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Sons of Kodagu who served the nation at the peril of their lives,
we remember with unshakable pride the countless Kodava warriors who fell in distant valleys and frozen frontiers, who embraced duty above fear, and whose names, though spoken softly in our homes, thunder eternally through the history of our land.<\/p>\n

Kodavas who marched into battles from the fields of Europe in World War I and II<\/a>, to the rugged frontiers of Jammu-Kashmir, to distant lands under UN flags, to every battlefield fought in the name of peace and national unity \u2014 we remember the Kodava warriors we lost in duty, whose names may remain unlisted but whose sacrifice remains engraved in the hills, in our hearts, in our silence.<\/p>\n

Compilied by Maj Gen Kodandera Arjun Muthanna <\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Capt (Dr) Kodandera Ganapathy
\nKC Ravindra
\nLt Col Chowrira A Nanjappa
\nCaptain Ketolira C Medappa
\nLt Pattacheravanda A Deviya
\nMajor Kodandera Soumya Thimayya
\nSepoy Madappa
\nGunner MB Devaiah
\nMM Poovaiah
\nNS Karyappa
\nNaik KN Ponnappa
\nSquadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya
\nSubedar BM Kaveriappa
\nSepoy MS Muthanna
\nSepoy NM Appachu
\nGunner SR Palangappa
\nPS Ramu
\nMajor Koandarthanda Ranjit Muthana
\nSep KA Ramakrishna
\nPA Shambhu
\nPB Kuttappa
\nCM Somaiah
\nKP Punacha (Lt Col Kodenganda Bheemaiah Poonacha)
\nMajor Chottangada Ganesh Madappa
\nGA Uthaiah
\nSK Medappa
\nPD Kaverappa
\nMajor Mangerira C Muthanna
\nSS Erappa
\nKA Saveen
\nBM Devappa
\nKP Belyappa
\nBS Devaiah
\nCP Arun
\nU Bidappa
\nHG Sundaresh
\nAP Prashanth
\nKK Thimmaiah
\nKC Thilak
\nMajor Charimanda Sunil Ganapathy<\/p>\n

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