Lost leg but fought on: Wife recalls Maj Singh’s 1965 heroics

"It was exactly 60 years ago that my husband, barely 25 then, lost his leg as an enemy mine exploded during the Indo-Pak war in Kashmir," Kumari said, recalling how, despite being seriously injured, her husband had silenced the enemy guns -- an act for which he received the Vir Chakra, the country's third highest wartime gallantry award.