MP Manish Tewari pays floral tribute to martyr Lieutenant Rajiv Sandhu Mahavir Chakra
Bahadurjeet Singh/royalpatiala.in News/ Chandigarh, October 3,2025
In a solemn and poignant ceremony held at Rajiv Vihar Chandigarh, floral tributes were paid to mark the supreme sacrifice of Lieutenant Rajiv Sandhu Mahavir Chakra, who fell martyr during the Indian Peacekeeping Force operations, IPKF operations in Sri Lanka in 1988.
Speaking on the occasion, Member of Parliament from Chandigarh and former Union Minister Manish Tewari said, “Second Lieutenant Rajiv Sandhu was an alumnus of St. John’s High School, Chandigarh. He later went to DAV College, Chandigarh and post graduated from Panjab University wherein he joined the officer’s training school and right upon being commissioned into the Indian Army, He was deployed in Sri Lanka for Operation Pawan.”
H.S. Lucky, President, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, serving retired generals, brigadiers and colonels of the Indian Army, also paid their floral tributes on this occasion, which was organized by the Resident Welfare Association led by Lieutenant Colonel Sra and Lieutenant Colonel Sakhlani and his colleagues.
Among others, Col DS Sra, Col Saklani, Col Jagdish Chander, Col Gursawek Singh, Mrs SS Rana, Sarabjit Kaur (M.C), Harmohinder Singh Lucky, Surjit singh Dhillon, Sanjiv Gabha, Jagtar (Jagga) were also present on the occasion.
