MAJOR SHABBIR SHARIF SHAHEED INTERESTING STORIES OF WAR

MAJOR SHABBIR SHARIF SHAHEED HAND TO HAND FIGHT WITH MAJ NARAYAN SINGH IN 1971 WAR

As Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed(NH) had already captured Gurmukhra bridge despite of all the efforts made by the indians they were unable to recapture it.

A company commander from the 4 Jat Regiment ,

Major Narayan Singh,had sworn before going 

on this attack that he would either retake the bridge, or would never return.Narayan Singh 

was also interested in defeating Shabbir Sharif, as for the last two days he had been 

hearing from his own men that the Pakistani side had a very tough commander with them 

(something which Singh could not afford to have if he was to keep the morale of his men 

high). While the battle was going on, Narayan Singh, with a few men, came very close to 

Shabbir's position. "Where is Shabbir Sharif?" he called out, "If he has the courage, he 

should come out right now and face me like a man." Shabbir Sharif, being as hot headed as 

Singh, left his position and jumped in front of him upon the call. Perhaps Narayan Singh 

could not make out that it was Shabbir Sharif, as it was very dark, and he lobbed a grenade 

in his direction. The grenade exploded a few feet away from Shabbir, and his shirt caught 

fire. A few Pakistani soldiers also came out and tried to put out the fire, as Shabbir himself 

was only obsessed with Narayan Singh's call. Seeing the Pakistani soldiers coming out, 

some of the Indians accompanying Singh were about to open fire when Singh stopped 

them. "No firing," he said, "This is a man-to-man fight." Shabbir too, for his part, told his 

men to step back. The fire on his shirt had been extinguished. Both the Indian and 

Pakistani soldiers stepped back, but at the same time never took their guns off each other, 

or their fingers off the triggers. A hand to hand combat followed between Sharif and Singh. 

The soldiers in the direct vicinity were standing close by as armed spectators. The rest of 

the soldiers, on the ridge, were at the same time involved in the fierce battle that was taking place due to the Indian attack. Singh had his sten gun in his hand, and Shabbir held his 

wrist to prevent him from firing. After a short struggle, Shabbir managed to throw Singh on 

the ground and put his knee on his chest. Taking the sten gun from his hand, he emptied it 

in Singh's chest. While the Pakistani soldiers came to Sharif to check whether he was 

alright, those accompanying Singh disappeared in the darkness. The attack subsided yet 

again in an Indian retreat, although this was done after testing Shabbir's men to their fullest 

of capabilities. During this attack, there were 3 killed and 11 injured on the Pakistan side, 

while there were 19 killed, 45 injured, and 34 taken as POWs on the Indian side. 9 Indian 

tanks were also destroyed in this attack by the Pakistani artillery shelling and anti tank guns 

(2 or 3 of these tanks were rendered useless for they got stuck in the land before they were 

taken out). Later, it was revealed that Major Narayan Singh was given Vir Chakra by India, a

medal that is equivalent to the Pakistani Sitara-e-Jurrat, for his performance on the 

battlefield in 1971.

This is how are heroes fought in war salute to our legendary 

hero and lets share this with every Pakistani to let them know

about their great heroes.


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