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	Havildar Jassa Singh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Havildar Singh was a tall man with a jolly disposition.
		Havildar Singh effectively engaged the enemy by ensuring proper fire control and boosting the morale of his men.
		The latter raised his sten gun to fire at Havildar Singh, but the Havildar rose quickly, parried the sten gun and battered the surprised Pakistani JCO to death with the butt of his rifle.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /HEROISM/Jassa.html (519 words)

	rediff.com: Slain peacekeeper's remains returned to Himachal
		The Last Post was sounded for Havildar Kant in the presence of a large number of his colleagues and several senior Army officers at the Delhi Cantonment.
		Havildar Kant sustained a splinter injury on July 16 at Kuiva, a few kilometres from Daru, in the eastern part of Sierra Leone, where the captive 223 Indian soldiers had just been released.
		Havildar Kant was part of the group that began moving from Daru to Kailahun on July 16.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/jul/24josy.htm (418 words)

	Mahavir Chakra Havildar Sarup Singh : Gateway to Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In 1962, during the Indo China war, th 14 Jammu Kashmir Militia was deployed in the Ladakh sector.
		Havildar Sarup Singhwas the second in command at the post at Bhujang.
		For his act of courage and and supreme gallantary Havildar Swaroop Singh was posthumously honoured with the Mahavir Chakra.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /warriors/sarupsingh.htm (114 words)

	Havildar - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Havildar was the equivalent rank to Sergeant in the British Indian Army, next above Naik, and is still used in the modern Indian Army.
		Havildars may also hold appointments, based on seniority and merit, for which they receive additional appointment pay.
		Above this is the Company Havildar Major (CHM) who was the most senior non-commissioned officer in a company (equivalent to a Company Sergeant Major).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Havildar (294 words)

	:: Magar Studies Center - Havildar Gaje Ghale :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Havildar Gaje Ghale was in command of one platoon: he had never been under fire before and the platoon consisted of young soldiers.
		Havildar Gaje Ghale dominated the fight by his outstanding example of dauntless courage and superb leadership.
		Havildar Gaje Ghale then held and consolidated this hard won position under heavy fire and it was not until the consolidation was well in hand that he went, refusing help, to the Regimental Aid Post, when ordered to do so by an officer.
	www.magarstudiescenter.org /bravest4.php (365 words)

	War veterans, families lament forgotten promises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Meena Devi (48), wife of Havildar Ramesh Chand was in tears, while narrating her husband's role in fighting the enemy.
		A mother of two children Jagmohan Singh and Virbhadra Singh, the widow said that the state government had not fulfilled its promise of entering the mutation of land in her name that was given to her by the state government in view of her husband's bravery in fighting the enemy.
		Havildar Lekh Raj, the war veteran of Sialkot sector said that state government had done nothing for those who had fought the enemy, while safeguarding the borders of the nation but had done lots for those who had looted the country.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19981210/34451294.html (663 words)

	BANGLADESH: A man commits suicide after being tortured by the Chhutipur camp police
		Hossain Ali who is a Havildar (a non-commissioned police officer), went to the house of rickshaw puller Asmat Ali.
		Havildar Hossain accused Asmat of cultivating marijuana in his house.
		Havildar Hossain then allegedly asked Asmat to pay 10,000 Taka (USD 150) as a bribe and threatened that he would be prosecuted under drug dealing laws if he failed to pay the money.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1906 (2017 words)

	The Hindu : Havildar dismmissal quashed
		However, the Judge clarified that the judgment would not preclude the Army from holding another court martial in the matter in accordance with law and to consider appropriate sentence in case the court martial held that the charges against the petitioner had been proved.
		The petitioner, Havildar S.K. Sharma, posted in the Army Education Corps (AEC), in his complaint to GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, had said that Lt. Col.
		However, the havildar was charged with making a false allegation knowing fully well that it was a false one.
	www.hindu.com /2002/02/12/stories/2002021205060300.htm (504 words)

	tribuneindia...Chandigarh News
		Havildar Sudesh Kumar is at present convalescing at the Command Hospital following injuries suffered during the retrieval of bodies from Point 4812 on July 8.
		Mr Sharma, who broke down many times while talking to the Havildar, was told by the latter that “ Captain Sahib was a brave man who not only inspired his men but also led from the front.
		To this, the havildar replied that as the jawan manning the gun had died, it was taken over by the Captain who was only a few feet away.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jul25/cth1.htm (4601 words)

	UMRAO SINGH VC
		As a havildar (sergeant) Umrao Singh was the only non-comissioned officer of either the Royal Artillery or the Indian Artillery to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the Second World War.
		In the Kaladan Valley, Burma on 15 / 16 December 1944, Havildar Umrao Singh was in charge of one gun in an advanced section of his battery when it was subjected to heavy fire from 75 mm guns and mortars for one and a half hours prior to being attacked by two Companies of Japanese.
		When the attack came he so inspired his gun detachment by his personal example and encouragement to fight and defend their gun that they were able to beat off the attack with losses to the enemy.
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /bbumraos.htm (544 words)

	Havildar Parkash Singh, VC, Indian Airforce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		On 19th January, three carriers were crippled by an enemy anti-tank gun in the same area and lay on the open beach, covered by enemy anti-tank and machine gun fire.
		Havildar Parkash Singh went out in his own carrier and, with complete disregard for his personal safety, rescued the twin crews together with weapons from all the carriers.
		Havildar Parkash Singh's gallant action was an inspiration to all ranks, both British and Indian.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/vic25.html (156 words)

	Havildar Chuna Ram, MVC, Indian Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In June 1948 a company of 2 Rajputana Rifles was ordered to dislodge the enemy from the hills overlooking the Rajouri-Thana Mandi road, in Kashmir.
		Havildar Chuna Ram, commander of the reserve platoon of the comapny was asked to silence the guns on the spur.
		Havildar Chuna Ram was awarded Mahavir Chakra posthumously for gallantry and leadership of a very high order.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/amvc68.html (126 words)

	Havildar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Havildar was the equivalent rank to Sergeant in the British Indian Army, next above Naik, and is still used in the modern Indian Army and Pakistan Army.
		Like a British sergeant, a Havildar wears three rank chevrons.
		Above this appointment there were the appointments of Regimental Quartermaster Havildar (RQMH) (Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant) and Regimental Havildar Major (RHM) (Regimental Sergeant Major).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Havildar (231 words)

	TSR Havildar Plays Treacherous Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Manned by a havildar, two naiks, two wireless operators, ten riflemen and a cook, the TSR camp at Shermoon Tilla is responsible for guarding a key repeater station in the BSNL microwave communication system.
		On September 21, the camp incharge havildar Rahit Mia illegally sheltered inside the camp five unidentified tribal youth as his guests, allegedly overriding the objection of his subordinates in the camp.
		Later, the havildar and the five outsiders picked up all the arms and ammunition, shot to death the wireless operator and the only rifleman on security duty, and also picked up the wireless machines.
	pd.cpim.org /2003/1005/10052003_tripura_tsr.htm (741 words)

	Battle of Saragarhi
		Havildar Singh and his men knew well that the post would fall, because a handful of men in that make-shift fort of stones and mud walls with a wooden door could not stand the onslaught of thousands of tribesmen.
		One of the Havildar Singh's men, who was seriously wounded and was profusely bleeding, had taken charge of the guardroom.
		Havildar Ishar Singh and his men, undaunted by the hopeless situation they were in, fought back with grim determination.
	www.sikhiwiki.org /index.php?title=Battle_of_Saragarhi (5612 words)

	Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Realising the grave situation, Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid who was commander of a RCL gun detachment moved out to a flanking position with his gun mounted on a jeep, under intense enemy shelling and tank fire.
		Havildar Abdul Hamid’s brave action inspired his comrades to put up a gallant fight and to beat back the heavy tank assault by the enemy.
		His complete disregard for his personal safety during the operation and his sustained acts of bravery in the face of constant enemy fire were a shining example not only to his unit but also to the whole division and were in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Company_Quarter_Master_Havildar_Abdul_Hamid (845 words)

	Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid was born on 1 July 1933, in Uttar Pradesh.
		His sustained act of bravery and disregard for personal safety, in the face of constant enemy fire, were a shining example, not only to his unit but to the whole division and were in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.
		Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid was honoured with the highest wartime gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra, posthumously.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /HEROISM/Hamid.html (432 words)

	Mahavir Chakra Citations : Gateway to Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		There were heavy casualities on Indian side during an attack on Chabutura hill in Northern Kashmir, in the first half of 1948.
		Havildar Fateh Singh was ordered by his commanding officer to help those of the wounded who were lying in the open, to safety.
		When the havildar moved out of cover, a bullet hit him in the hand.He threw himself down and lay there for a while.When he began to move forward again another bullet hit him in the arm.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /warriors/havfatehsingh.html (170 words)

	Colonial Games: Safari to the Psgheti, Page 4
		Havildar Humna orders his men forward to take on Weisenheimer and the loader, but the fight has been knocked out of them, and they immediately surrender.
		Frau Eisenschleim hands Wilhelm a freshly loaded rifle as he curses and prods the elephant from the howdah, but the beast is lost without his mahout, and refuses to budge.
		He does not hear the deafening roar as he is hurled backward and spun around with a sledgehammer impact to his shoulder and face, but half-rising from the ground, he sees Wilhelm's elephant sink to its left knee and then topple slowly sideways.
	zeitcom.com /majgen/894psgheti4.html (933 words)

	Havildar Fateh Singh, MVC, Indian Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		When the havildar moved out of cover, a bullet hit him in the hand.
		Then though one of his arms was numbed with pain and he was bleeding profusely from his wounds, he helped four wounded Indian soldiers to safety and retreived a number of weapons from the dead.
		Havildar Fateh Singh was awarded the Mahavir Chakra for conspicious gallantry.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/amvc65.html (170 words)

	Gaje Ghale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was 20 years old, and a Havildar in the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		During the period 24/27 May 1943 in the Chin Hills, Burma (now Myanmar), Havildar Gaje Ghale was in charge of a platoon of young soldiers engaged in attacking a strong Japanese position.
		Casualties among the platoon commanders had been so heavy that Gaje was made an acting havildar in command of a platoon of D Company and led it in the third assault.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaje_Ghale (992 words)

	News Headings
		Both bodies were taken to their respective villages in a big motorcade and from there taken to the cremation ground for the final rites.
		The mortal remains of Havildar Kashmir Singh were also consigned to flames this morning at Lagdevi Khud amid slogans of "Shaheed Kashmir Singh, amar rahe" and "Pakistan murdabad".
		BILASPUR: The mortal remains of Havildar Raj Kumar of 22 Grenadiers, the fourth hero of Kargil’s Operation Vijay from this district were consigned to flames at his village, Masdhan, and Morsinghi panchayat near Kutheda, 44 km from here on Wednesday morning.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jul17/head6.htm (1913 words)

	Defenceindia : Param Vir Chakra : COMPANY HAVILDAR MAJOR PIRU SINGH
		Soon he promoted to the rank of Havildar and sustained to this post till 1945.
		He was very near to the third trench when a bullet hit him on his head.
		Soon an explosion took place because his hand was full of grenade and Havildar major Piru Singh laid to the rest for ever.
	www.defenceindia.com /defenceind/cmp_hvl_mjr_piru.html (598 words)

	Company Havildar Major Piru Singh--Param Vir Chakra
		During this battle, Company Havildar Major Piru Singh was with the leading section of the company, more than half of which was mowed down by the devastating fire of the enemy.
		He rushed forward to deal with the enemy medium machine gun post which was playing havoc with his troops.
		Tarawati, 75-year old mother of Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, "for this sacrifice made in the service of the Motherland, and it is our prayer that this may give you some peace and solace." He was honoured with the highest war-time gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra.
	www.kashmir-information.com /Heroes/Piru.html (619 words)

	At Howli Thana - In Black and White - Rudyard Kipling, Book, etext
		An evil came to the Thana—to Ram Baksh, the Havildar, and Maula Baksh, and Juggut Ram, and Bhim Singh, and Suruj Bul.
		We of the Thana, perceiving quickly what was in the mind of the Havildar, and greatly fearing that the service would be lost, made haste to take the kid into the inner room, and attended to the words of the Havildar.
		These things being made, I returned to the Thana, and the goat was slain, and certain portions of the walls were flened with fire, and each man dipped his clothes a little into the blood of the goat.
	whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au /words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/BlackWhite/howlithana.html (1665 words)

	Company Havildar Major Piru Singh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, was born on 20 May 1918 in Rajasthan.
		He was enrolled in the 6 Rajputana Rifles on 20 May 1936.
		Tarawati, 75-year old mother of Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, "for this sacrifice made in the service of the Motherland, and it is our prayer that this may give you some peace and solace." Company Havildar Major Piru Singh was honoured with the highest war-time gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra, posthumously.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /HEROISM/Piru.html (615 words)

	Chapter HANSALERI <i>to</i> HAVILDAR of H by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
		Chapter HANSALERI to HAVILDAR of H by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
		1696.—“…the havildar of St. Thomé and Pulecat.”—Wheeler, i.
		1824.—“Curreem Musseeh was, I believe, a havildar in the Company’s army, and his sword and sash were still hung up, with a not unpleasing vanity, over the desk where he now presided as catechist.”—Heber, i.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/260/1275/20032/3.html (278 words)

	Three more armymen arrested for ISI links
		Barring a retired major, the others were junior commissioned and non-commissioned officers.
		The crackdown began with the arrest of havildar Chedi Prasad Lal, posted in a sensitive wing of an army establishment in Shimla.
		Sheikh's interrogation led to the arrest of havildar Hari Singh, who was recently posted from the command headquarters here to Jalandhar.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0900/115.html (247 words)

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