Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra Govt. College

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh · General · Government

Est. 1995

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About Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra Govt. College

Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra Govt. College is a government college in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, established in 1995. It is affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Campusbells lists it under General.

Vikram Batra was born on September 9, 1974 in Ghuggar village near Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, to Mr. G.L. Batra and Mrs. Jai Kamal Batra a Punjabi-Khatri Family . Batra joined the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun in 1996 in Jessore company of Manekshaw Battalion, and was commissioned in the Indian Army as a Lieutenant of the 13 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles at Sopore, in Jammu and Kashmir. He rose to the rank of Captain. Captain Vikram Batra, 13 JAK Rifles, and his Delta Company was given the task of recapturing Point 5140. Nicknamed Sher Shah ('Lion King' in Urdu/Hindi) for his unstinting courage, he decided to lead the rear, as an element of surprise would help stupefy the enemy. He and his men ascended the sheer rock-cliff, but as the group neared the top, the enemy pinned them on the face of the bare cliff with machine gun fire. Captain Batra, along with five of his men, climbed up regardless and after reaching the top, hurled two grenades at the machine gun post.

As described on the institution’s website (gcpalampur.ac.in)

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