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On 23 May 1948, the Indian Army captured Tithwal from Pakistan troops, but the Pakistanis quickly launched a counter-attack to recapture the area. The Indian troops, unable to withstand the attack, withdrew from their positions to the Tithwal ridge, preparing to regain their positions at the right moment. | On 23 May 1948, the Indian Army captured Tithwal from Pakistan troops, but the Pakistanis quickly launched a counter-attack to recapture the area. The Indian troops, unable to withstand the attack, withdrew from their positions to the Tithwal ridge, preparing to regain their positions at the right moment. | ||
[[File:Karam Singh 2000 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Singh 2000 on a stamp of Bharat]] | |||
As the battle at Tithwal continued for months, the Pakistanis grew desperate and launched a massive attack on 13 October, hoping to drive the Indians from their positions. Their primary objective was to capture the Richhmar Gali, located south of Tithwal, and the Nastachur Pass, east of Tithwal. During the fierce battle on the night of 13 October at Richhmar Gali, Lance Naik Singh was commanding a 1 SIKH forward post. | As the battle at Tithwal continued for months, the Pakistanis grew desperate and launched a massive attack on 13 October, hoping to drive the Indians from their positions. Their primary objective was to capture the Richhmar Gali, located south of Tithwal, and the Nastachur Pass, east of Tithwal. During the fierce battle on the night of 13 October at Richhmar Gali, Lance Naik Singh was commanding a 1 SIKH forward post. | ||
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=== Other honours === | === Other honours === | ||
In the 1980s, the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a Government of India enterprise under the aegis of the Ministry of Shipping, named fifteen of its crude oil tankers in honour of the PVC recipients. The tanker MT ''Lance Naik Karam Singh, PVC'' was delivered to SCI on 30 July 1984, and served for 25 years before being phased out. The government also built a memorial in his honour at the District Administrative Complex in Sangrur. | In the 1980s, the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a Government of India enterprise under the aegis of the Ministry of Shipping, named fifteen of its crude oil tankers in honour of the PVC recipients. The tanker MT ''Lance Naik Karam Singh, PVC'' was delivered to SCI on 30 July 1984, and served for 25 years before being phased out. The government also built a memorial in his honour at the District Administrative Complex in Sangrur. | ||
[[File:162497331738LNk-Karam-Singh.jpg|center|thumb|950x950px|Singh's statue at ''Param Yodha Sthal'', National War Memorial, New Delhi]] | |||
== '''श्री करम सिंह''', PVC == | == '''श्री करम सिंह''', PVC == | ||