Dinesh Chandra Bhandary (4 August 1934 – 20 January 2021) was a

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in the

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who was awarded the Vir Chakra, The third highest military decoration in India for the services rendered by him during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He originally hailed from an aristocratic

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family of ''Kolnadu Pademane'' of Mulki, India.

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1934 births 2021 deaths Indian Air Force personnel Recipients of the Vir Chakra {{India-mil-bio-stub