Captain Vikram Batra's father demands stories of war heroes be included in school syllabus

Palampur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 7 : GL Batra, father of Captain Vikram Batra, well known for his heroic actions during the Kargil War in 1999 has demanded to include stories of war heroes in schools' syllabus.

GL Batra making an appeal to the government said that it was a long desire of his family and other people as well to get Vikram's story included in the school syllabus so that the young generation can get to know about the sacrifices made by these war heroes and they can draw inspiration from them.

"People forget the things with the passage of time but I believe that captain Vikram Batra is such a personality that people still remember him. It was a long-time desire of our family and I have been repeatedly saying in media that war heroes like Captain Vikram Batra are known worldwide and whatever he had done in Kargil was outstanding. I got phone calls from Pakistan also and they told me to describe the life of Captain Batra but I refused. I wish that our governments should add the stories of our war heroes in schools' syllabus so that the younger generation and future generations may get inspiration...," said GL Batra.

July 7, marks the death anniversary of Captain Vikram Batra who was attached to the 13th battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles.

On July 7, 1999, during the intense operations to capture Point 4875, also known as "Point 5140," Batra and his team faced heavy enemy fire. Undeterred by the grave danger, he fearlessly led his troops from the front and successfully seized the strategically important peak.

Kargil War was one of the toughest wars fought in the most inhospitable conditions, both due to its geographical and climatic conditions. The enemy was at a higher elevation after having captured the peaks.

For exhibiting an act of conspicuous gallantry, inspiring leadership, indomitable courage and supreme sacrifice, he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra (Posthumous).

Vikram has evoked such fear in the hearts of the enemy that he was often called as 'Shershaah' in the intercepted messages of the Pakistan army.

Recently the much-loved war movie based on the life of Captain Vikram Batra, titled "Shershaah" also has been released.