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-Prem Ramchandani - Famous Sindhi - Society
Sindhis in Air Force: Prem Ramchandani
This
is customary tradition of Sindhi community
that individuals never hesitate to scarify
self for the community and nation. This trend
was introduced to youth by
Hemu Kalani during the dying days of
Birtish rule in the country and after
independence many young Sindhis like K. L.
Malkani, Haresh Masand , Captain
Muralidhar Kourhani and many others serving in
Indian armed forces have scarify their lives
for safe guarding India during the wars with
Pakistan and China. Jewel of these scarifying
souls was the Prem Ramchandani.
Prem Ramchandani was
born in Sindh on 19th October in the
year 1941 and was just seven year to
suffer the pains of partition and transaction
as the family shifted to Bombay [Mumbai] in
the year 1948. During the college education at
Jai Hind college he decided to join Air force
of India. He passed the entrance and after
completing the college education was sent to
famous Jodhpur air force college for training
and completed his training at Hyderabad
[Andhra Pradesh] and joined Indian Air force
as the fighter pilot.
Prem was
commissioned as the flying officer on the 22nd
June 1963 and got posting with the 3 squadron
"Cobras" which have motto "Lakshya
Vedh" [destroy the target with precision].
He was given service No. 7442 and charge of
air craft "Mystere". His courage, brave
action and intelligence soon made him popular
and trust worthy with fellow pilots and
officials.
In the 1965 war with
Pakistan he was assigned task of keeping
the Karachi under the air raids of Indian
force. Amritsar was the base airport for his
activities. In the four days between 18th to
22nd September he completed nine attacks and
returned successfully back to base camp.
Unfortunately after the tenth attacked his
plane trapped in the rage of firing by ground
forces of Pakistan and as a result his plane
got damaged and encircled with flames of fire.
Prem was with option of pressing the eject
button to save the life but as this brave
sindhi son was not willing to respire last on
enemy land so kept on flying and jumped only
after the plane was about to reach on Amritsar
airport.
His blood shaded
body was taken to Amritsar Military Hospital.
Doctors tried hard for saving the physical
life for this great fighting nationalist soul
but on the 26th September 1965 death
emerge as the winner. His body was taken to
Mumbai and 27th September Agani sanskar was
done in the traditional Hindu way with due
national honor.