This Letter To India is From a Proud Father of a Kargil Martyr

On Captain Vijayant Thapar’s birth anniversary, a letter from his father.

A proud father, Col VN Thapar salutes his brave son.

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Col VN Thapar is the father of Captain Vijayant Thapar. The brave soldier, who was leading a Rajputana Rifles regiment, laid down his life in an attack on Tololing peak on 29 June 1999, during the Kargil War. He was only 22 years old.

Capt Thapar wrote his last letter to his parents. And now, his proud father has written a letter to India.

(This article was first published 27 July 2016 and is being reposted from The Quint’s archives to mark the birth anniversary of Captain Vijayant Thapar.