Chewang Rinchen, 1931-1997

found: A legend in his own time, Chewang Rinchen, 1998:cover (Col.) p. 20 (b. 11/11/1931)

found: Wikipedia, viewed on August 14, 2023(Colonel Chewang Rinchen MVC & Bar, SM; also know as Kalon Tsewang Rigdzin; born 1931; died 1997; was a highly decorated officer in the Indian Army from the Union territory of Ladakh; he was the youngest ever recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest Indian gallantry decoration, for his role in the defence of Ladakh in the First Kashmir War; received the Maha Vir Chakra for a second time after Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, awarded a Sena Medal for gallantry in the 1962 India-China War; born in the village of Sumur in Nubra; joined the Nubra Guards in 1948 and served in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 alongside Indian Army units; retired from active service with effect from 1 May 1980, on 1 October 1983, he was re-employed and assigned to command 246 Transit Camp with the local rank of lieutenant-colonel, while serving with the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles; finally retired as a full colonel in 1984) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewang_Rinchen#External_links