# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/piru-singh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:33.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/piru-singh"
name: "Piru Singh"
slug: "piru-singh"
description: "Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat was an Indian Army non-commissioned officer, awarded the Param Vir Chakra (PVC) posthumously, India's highest military decoration for gallantry. Born serving British Raj, later Singh enrolled in the British Indian Army on 20 May 1936, and was assigned to the 1st Punjab Regiment. Between 1940 and 1945, he served on the North-West Frontier and as an instructor, before deploying to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. After independence, he took part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, serving with the Indian Army's 6th Rajputana Rifles. During the battle, Singh was part of the leading section of a company that was assigned to capture a Pakistani post at Tithwal, in Jammu and Kashmir. Soon after their attack was launched, the company suffered heavy casualties. In time, Singh successfully occupied a Pakistani medium machine-gun post. But, by that time, the entire company lay dead or wounded. Singh was left alone to achieve the objective. He moved out and lobbed grenades at the next enemy post. Before moving to another trench, he received a mortal bullet wound to the head."
tagline: "Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1918-1948)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Piru_Singh_PVC.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1918-05-20"
deathDate: "1948-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.585516178736519
  historical:           8.939494666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump