Bhairon Singh Rathore, a BSF veteran of the 1971 India-Pakistan conflict, passed away on Monday in Jodhpur at 81 yeas of age at the AIIMS in Jodhpur .

Suniel Shetty portrayal of his gallantry at Rajasthan’s Longewala station in the Bollywood film “Border” immortalised Sena Medal winner and hero of the Longowala combat during the 1971 war, Naik (Ret.) Bhairon Singh.

The DG BSF and all ranks express their condolences. The BSF commends his courageous, daring, courage, and commitment to his duty,, “the police department tweeted.

Rathore was stationed at the Longewala post in Jaisalmer’s Thar desert, where he was in charge of a tiny BSF unit of six to seven members and a 120-man company of the 23 Punjab regiment of the Army. On December 5, 1971, these men valiantly fought and annihilated an attacking Pakistani brigade and tank regiment in this area.

In recognition to his bravery, he was awarded the Sena Medal in 1972. Bhairon Singh Rathore, a Naik who served in the 14th BSF unit during the conflict, retired from the military in 1987.

When one of the 23 Punjabi youths was killed, according to BSF documents concerning the Longewala engagement, Lance Naik Bhairon Singh “took his light machine gun and inflicted significant damage on the approaching enemy.” Official records claim that Lance Naik Bhairon Singh “become a huge inspiration to his other comrades on the post” and that “it was only their courage and willingness to do or die that won the day.”

Rathore’s son Sawai Singh revealed toon Saturday that his father was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jodhpur on December 14, two days before the 51st anniversary of the war, as a result of a deterioration in his health and what appeared to be a paralysis of his limbs.

According to the doctors, my father could have experienced a brain stroke. Over the last four days, he was in and out of the ICU, according to Singh. The Rathore family resides in the village of Solankiatala, which is 100 miles away from Jodhpur.

According to a BSF spokeswoman, Bhairon Singh Rathore’s body is being sent to the force’s training facility in Jodhpur, where a wreath-laying ceremony will be place before his cremation with full military honours in his village.

On Twitter, Mr. Shetty paid respect to Rathore. “Let Naik Bhairon Singh Ji rest in peace. I send the family my sincere sympathy “Tweeted