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Ramaswamy Parameshwaran

Ramaswamy Parameshwaran is a respected Indian person with Param Vir Chakra. He got this honor posthumously in 1987.

Born on September 13, 1946, Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran entered the Mahar Regiment in the Indian Army in 1972. Under the contract between Sri Lanka and India, he went to Sri Lanka in the Indian Peace Keeping Force. It is a matter of November 25, 1987, when they reached the siege at a village with their battalion, but there was nothing found in this search operation made during the night.

At the time of the withdrawal, the enemy started firing on a soldier's team by attacking a temple and they were confronted with the Tamil Tigers. In the meanwhile, Major Ramaswamy, a pillar of the enemy, took God's chest, but despite being wounded, the Major remained in the battle and continued to instruct the battalion. In this fight Major's team killed 6 militants and seized ammunition, but they received Veergati due to the chest pellet. He was given Paramveer respect for this bravery.

Military action by Ramaswamy Parameshwaran

On November 25, 1987, when Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran was returning from a search operation in late night in Sri Lanka, a group of militants attacked on his pillar. With a good presence of mind, they surrounded the militants and charged them, surprised them completely. During hand-to-hand handling, a terrorist shot him in the chest. Undisputed, Major Parmanaswaran took away the rifle from the terrorist and killed him. Being seriously injured, he continued the order and till his death, his order was inspired. Five militants were killed and three rifles and two rocket launchers were recovered and attacked.

Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

      This IPKF, i.e. Indian Peace Force, pressed the weapons of all insurgents in which it was successful, but Tamil Eelam militant organization LTTE i.e. the Tigers of Tamil Eel became a victim of this work. He completely changed his policy by not putting weapons and formed guerrilla warfare by forming suicide squads.

Operation Pawan by Ramaswamy Parameshwaran

Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran reached Sri Lanka from 8 Mahar battalions in the role of this same peace army. He had 91 infantry brigades and 54 infantry divisions, and this goal was given the name 'Operation Pawan'. The group had reached Sri Lanka on July 30, 1987, the day after the contract and Jaffna was stationed in Peninsula, as soon as he reached there he had to face the Tigers on many fronts, which could be called Maruthanamadas and Kantarodai chief. . On November 24, 1987, the battalion, led by Major Ramaswamy, got information that a cloak of arms and ammunition was thrown into a house in Kantaraii village. Capt. D.R. A team of 20 soldiers along with Sharma was dispatched to know the authenticity and facts related to this information. On this grate party, the bullet was shot from the premises of a temple near that suspect house, which caused this group to be shot. At that time the battalion of India was in Uduvil. There the team sent the information that the adjoining house is the place of Tigers and there is more than our estimate. Based on this information, the commander of Major Ramaswamy and C Company decided that the situation should be tackled in a planned manner. He accompanied the compelled patrol team to meet with Captain Sharma's team at 8:30 pm so that the suspect could be prosecuted. The whole team of Major Ramaswamy reached the house on November 25, 1987 at one and a half. There was no stir about them, except that a empty truck was standing near the house.

IPKF monument error

On August 15, 2012, R.K. Colombo reporter of Radhakrishnan, The Hindu reported a mistake of fault on IPKF transcription:

"Inscription read: IC 32 9 7F MAJ.PR Ramaswamy Parameshwaran MVC 25 November 1987 8 Maharashtra, MVC stands for the Maha Vir Chakra, the second largest army decoration in India, no one has ever paid attention to the mistake. There is no guarantee that the names and honors of 1200 soldiers written on stone were all right, since independence, only 21 Indians have been honored with the name of PVC, which was given the honor, the only Mahar Regi Ent soldier also offers India's largest military decoration awarded to the PVC. This should be active in the regiment since 1 9 41. "