I bet you don’t know him!
This is Ranchordas Pagi. He was directly responsible for saving thousands of Indian lives.
Ranchhod Pagi belonged to a family of nomads. He was recruited by the Indian Army. The reason?
He was an exceptional scout. He could accurately tell the number of enemy intruders, their speed and the amount of load they were carrying just by looking at footprints. He could even tell the direction in which they had gone and if they had sat on the ground.
In one of his most remarkable achievements, Ranchod Pagi traced the location of 1200 enemy soldiers hiding in the wilderness in utter darkness. This led to a decisive Indian victory.
He also helped the Indian army capture several key posts during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan.
The man would continue to serve the armed forces well past his 100th birthday.
He won several awards including the Sangram Medal, Samar Seva Star and Police Medal.
Such was the importance of his contribution that BSF honoured him by naming one of its Banaskantha outposts after him as Ranchhod Post.
Pagi passed away in 2013 at the ripe age of 112
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