Hoshiar Singh Dahiya

Hoshiar Singh Dahiya was born in Sisana village, Sonipat district, Haryana to Choudhary Hira Singh in a Jat family of Dahiya clan. After his schooling and one year's study at the Jat College, Rohtak, he joined the Army. He was commissioned in The Grenadiers Regiment of the Indian Army on 30 June 1963, and was promoted lieutenant on 30 June 1965. His first posting was in NEFA. In the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, he saw some action in the Rajasthan sector, for which he was mentioned in despatches. He was promoted to captain on 30 June 1969. ==Param Vir Chakra Citation==

The Param Vir Chakra citation on the Official Indian Army Website reads as follows: ==Later Career==

Singh was promoted to substantive major on 30 June 1976, subsequently serving for two years as an instructor at the Officers Training School, Madras (now Chennai). In 1981 he was posted as an Instructor at the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 8 April 1983, he eventually rose to command of his battalion. Having reached retirement age for his rank, Singh retired from the army on 31 May 1988 with the honorary rank of colonel. ==Retirement and Death==

Dahiya settled in Jaipur after retirement, but frequently visited his village of Sisana and successfully encouraged many residents to join the armed forces. He died from a cardiac arrest on 6 December 1998, aged 62, and was cremated with full military honors at Jaipur. He was survived by three sons, two of whom followed their father into the army as commissioned officers in the Grenadiers, with one joining the 3rd Grenadiers. == In popular culture ==

, New Delhi Varun Dhawan played the role of Hoshiar Singh in the Hindi film Border 2, a sequel to the 1997 film Border. Mohanlal reprised Major Hoshiar Singh's character as Major Sahadevan in the 2017 Malayalam film, 1971: Beyond Borders. Mangal Dhillon was cast as Major Hoshiar Singh in the tele-serial Param Vir Chakra aired on Doordarshan in the 1980s ==See also==