Kulwant Singh Pannu

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Lt Col Kulwant Singh Pannu (Punjabi: ਕੁਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੰਨੂ) was an officer of the Indian Army and a recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra. Lt Col Pannu is most famous for having led the 2nd Paras in the famous Tangail Airdrop to capture the Poongli Bridge over the River Jamuna on 11 December 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation war. The battalion was airdropped near Tangail (now in Bangladesh) and tasked to cut off the 93 Brigade of Pakistani Army which was retreating from the north to defend Dacca and its approaches. For his conspicuous gallantry and leadership, Lt Col Pannu was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra.^[1]^[2]

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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

History

Conflict

Leaders

India	Indira Gandhi Sam Manekshaw P.C. Lal K.P. Candeth J.S. Aurora Gopal Gurunath Bewoor JFR Jacob Sagat Singh T.N. Raina Sartaj Singh Kuldip Singh Chandpuri Kulwant Singh Pannu

Pakistan	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Yahya Khan Abdul Hamid Khan A.A.K. Niazi Mohammad Sharif A.O. Mitha Gul Hassan Khan Rao Farman Ali Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Tikka Khan Syed Mohmmad Ahsan Mitty Masud Nurul Amin

Bangladesh	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tajuddin Ahmed Muhammad Mansur Ali A.H.M. Qamaruzzaman Abu Taher

Highest
awards

Param Vir Chakra	L/Nk. Albert Ekka^† Fl. Off. N.J.S. Sekhon^† 2nd Lt. Arun Khetarpal^† Maj. Hoshiar Singh

Nishan-E-Haider	Maj. Muhammad Akram^† Plt. Off. Rashid Minhas^† Maj. Shabbir Sharif^† J/Swr. Muhammad Hussain^† L/Nk. Muhammad Mahfuz^†

Bir Sreshtho	Flt. Lt. Matiur Rahman^†

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Name	Pannu, Kulwant Singh
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