ABDUL HAMID (The Tank Buster)
Company Quarter-Master Havildar Abdul Hamid was born on 1 July 1933, inwards Uttar Pradesh. He was enrolled inwards the four Grenadiers on 27 Dec 1954. During his Army service he earned the Sainya Seva Medal alongside Clasp J&K, the Samar Seva Medal too the Raksha Medal.
During the 1965 Indo-Pak War, four Indian Division was entrusted alongside a twofold responsibleness - capture Pak territory East of Lchhogil Canal too incorporate possible enemy onset on Kasur-Khem Karan axis. The fourth Indian Division succeeded inwards reaching Ichhogil but the powerful Pakistani offensive forced it to autumn dorsum on Asal Uttar. The four Indian Division settled hither to run across the enemy assault.
In the novel defense forcefulness invention of the Division, four Grenadiers occupied a vital expanse ahead of Chima hamlet on the Khem Karan-Bhikhiwind road. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 theater agree on this expanse was considered essential to sustain the divisional invention of defence. On September eighth night, the enemy made repeated probing attacks on Grenadiers positions but was frustrated inwards all the attempts.
In the novel defense forcefulness invention of the Division, four Grenadiers occupied a vital expanse ahead of Chima hamlet on the Khem Karan-Bhikhiwind road. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 theater agree on this expanse was considered essential to sustain the divisional invention of defence. On September eighth night, the enemy made repeated probing attacks on Grenadiers positions but was frustrated inwards all the attempts.
The nigh serious threat, however, developed when the enemy attacked alongside a regiment of Patton tanks at 0800 hours on September 10th. The onset was preceded past times intense artillery shelling thus much thus that a shell littered every yard of set down occupied past times the battalion.
By 0900 hours, the enemy tanks had penetrated the forrard companionship positions. At this critical juncture, Hamid was commanding a recoilless gun detachment. Seeing the gravity of the situation, he moved out to a flank alongside his gun mounted on a jeep. Intense enemy shelling too tank burn downward did non deter him.
By 0900 hours, the enemy tanks had penetrated the forrard companionship positions. At this critical juncture, Hamid was commanding a recoilless gun detachment. Seeing the gravity of the situation, he moved out to a flank alongside his gun mounted on a jeep. Intense enemy shelling too tank burn downward did non deter him.
From his novel position, he knocked out the leading enemy tank alongside accurate fire. Then he changed his seat too knocked out simply about other enemy tank. By this fourth dimension the enemy who had spotted his seat brought downward concentrated motorcar gun too high explosive burn downward on him.
But he kept on firing. As he fired to striking yet simply about other enemy tank, he was mortally wounded past times a high explosive shell. Throughout this action, CQMH Abdul Hamid inspired his comrades to set upwards a gallant struggle to trounce off the enemy tank assault.
But he kept on firing. As he fired to striking yet simply about other enemy tank, he was mortally wounded past times a high explosive shell. Throughout this action, CQMH Abdul Hamid inspired his comrades to set upwards a gallant struggle to trounce off the enemy tank assault.
His sustained deed of bravery too disregard for personal safety, inwards the facial expression upwards of constant enemy fire, were a shining example, non alone to his unit of measurement but too to the whole partitioning too were inwards the highest traditions of the Indian Army. Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid was honoured alongside the highest wartime gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra, posthumously.
CITATION
COMPANY QUARTERMASTER HAVILDAR ABDUL HAMID
4 GRENADIERS (NO 2639985)
At 0800 hours on 10 September 1965 Islamic Republic of Pakistan forces launched an onset alongside a regiment of Patton tanks on a vital expanse ahead of hamlet Cheema on the Bhikkiwind route inwards the Khem Karan Sector. Intense artillery shelling preceded the attack. The enemy tanks penetrated the forrard seat past times 0900 hours. Realising the grave situation, Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid who was commander of a RCL gun detachment moved out to a flanking seat alongside his gun mounted on a jeep, nether intense enemy shelling too tank fire. Taking an advantageous position, he knocked out the leading enemy tank too and then swiftly changing his position, he sent simply about other tank upwards inwards flames. By this fourth dimension the enemy tanks inwards the expanse spotted him too brought his jeep nether concentrated machine-gun too high explosive fire. Undeterred, Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid kept on firing on yet simply about other enemy tank alongside his recoilless gun. While doing so, he was mortally wounded past times an enemy high explosive shell.
Havildar Abdul Hamid’s brave activity inspired his comrades to set upwards a gallant struggle too to trounce dorsum the heavy tank laid upwards on past times the enemy. His consummate disregard for his personal security during the functioning too his sustained acts of bravery inwards the facial expression upwards of constant enemy burn downward were a shining event non alone to his unit of measurement but too to the whole partitioning too were inwards the highest traditions of the Indian Army.
source - Official Website of Indian Army
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