Muhammad Sarwar

Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar (; 10 November 1910 – 27 July 1948) , better known as Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti, He was a military brat whose father, Raja Muhammad Hayat Khan, was an enlist in the British Indian Army, retiring at the rank of Havildar. Moving towards the new position, his passage was blocked due to barbed wire and he decided to advance to cut the wire, taking six men with him.

Family background and personal life Muhammad Sarwar's father, Raja Muhammad Hayat Khan, had served in the British Indian Army and was decorated with the British war medal for his services in World War I. Muhammad Hayat retired as a Havildar Sergeant and died on 23 November 1932. Muhammad Sarwar had three brothers and one sister. The Presidential Nishan-e-Haider citation on his grave is written in Urdu; and it reads with translation as:

Citation Battle of Pandu at Tripatra hill in Uri:

Battle of Tilpatra in Uri: When Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah declared Jihad in Kashmir and ordered Pakistan Army to participate in it. Captain Sarwar were participating in a course in GHQ's School of Signals. His unit 2 Punjab Regiment entered Kashmir to face the enemy. As soon as the course ended he persisted to take permission to participate in Jihad of Kashmir, with his unit which was granted. He was appointed as the signals officer. He offered to fight the enemy at Tilpatra hill. On 27 July 1948, he took his men with him and attacked the enemy. The enemy opened fire with machine guns, artillery and mortars. He kept on advancing. His machine gunner got killed. He took hold of his gun and attacked. When a second gunner arrived he handed over the machine gun to him. He, along with some soldiers, advanced from another side and destroyed a machine gun of the enemy and advanced There was barbed wire, which he cut himself and let the soldiers pass through it and led the assault on the enemy. During this time, a burst from the automatic machine gun of the enemy injured him. His actions in the battle of Tipatra led him to be posthumously presented with the Nishan-e-Haider.

In memory On 22 April 1968, a paintings exhibition was inaugurated in Lahore, Pakistan depicting Pakistani war heroes including the first sketched portrait of Muhammad Sarwar.

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Awards and decorations

Nishan-e-Haider (Emblem of the Lion)

1947-48 War

PosthumouslyPakistan Tamgha (Pakistan Medal)

19471939-1945 StarBurma StarWar Medal 1939-1945India Service Medal 1939–1945

Foreign decorations