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Topic: Naib Subedar


In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Independence Day gallantry awards
Naib Subedar Dharam Singh, Artillery/17 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous)
Naib Subedar Diwan Singh, 12 Garhwal Rifles (posthumous)
Naib Subedar Gopal Singh Saini, 12 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
www.rediff.com /news/2004/aug/15iday1.htm   (697 words)

  
 Sikh Guru Family Tree
Subedar Joginder Singh, despite a wound in the thigh, refused evacuation.
Subedar Joginder Singh was the commander of a platoon of the Sikh Regiment holding a defensive position at a ridge near Tongpen La in NEFA.
Naib Subedar Bana Singh volunteered to be a member of a task force constituted in June 1987 to clear an intrusion by an adversary in the Siachen Glacier area at an altitude of 21,000 feet.
www.info-sikh.com /SSPage7.html   (1468 words)

  
 Naib Subedar Bana Singh, PVC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Naib Subedar Singh volunteered to join this force.
Naib Subedar Bana Singh led his men through an extremely difficult and hazardous route.
Naib Subedar Bana Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal, for conspicuous bravery and leadership under most adverse conditions.
faculty.winthrop.edu /haynese/india/medals/PVC/PVC15.html   (187 words)

  
 Victorious Cross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Subedar’s Negi’s VC is reported to be on display at the Garhwal Rifles Centre at Lansdowne in Uttaranchal.
Subedar Khan is said to have retired from the Army before the Partition and settled down in an area that is now in Pakistan.
Naib Subedar Nand Singh, who fell on the battlefield on December 12, 1947 is the highest decorated Indian soldier.
www.sikhsangat.org /publish/printer_685.shtml   (1119 words)

  
 Subedar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subedar is a mid-level rank in the Indian Army and the Pakistan Army.
During the British Raj, they were known as Viceroy's Commissioned Officers (VCOs), but since independence they have been called Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs).
A Subedar ranks above a Naib Subedar (called a Jemadar in the British Indian Army) and below a Subedar Major.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subedar   (126 words)

  
 Read about Historical Events at www.sikh-history.com
Undeterred by the fire, Subedar Joginder Singh and his platoon continued its march forward and successfully reached the base of the spur leading to the Tiger Hill top.
Subedar Nirmal Singh, Naib Subedar Karnail Singh and Naib Subedar Ravail Singh established a firm base.
Naib Subedar Jasbir Singh, in an exemplary effort, established a Section Post at point 5620 (approx.
www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/personalities/military/kargil.html   (1465 words)

  
 Junior Commissioned Officer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another custom religiously followed is that a JCO is never addressed using just his name or rank.
The word Saheb (master), is added to as a suffix (e.g.: Subedar Saheb or <> Saheb).
It is said that even the President of India has to follow this tradition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naib_Subedar   (450 words)

  
 Service before self : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Naib Subedar Bana Singh came into his own when he volunteered to capture the post with four others, who joined him in this endeavour.
While other members of the battalion engaged the attention of Pakistani soldiers Naib Subedar Bana Singh and his team slowly climbed and clawed their way up the steep wall of ice.
Naib Subedar Bana Singh was awarded the nation’s highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra for his daring action and the post was renamed as Bana Top.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Apr/23/5922_1332688,0015002500020000.htm   (947 words)

  
 The Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In retaliatory fire, a Naib Subedar was killed while 17 personnel of the security forces including a captain were injured during the operation.
Sources said that on a prior tip about the presence of local as well as foreign al-Qaeda militants at the house of one Noor Peyao Jan, heavy contingents of the security forces were deployed around Saidgi village on the mid-night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
During the operation a Naib Subedar namely Sarwar was killed and 17 others including Captain Nadeem were injured in the return fire of the alleged miscreants.
www.nation.com.pk /daily/mar-2006/2/index2.php   (562 words)

  
 Sikh Regiment
Subedar Joginder Singh, who alongwith Lance Naik Ranjit Singh spearheaded the retaliatory fire, made the supreme sacrifice.
The quantum of fire of the enemy proved beyond doubt that it was in strength and well-fortified at the Tiger Hill.
In fact, two major attacks were repulsed in which Major Iqbal of SSG and Capt Karnal Sher of 12 NLI were killed along with 30 others.
www.punjabilok.com /misc/freedom/sikh_regiment2.htm   (1033 words)

  
 A History of Kashmiri Pandits
The new Subedar came with a strong force, captured Sharaf and put him to death along with his fifty confederates who were hanged publicly.
The orders against the Hindus were withdrawn and it was after an agonising period of a number of years that the Hindus were permitted to use a turban, to put on good clothes, to wear the Tilak, and to send their children to schools and to perform their religious ceremonies.
The Subedars refused to acknowledge the suzerainty of the Mogul overlord.
www.kashmir-information.com /Kilam/chapter9.html   (2159 words)

  
 C N Bodh
Naib Subedar C. Bodh never climbs a mountain without the beads of his rosary and a picture of the Dalai Lama in his rucksack.
His best friend and fellow mountaineer Naib Subedar Neel Chand-who many, including Bodh, regard as the best mountaineer of India, had to return barely 200 metres from the Anapurna summit when a severe storm made climbing impossible.
But the next day, when it was the turn of Bodh’s party to ascend from the base camp, the weather was calm and the climb to the summit was successful.
www.the-south-asian.com /April2005/CN_Bodh_India's_foremost_climber.htm   (883 words)

  
 DSC: Ideal Re-Employment for Ex-Servicemen
The candidates should be below 50 years of age for Naib Subedar and Subedar and below 52 years of age for Subedar Major.
The period of engagement for Sepoys is an initial term of engagement of 10 years extendable by 5 years at a time till 57 years of age, whichever is earlier.
For JCOs/NCOs it is an initial term of engagement of 5 years extendable by 5 years at a time till 57 years of age, whichever is earlier and for lateral entry Subedar Majors, an initial term of engagements of 4 years or till 57 years of age, whichever is earlier.
mod.nic.in /samachar/mar5/html/help.htm   (603 words)

  
 Frontier India - Operation Riddle: The 1965 war, 4th Battalion The Maratha Light Infantry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Naib Subedar Ashru Dham charged with guarding the track leading to the rear of the Sundra position ordered his platoon to withdraw while he manned the Light Machine Gun (LMG) to provide covering fire.
Captain Duggal, Naib Subedar Nivaruti Mane and eight Ganpats were wounded, a relatively small price to pay for this victory.
Naib Subedar Nivruti Mane a platoon commander and 8 of my men were wounded.
frontierindia.com /content/view/30/33   (5987 words)

  
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The date of appointment of all selected candidates as Naib Subedar (Religious Teachers) will be the date of final day of pre-commission training at the Institute of National Integration (INI) Pune.
All Naib Subedars in the Special List of JCOs will become eligible for paid acting promotion to the rank of Subedar/Risaldar on completion of at least 10 years service as a Religious Teachers.
Recruitment of Religious Teachers is made direct in the rank of Naib Subedar.
indianarmy.nic.in /rtg.doc   (6637 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He was honoured with the highest wartime gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra, for his outstanding role in the battle of Tithwal.
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was awarded the highest wartime gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra, posthumously.
Captain Ishar Singh was the first Sikh to receive the Victoria Cross in 1921.
www.sikh-heritage.co.uk /warriors/modernSW/modernSwar.htm   (2044 words)

  
 Naib Subedar Nand Singh, MVC, VC, Indian Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Naib Subedar Nand Singh, MVC, VC, Indian Army
On the night of 11th March 1944, a Japanese platoon infiltrated our battalion position covering the main Maungdaw-Buthi-daung road in Burma.
He was a VC of the last war and had more than lived up to the reputation of one.
www.geocities.com /siafdu/amvc13.html   (495 words)

  
 124   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The special task force constituted to eject the infiltrators by force included Naib Subedar Bana Sigh of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry.
But this did not faze the Naib Subhedar and ked his men through an extremely hazardous route.
For his leadership and action despite the difficult conditions, Naib Subedar was awarded the Paramvir Chakra.
www.prideofindia.net /124.html   (132 words)

  
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Serving combatant personnel may, if they fulfil the basic conditions, also be appointed as Naib Subedar Religious Teachers on the Special List through remusteration.
The existing substantive cadre of religious teachers is 572 in the rank of Subedar and 64 in the rank of Subedar Major.
After successful completion of pre-commission training, the fresh civilian candidates as well as remustrees will be granted commission as Naib Subedar (Religious Teachers) in the Army.
indianarmy.nic.in /mp.doc   (17994 words)

  
 Todays News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
NEW DELHI,AUGUST 15: On March 3 this year, Subedar Surinder Singh of the 3 Sikh heroically gunned down four Pakistani terrorists single-handedly, before succumbing to his injuries in a fierce encounter near the Line of Control in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
On Wednesday, Subedar Singh was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peace- time gallantry award equivalent to the Param Vir Chakra.
Like Subedar Singh, Major Jaitly and Naib Subedar Thapa have also got the award posthumously.
www.hindunet.org /News/default.php?dtstr=20020815&Formsearchresults_Page=1   (137 words)

  
 Major Chewing Rinchen, MVC(Bar), SM, Indian Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the same month, negotiating a 17,000 feet high snowclad pass under most trying conditions, he helped the capture of Lama House, a vital enemy stronghold.
In these actions, Subedar Chewang Rinchen displayed personal bravery, resourcefulness, leadership and dedication to duty of a high order for which he was awarded the MVC.
During the Indo-Pak war in December 1971, Major Chewang Rinchen of Ladakh Scouts was commander of the force assigned the task of capturing the Chalunka complex of enemy defences in the Partappur sector.
www.geocities.com /siafdu/amvc9.html   (340 words)

  
 Gallant Sikhs of Operation Vijay
Then three assault teams under Subedar Nirmal Singh, Naib Subedar Karnail Singh and Naib Subedar Ravil Singh probed towards the objective.
Among them were, Lieutenant Kanad Bhattacharya, Subedar Joginder Singh, Subedar Nirmal Singh, Naib Subedar Ravail Singh, and Naib Subedar Karnail Singh.
Major JS Rathore, Major Ravindra Singh, Lt. Pallab Choudhary, and RK Sehrawat, Subedars Kuldip Singh and Sardar a Singh, were among the 79 wounded.
www.sikhreview.org /march2001/valour2.htm   (1333 words)

  
 Rank Insignias
The ranks of Subedar Major, Subedar and Naib Subedar are used in the Infantry while the ranks of Risaldar Major, Risaldar and Naib Risaldar are used in the Armoured Corps.
An important difference between the Indian and other armies is that officers do not command platoons - Naib Subedars, who are Junior Commissioned Officers (senior NCOs in other armies) do.
Those tasks have now been taken over by the Subedar Adjutant (SA), and the Naib Subedar Quarter Master (JCO Quarter Master).
www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Ranks.html   (1105 words)

  
 The Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
QUETTA-One woman was killed and her two young children were critically injured when a rocket landed in a house of a army man in Cantonment area late Saturday night.Four rockets also landed in Cantonment and adjoining areas but caused no damage.
According to details,five rockets one after another were fired on Cantt area from western side of the provincial capital.One of them landed in the house of Naib Subedar Rahim Nawaz in Robert Market,injuring his wife and two kids.
The mother, 2-year-old-girl and one-year-old boy were rushed to hospital, but the woman succumbed to her injuries.The condition of children was stated to be precarious.
www.nation.com.pk /daily/may-2006/28/index7.php   (344 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The army said Captain Shipra Mazumdar, Captain Ashwini Pawar, cadet Tshering Ladol and trainee Dechin Lhamo scaled the 8,848-metre peak between 6.15 am and 9.39 am and became the first group from a women’s expedition to achieve the feat.
The army expedition also comprised men who summitted — Major S.S. Shekhawat, Subedar Surjeet Singh, Naib Subedar Jagat Singh, Havildar Topgey Bhutia and Commando Kaman Singh.
Army chief General Joginder Jaswant Singh, who is a mountaineer himself, had taken a personal interest in the expedition of the women.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050603/asp/nation/story_4821257.asp   (472 words)

  
 The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
New Delhi: An Indian soldier has died and four others were injured in Congo in clashes between Ugandan rebels and Congolese troops backed by UN peacekeepers, officials said here yesterday.
Indian Army officials identified the dead soldier as Naib Subedar Ram Kripal Singh, a junior commissioned officer.
They said Singh died when UN peacekeepers backing Congolese troops in operations against rebels came under fire in the restive North Kivu province in the east of Congo at about 8am Indian time Sunday.
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=December2005&file=World_News200512272473.xml   (428 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Indore: Army shooters dominated both the men’s and women’s sections, claiming all the medals at stake in various categories in the 49th National Shooting (Big Bore) Championship.
Subedar Sukhdev Singh struck gold by scoring 1088 out of 1200 in free rifle three position (300m) at the BSF’s Elite Reoti ranges.
In the free rifle prone 300m, Sepoy Vinay Kumar shot gold with 574/600, K. Mohan won the silver with 568 and Naib Subedar Om Singh claimed bronze with 566 points.
www.telegraphindia.com /1051025/asp/sports/story_5395923.asp   (120 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior....News Page
A Naib Subedar Sheikh Akbar also lost his life in the encounter while fighting bravely with the militants.
Two AK rifles, grenades and some ammunition were recovered from the scene of encounter, the sources said, adding that possibility of the militants having planned to disrupt the pilgrimage was not ruled out.
The BSF was yet to take decision as to whether the boy would be pushed again to Pakistan side or not.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03aug10/news.htm   (5286 words)

  
 PIB Press Release
A large number of Army personnel, school children and media persons had gathered to wish the team success in the adventurous mission.
Amidst cheers from the crowd, the gigantic 3,15,000 cubic feet Hot Air Balloon took off for the historic flight at 1700 hours carrying 22 fuel cylinders and 2100 kg of weight on board and with Major Kumar Bhaskar, Major Abhishek Dimri and Naib Subedar Himmat Singh Rathore as crew.
Capt Karthik MN (Signals) headed the Control Centre which functioned round the clock and the Retrieval and Chase teams were led by Lt A! man Kumar Tiwari (9 MECH INF) and Naib Subedar Gaje Singh (EME) respectively.
pib.nic.in /release/release.asp?relid=16891   (742 words)

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