Captain Vikram Batra Birth Anniversary: Know About His Military Career

Vikram Batra joined the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun, in June 1996 in the Manekshaw Battalion.

He graduated from the IMA on 6 December 1997 and was commissioned as a lieutenant into the Indian Army.

After commissioning, he was sent to Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh for regimental training.

His first posting at Sopore in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir

In mid-March 1998, he was sent to the Infantry School at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh

After the course and being awarded alpha grading, he joined his battalion in Sopore

In January 1999, Batra was sent on a Commando Course at Belgaum, Karnataka.

He proceeded to Shahjahanpur, UP, after completing its counter-insurgency operations tenure in Kashmir

Beginning his service as a lieutenant, he rose to the rank of Captain