Ranchordas Pagi

Ranchordas Pagi, also known as Ranchordas Rabari, (1901–2013) worked as a scout on behalf of the Indian Army. He came from Banaskantha district[1] in Gujarat.

Battle of Kutch

The Pakistani army captured many villages in the Kutch area just before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.[2] Pagi went into the captured areas to gather information[3] from both villagers and his own relatives. This greatly assisted the Indian army.

India's Border Security Force (BSF) has named a post after Pagi, who died aged 112 in 2013. His efforts during the wars of 1965 and 1971 are said to have saved thousands of soldiers. He had been honoured by both the police and the BSF.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "1200 पाकिस्तानी सैनिकों पर भारी पड़ गया था यह हिंदुस्तानी हीरो". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. ↑ R. D. Pradhan, Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan, 1965 War, the Inside Story: Defence Minister Y.B. Chavan's Diary of India, page 23
  3. ↑ General Harbakhsh Singh, War Despatches: Indo-Pak Conflict, 1965, page 122
  4. ↑ "Ranchhod Rabari: The Grand Old Pagi". The Times of India. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
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