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Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, PVC (13 September 1946, Mumbai – 25 November 1987, Sri Lanka) was an Indian military officer who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, for his bravery during the Sri Lankan Civil War.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Bombay State, India, Indian Army, Indian Peace Keeping Force, Maha Vir Chakra, Mahar Regiment, Major (rank), Mumbai, Officer (armed forces), Operation Pawan, Param Vir Chakra, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Civil War.

  2. Military personnel from Mumbai
  3. Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra

Bombay State

Bombay State was a large Indian state created in 1950 from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Indian Peace Keeping Force

Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990.

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Maha Vir Chakra

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.

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Mahar Regiment

The Mahar Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

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Major (rank)

Major is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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Operation Pawan

Operation Pawan (कार्यवाही पवन Kãryvãhi Pavan, lit. "Operation Wind") was the code name assigned to the operation by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to take control of Jaffna from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), better known as the Tamil Tigers, in late 1987 to enforce the disarmament of the LTTE as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.

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Param Vir Chakra

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. Ramaswamy Parameshwaran and Param Vir Chakra are Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Sri Lankan Civil War

The Sri Lankan Civil War (śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr) was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009.

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See also

Military personnel from Mumbai

Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramaswamy_Parameshwaran

Also known as Ramaswamy Parameswaran, Ramaswamy Parmeshwaran.