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Prakash N. Pethe | |
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Military service | |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | |
Service number | IC-19847 |
Captain Prakash Pethe was an Indian Army officer who was killed in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. He was a member of the 3 Para (SF) Parachute Regiment. He passed out of the National Defence Academy. Others killed of the same batch include H K Mehta and K S Rathi. [1] While on patrol to find out the location of Pakistani defences, he was shot in the neck and succumbed to his injuries.[2] [3][4][5]
In his honour an important road in Cuffe Parade, South Mumbai was named after him.
- ^ Golden Jubilee of NDA Course, Times of India
- ^ Honour Point - Online memorial for Indian soldiers
- ^ List of those martyred in the 1971 war.
- ^ Jan-Feb 1972 issue of Marathi children’s magazine “Kishor”
- ^ “Saat Abhimanyu” book in Marathi by S G Shevade