“Achievements of Abdul Hamid who received Param Vir Chakra for his actions during India-Pakistan war of 1965, are fake”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 Sep 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid received the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest wartime gallantry medal on 10 September 1965 posthumously. Abdul Hamid is remembered for his dexterity of shooting down the ‘patton tanks’ in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war. The official documents also list his achivements
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 September 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 October 2021, 23 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.