Brigadier Hoshiar Singh OBE, Croix de Guerre,[citation needed] IOM, VSM was the commander of the Indian 62 Brigade stationed at Sela Pass.
The Bahadurgarh City Park metro station has been renamed in his honour to Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh metro station, as announced by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in Sept 2018.
[2] Singh was killed in action fighting for the Indian Army in the NEFA region in 1962 when his party was ambushed by invading Chinese soldiers while commanding the defence of the Sela Pass.
[2] By the afternoon of 23 November 1962 ( 2 days after ceasefire) Chinese troops belonging to No.2 Company of 154 Regiment (419 Unit) killed brigade commander, three officers and twenty nine other ranks while the rest were wounded or captured at Phudung near Phitang Bridge, southwest of Bomdilla.
Much later, Indian army officers returned to Phudung and cremated the courageous soldier with his eldest son performing the last rites.