By way of PTI
NEW DELHI/ JODHPUR: Bhairon Singh Rathore, a BSF veteran of the 1971 India-Pakistan battle whose bravery at Rajasthan’s Longewala put up was once portrayed by way of actor Suniel Shetty within the Bollywood film ‘Border’, died in Jodhpur on Monday.
He was once 81.
“The braveheart took his final breath at AIIMS, Jodhpur, these days. DG BSF and all ranks condole the passing of Naik (retd) Bhairon Singh, Sena Medal, the hero of the Longewala combat right through the 1971 battle. BSF salutes his intrepid bravery, braveness and determination in opposition to his accountability,” the drive stated in a tweet.
High Minister Narendra Modi and Union House Minister Amit Shah expressed grief over his loss of life.
“Naik (retd) Bhairon Singh Ji might be remembered for his carrier to our country. He confirmed nice braveness at a the most important level in our country’s historical past. Saddened by way of his passing away. My ideas are along with his circle of relatives on this hour of disappointment. Om Shanti,” Modi tweeted.
Shah, in his Tweet, remembered his assembly with the battle hero right through his seek advice from to Jaisalmer in December final yr, pronouncing the “story of his bravery will stay motivating the longer term generations.”
Rathore’s son Sawai Singh informed PTI on Saturday that his father was once admitted to the All India Institute of Scientific Sciences (AIIMS) at Jodhpur on December 14, two days earlier than the 51st anniversary of the battle, after his well being deteriorated and his limbs were given affected in what gave the look of a paralysis.
“Docs informed us that my father perhaps suffered a mind stroke. He was once out and in of ICU over the previous few days,” Singh stated.
The Rathore circle of relatives lives in Solankiatala village, about 100 km from Jodhpur.
A BSF spokesperson stated Bhairon Singh Rathore’s frame has been taken to a coaching centre of the drive in Jodhpur the place a wreath laying rite might be hung on Tuesday and then the cremation might be carried out in his village with complete army honours.
Relaxation in Energy Naik Bhairon Singh Ji. Heartfelt condolences to the circle of relatives https://t.co/5A531HeouG
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) December 19, 2022
Rathore was once deployed on the Longewala put up within the Thar wasteland of Jaisalmer, commanding a small BSF unit of six to seven team of workers that was once accompanied by way of a 120 males corporate of the Military’s 23 Punjab regiment.
It was once the bravery of those males that decimated an assaulting Pakistani brigade and tank regiment at this location on December 5, 1971.
He won the Sena Medal in 1972 for his gallant motion.
Posted with the 14th BSF battalion right through the battle, Bhairon Singh Rathore retired from carrier as a Naik in 1987.
BSF data in regards to the Longewala combat state, “When probably the most 23 Punjab boys was once killed, Lance Naik Bhairon Singh took his gentle device gun and inflicted heavy casualties at the advancing enemy. It was once best their braveness and resolution to do or die that received the day and Lance Naik Bhairon Singh become a super inspiration to his different comrades at the put up,” professional data state.
Actor Suniel Shetty, who essayed Bhairon Singh Rathore’s bravery within the 1997 film ‘Border’, paid tributes on Twitter.
“Relaxation in energy Naik Bhairon Singh Ji. Heartfelt condolences to the circle of relatives,” he tweeted.
The battle veteran, right through his previous interplay with journalists, stated he has watched the film the place sure issues about Longewala have been proven as it should be, just like the Military taking up their put up within the run-up to the battle and he in conjunction with his males taking the then Military commanders Captain Dharamveer Singh (position performed by way of actor Akshaye Khanna) and Primary Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (performed by way of Sunny Deol) to turn the realm right through a two-day patrol.
He had stated it was once Captain Dharamveer, despatched for a reconnaissance of the ahead space, who relayed over the wi-fi data of the advancing Pakistani tank and foot columns to his commanders again on the Longewala put up.
Rathore had additionally showed that once Pakistan introduced heavy artillery within the space, to hide the reverberating sound of the enemy’s advancing tank regiment, he had rushed within the home of a reluctant native to fetch the holy Quran in order that they may go away the battle zone.
He, on the other hand, stated he were given married a yr after the 1971 battle and no longer as proven within the film the place his personality (Shetty) rushed to the border in an instant after his marriage ceremony.
The retired soldier stated he and his males posted at Longewala had immense religion in ‘Tanot Mata’ whose temple is with regards to the put up in Jaisalmer and has additionally been depicted within the battle movie.
Rathore endured to inform the story of guts, glory and braveness undertaken by way of the warriors in certainly one of India’s largest army victories for 51 years, as towards his reel model getting killed in motion.
NEW DELHI/ JODHPUR: Bhairon Singh Rathore, a BSF veteran of the 1971 India-Pakistan battle whose bravery at Rajasthan’s Longewala put up was once portrayed by way of actor Suniel Shetty within the Bollywood film ‘Border’, died in Jodhpur on Monday.
He was once 81.
“The braveheart took his final breath at AIIMS, Jodhpur, these days. DG BSF and all ranks condole the passing of Naik (retd) Bhairon Singh, Sena Medal, the hero of the Longewala combat right through the 1971 battle. BSF salutes his intrepid bravery, braveness and determination in opposition to his accountability,” the drive stated in a tweet.
High Minister Narendra Modi and Union House Minister Amit Shah expressed grief over his loss of life.
“Naik (retd) Bhairon Singh Ji might be remembered for his carrier to our country. He confirmed nice braveness at a the most important level in our country’s historical past. Saddened by way of his passing away. My ideas are along with his circle of relatives on this hour of disappointment. Om Shanti,” Modi tweeted.
Shah, in his Tweet, remembered his assembly with the battle hero right through his seek advice from to Jaisalmer in December final yr, pronouncing the “story of his bravery will stay motivating the longer term generations.”
Rathore’s son Sawai Singh informed PTI on Saturday that his father was once admitted to the All India Institute of Scientific Sciences (AIIMS) at Jodhpur on December 14, two days earlier than the 51st anniversary of the battle, after his well being deteriorated and his limbs were given affected in what gave the look of a paralysis.
“Docs informed us that my father perhaps suffered a mind stroke. He was once out and in of ICU over the previous few days,” Singh stated.
The Rathore circle of relatives lives in Solankiatala village, about 100 km from Jodhpur.
A BSF spokesperson stated Bhairon Singh Rathore’s frame has been taken to a coaching centre of the drive in Jodhpur the place a wreath laying rite might be hung on Tuesday and then the cremation might be carried out in his village with complete army honours.
Relaxation in Energy Naik Bhairon Singh Ji. Heartfelt condolences to the circle of relatives https://t.co/5A531HeouG
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) December 19, 2022
Rathore was once deployed on the Longewala put up within the Thar wasteland of Jaisalmer, commanding a small BSF unit of six to seven team of workers that was once accompanied by way of a 120 males corporate of the Military’s 23 Punjab regiment.
It was once the bravery of those males that decimated an assaulting Pakistani brigade and tank regiment at this location on December 5, 1971.
He won the Sena Medal in 1972 for his gallant motion.
Posted with the 14th BSF battalion right through the battle, Bhairon Singh Rathore retired from carrier as a Naik in 1987.
BSF data in regards to the Longewala combat state, “When probably the most 23 Punjab boys was once killed, Lance Naik Bhairon Singh took his gentle device gun and inflicted heavy casualties at the advancing enemy. It was once best their braveness and resolution to do or die that received the day and Lance Naik Bhairon Singh become a super inspiration to his different comrades at the put up,” professional data state.
Actor Suniel Shetty, who essayed Bhairon Singh Rathore’s bravery within the 1997 film ‘Border’, paid tributes on Twitter.
“Relaxation in energy Naik Bhairon Singh Ji. Heartfelt condolences to the circle of relatives,” he tweeted.
The battle veteran, right through his previous interplay with journalists, stated he has watched the film the place sure issues about Longewala have been proven as it should be, just like the Military taking up their put up within the run-up to the battle and he in conjunction with his males taking the then Military commanders Captain Dharamveer Singh (position performed by way of actor Akshaye Khanna) and Primary Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (performed by way of Sunny Deol) to turn the realm right through a two-day patrol.
He had stated it was once Captain Dharamveer, despatched for a reconnaissance of the ahead space, who relayed over the wi-fi data of the advancing Pakistani tank and foot columns to his commanders again on the Longewala put up.
Rathore had additionally showed that once Pakistan introduced heavy artillery within the space, to hide the reverberating sound of the enemy’s advancing tank regiment, he had rushed within the home of a reluctant native to fetch the holy Quran in order that they may go away the battle zone.
He, on the other hand, stated he were given married a yr after the 1971 battle and no longer as proven within the film the place his personality (Shetty) rushed to the border in an instant after his marriage ceremony.
The retired soldier stated he and his males posted at Longewala had immense religion in ‘Tanot Mata’ whose temple is with regards to the put up in Jaisalmer and has additionally been depicted within the battle movie.
Rathore endured to inform the story of guts, glory and braveness undertaken by way of the warriors in certainly one of India’s largest army victories for 51 years, as towards his reel model getting killed in motion.