Ranchordas Pagi
Ranchordas Pagi (Born: Ranchhod Rabari) (1901–2013) worked as a scout on behalf of the Indian Army. His story is featured in a 2021 film Bhuj: The Pride of India where his character of an Indian Army Scout and Research and Analysis Wing, R&AW agent is played by Sanjay Dutt. Early life Pagi was born in a family of Pathapur Gathras or Pithapur village (now Pakistan), a village near India-Pakistan Border. He migrated to India after Partition of India in 1947. Pagi Pagi (title), Pagi means 'guide', the person who shows the way in the desert. Ranchoddas, the man in the picture, was affectionately called 'Pagi' by General Sam Manekshaw. Career Ranchoddas Pagi's life changed when, aged 58, he was appointed the police guide by the Banaskantha Superintendent of Police, Vanraj Singh Jhala. He was recruited by the Indian Army as a scout. The Pakistani army captured many villages in the Kutch district, Kutch area just before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Pagi went into the capt ...
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