Indian Army

Brigadier Mohammad Usman (1912–1949) was a distinguished Indian Army officer who chose to serve India after the 1947 Partition. He commanded the 50th Parachute Brigade in the First Kashmir War and was killed at Tithwal in 1949. Awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, he is remembered as the Hero of Naushera.

Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid (1 July 1933 – 10 September 1965) of 4 Grenadiers was an Indian soldier who destroyed several Pakistani M48 Patton tanks using a jeep-mounted recoilless gun during the Battle of Asal Uttar in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War. He was killed in action on 10 September 1965 and was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime gallantry decoration.