’65 war hero remembered

Rasoolan Bibi, wife of Param Vir Chakra awardee Abdul Hamid, pays homage at his samadhi at Asal Uttar on Monday. Tribune photo
Gurbaxpuri
Tarn Taran, May 22
Rasoolan Bibi (80), wife of Param Vir Chakra (posthumous) awardee Abdul Hamid, the hero of 1965 Indo–Pakistan war, paid homage at his samadhi at Asal Uttar today.
She was accompanied by her sons and grandchildren. Many veterans as well as civil and military dignitaries also graced the occasion and laid wreaths at the Shaheedi Smarak. Immaculately dressed troops of Gurki Brigade presented a Guard of Honour to the martyrs.
Later, Bibi also inaugurated a medical camp on naturopathy and Yoga wherein specialist doctors from Delhi rendered valuable advice and treatment to locals and veterans. She also motivated school children to join the forces and serve the nation.
She said she was proud of her husband’s sacrifice for the nation.
Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid of 4 Grenadiers was mortally wounded in the Battle for Asal Uttar in the Khem Karan sector in 1965.
Amid artillery shelling by enemy, he turned himself into a tank-destruction element. With a 106 mm recoilless rifle (RCLR) mounted on his jeep, he camouflaged himself in the field of cotton and sugarcane. Ditching the armoured formation of the enemy, he shot down three M48 Patton tanks but was blown to bits while targeting the fourth one.