detailed below:

Maj DP Singh: International Iconic Runner.

Fauji India: The United Voice of Veterans and Sainiks,

Vol I - Issue 2, Mumbai,

January 2015, p.p 22-24.

Published on January 1^st, 2015.

Yesterday February 16^th2015, I received an email from Lieutenant Colonel Siva Kumar Thammaiah, 4^th Battalion, The Dogra Regiment, Retired; with a soft copy and the following message attached:

Hi Sagat,

Well-written article. On 13 July 1999, DP was my company officer and I was present when he was brought across the Munawar Tawi

Thanks and with Regards,

Siva Kumar Thammaiah,

Registrar,

R V COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

He forwarded my article after receiving an email with the following text:

Dear FM-zone Members, India.

What an inspiration to start off the week!!! With a wonderful article or message.

We all should be proud, Major DP Singh is our FM-zone member too.

-Sunil V.

I am sharing the article for public review with due permission from Fauji India. Very soon, you will be able to access all the previous magazines online. Do keep a look out for the same.

Fauji India, members of the Indian Defence Services and citizens like me are very proud and inspired by the example set by IC 57620 P Major Devender Pal Singh, 7th Battalion, The Dogra Regiment, Retired. We thank him for his sacrifices for the country and pray that: may he continue to run and achieve greater milestones in life!