MILITARY PERSONNEL

Somnath Sharma

1923 - 1947

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Somnath Sharma, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), was an Indian military officer and the first recipient of India's highest military decoration, Param Vir Chakra (PVC), which he was awarded posthumously. Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, in 1942. He served in Burma during the Arakan Campaign in World War II, for which he was mentioned in despatches. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Somnath Sharma has received more than 805,112 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Somnath Sharma is the 1,606th most popular military personnel, the 484th most popular biography from India and the 10th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Somnath Sharma ranks 1,606 out of 2,058. Before him are Hermann Boehm, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Richmond K. Turner, Alfred Saalwächter, J. E. B. Stuart, and Arrhidaeus. After him are Carlos Hathcock, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Hans Felber, Werner Teske, Yakov Smushkevich, and Polina Gelman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Somnath Sharma ranks 256. Before him are Primo Nebiolo, Marc Riboud, Rhonda Fleming, Rentarō Mikuni, Jim Marshall, and Charlie Mariano. After him are Harish-Chandra, Giulio Cabianca, James Arness, Fats Navarro, Ahti Karjalainen, and Juan Burgueño. Among people deceased in 1947, Somnath Sharma ranks 134. Before him are Emil Racoviță, Siegfried Kasche, Frances Cleveland, Elisabeth von Gutmann, Leevi Madetoja, and Martin Mutschmann. After him are Léon-Paul Fargue, Fyodor Dan, Elena Văcărescu, Urban Gad, Rudolf Noack, and Max Dessoir.

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In India

Among people born in India, Somnath Sharma ranks 484 out of 1,861. Before him are Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), Mahadev Desai (1892), Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), and Mamata Banerjee (1955). After him are Sharad Pawar (1940), Harish-Chandra (1923), Om Puri (1950), Arundhati Roy (1961), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), and Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Somnath Sharma ranks 10. Before him are Rash Behari Bose (1886), Orde Wingate (1903), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Sam Manekshaw (1914), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), and John Frost (1912). After him are William Birdwood (1865), Bakht Khan (1797), Bipin Rawat (1958), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Kenneth Anderson (1891), and Vikram Batra (1974).

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