dullahapur ghazipur the act of destroying singlehandedly more than halfadozen patton tanks in the 1965 indiapakistan war at the battlefield of asal uttar by company quarter master havaldar abdul hamid who was awarded the param vir chakra posthumously not only inspired his descendants to don the olive green uniform it continues to make youth in ups ghazipur aspire for a career in defence two of the four sons of abdul hamid joined the army and one of them even got to be in his fathers regiment and battalion4 grenadiers one of hamids grandsons shiraz is preparing for the entrance exam for admission to national defence academy khadakwasla and along with his friends indulges in a number of exercises to keep physically and medically fit sharing his dreams of being a part of the defence fraternity shiraz said i have been hearing heroic exploits of my grandfathers role in the 1965 indopak war and want to emulate him class xi student shiraz apart from focusing on academics sharpens his reasoning logical abilities and general awareness for the exams excitement to join the army was evident in nephew of shiraz 5yearold jaiz alam who pointed at the portrait of abdul hamid in their drawing room and said i want to wield the gun like himticket booking clerk at varanasi railway station hamids youngest son junaid alam said i tried to join the army but was told there was no vacancy so i joined the postal department in late 1980s and subsequently the railways in 1998 of the four sons of abdul hamid two joined the army including zainul hasan eme and talat mehmood 4 grenadiers my eldest brother zainul hasan retired a few years back while talats stint with the army was short said junaid adding that ali hasan immediately elder to him is working in one of the ordnance factories family members of the asal uttar martyr were also of the view that if army established a recruitment centre in dhamupur it will motivate more youngsters to join the army i first read about fatherinlaw in textbooks if abdul hamid had inspired hundreds of youngsters to join the army after his heroic exploits in the 1965 indopak war he had also earned significant respect from many like the girl who married hamids youngest son junaid zarina bano had the tales of hamids bravado in her school textbooks and had taken a liking and respect for the man who effectively nullified pakistans nefarious designs of capturing delhi in the 1965 war it was in the school textbooks that i first read about my fatherinlaw when i came to know that i am going to be daughterinlaw of abdul hamid i was overwhelmed said zarina she added she treasures the unique relationship which she shares with the son of the soil and his family members photo quotes vijay yadav we have been reading about the heroic feats of cqmh abdul hamid who hails from our village and the best tribute to him would