Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, March 21Brigadier JPS Randhawa (retd), who was decorated with the Vir Chakra for gallantry during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, passed away here today at the age of 90. In the 1971 war, his battalion had been deployed in the Western Sector, when on December 12, his defensive position was attacked by the enemy with heavy artillery support. Born in Amritsar in 1927, he was commissioned into the Army in 1952 and belonged to the Eighth Gorkha Rifles. He mustered and led the battalion’s commando platoon in a surprise counter attack that turned the tide of the battle and routed the attacking force, according to his citation. He was also a recipient of the Sena Medal.
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