Sunday, 24 January 2021

LATE CAPT RN_GUPTA, VrC

  CAPT RN GUPTA, VIR CHAKRA (POSTHUMOUS)

By 
Brig Mohinder Nath Mahajan, Veteran

RN VrC

Capt Ravender Nath Gupta was born in Varanasi on 20 Dec 1945. He did Senior Cambridge from Oak Groves School Mussoorie in 1960,

where his mother was the Principal. He did his Inter Science from Ewing Christian College Allahabad in 1962 and soon thereafter joined 28th NDA Course, Fox Squadron at National Defence Academy Khadakvasla in July 1962, where I had also joined a few days earlier. His Father (Late) Shri JW Gupta was an Officer with Indian Railways. He had two younger brothers, Virender who joined Indian Navy (through NDA) is settled in USA and the youngest joined IMA