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Kulwant Singh Pannu, a decorated officer of the Indian Army, was bron on 6th March 1932. He was initially commissioned as an officer in the 3 Gorkha Rifles in 1952, and joined the Parachute Regiment in 1957 after completing the paratrooper officers’ course. He became a role model officer, when he led 2 Para in the famous Tangail Airdrop to capture the Poongli Bridge over the River Jamuna on 11 December 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The battalion was airdropped near Tangail (now in Bangladesh) and tasked to cut off the 93 Brigade of Pakistani Armywhich was retreating from the north to defend Dhaka and its approaches. For this brave act, lieutenant col. S. Kulwant Singh Pannu was honored with Maha Vir Chakra on 11th December 1971. The Bravery of the great role model as mentioned in the Citation is a great source of inspiration for all. It reads “the task involved cutting enemy routes of withdrawal and preventing his build-up at Tangail. This also involved the capture of an enemy position on a vital bridge at Poongli. The drop of the battalion was widely dispersed and Lieutenant Colonel Pannu had to move from one location