Vikram Batra Captain Vikram Batra PVC ( 9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999 ) was an officer of the Indian Army , posthumously awarded with the Param Vir Chakra , India ' s highest and prestigious award for valour , for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War in Kashmir between India and Pakistan . Early life and career . Vikram Batra was born on 9 September 1974 in Ghuggar village near Palampur , Himachal Pradesh , to G . L . Batra and Jai Kamal Batra . He got his primary education from his mother , who herself is a teacher . He received his education up to Middle Standard at the D . A . V . Public School in Palampur and up to senior secondary stage in Central School , Palampur . After passing his 10 + 2 in 1992 from Central School Palampur , he got admitted in D . A . V . College , Chandigarh in B . Sc where he was adjudged the best N . C . C . Cadet ( Air Wing ) in two zones . Later , he was selected to join the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun in 1996 in Jessore company of Manekshaw Battalion , and was commissioned in the Indian Army as a Lieutenant of the 13 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles at Sopore , in Jammu and Kashmir . He rose to the rank of Captain . Kargil War . On 1 June 1999 , his unit proceeded to the Kargil Sector on the eruption of a war - like situation in Kargil , Drass and Batalik sub - sectors from where he was sent along with his company on the first strategic and daring operation to recapture the first peak of utmost importance - Point 5140 , which was at an altitude of 17 , 000 feet . Captain Vikram Batra , 13 JAK Rifles , and his Delta Company was given the task of recapturing Point 5140 . Nicknamed " Sher Shah " ( ' Lion King ' ) in Hindi for his courage , he decided to lead the rear , as an element of surprise would help stupefy the enemy . He and his men ascended the sheer rock - cliff , but as the group neared the top , the enemy pinned them on the face of the bare cliff with machine gun fire . Captain Batra , along with five of his men , climbed up regardless and after reaching the top , hurled two grenades at the machine gun post . He single - handedly killed three enemy soldiers in close combat . He was seriously injured during this , but insisted on regrouping his men to continue with the mission . Inspired by the courage displayed by Captain Batra , the soldiers of 13 JAK Rifles charged the enemy position and captured Point 5140 at 3 : 30 a . m . on 20 June 1999 . His company is credited with killing at least eight Pakistani soldiers and recovering a heavy machine gun . The capture of Point 5140 set in motion a string of successes , such as Point 5100 , Point 4700 , Junction Peak and Three Pimples . Along with fellow Captain Anuj Nayyar , Batra led his men to victory with the recapture of Point 4750 and Point 4875 . He attained martyrdom when he tried to rescue an injured officer during an enemy counterattack against Point 4875 in the early morning hours of 7 July 1999 . His last words were , " " Jai Mata Di . " " ( which means " Victory to the Mother Durga ! " in Punjabi ) . Param Vir Chakra . For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and leadership of the highest order in the face of the enemy , Captain Vikram Batra was awarded the Param Vir Chakra , India ' s highest military honor on 15 August 1999 , the 52nd anniversary of India ' s independence . His father Mr . G . L . Batra received the honor for his deceased son from the President of India , the late K . R . Narayanan . In film . The 2003 Hindi film " LOC Kargil " based on the entire Kargil conflict had Abhishek Bachchan . playing the role of Captain Batra . 18 Raj rif See also . Paramveer chakra