Capt Vijyant Thapar 2 Rajputana Rifles, 22, died trying to evict Pakistani intruders from a ridge in Kargil on June 28, 1999.But before moving towards his last mission,Vijyant called up his mother on June 13. He said: "Mama, we have captured Tololing. Please save all the newspaper clippings about the Kargil war for me."

This was the Last letter written by him, just before the day he laid his life for the nation: