Hello, Warriors! The act of destroying single-handedly more than half-a-dozen Patton tanks in the 1965 India-Pakistan 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 UP’s Ghazipur aspire for a career in defence.
Two of the four sons of Abdul Hamid- Zainul Hasan and Talat Mehmood joined the Army. One of them, Talat Mehmood even got to be in his father’s regiment and battalion-4 Grenadiers, while Zainul Hasan being in EME.
One of Hamid’s 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 to a news, “I have been hearing heroic exploits of my grandfather’s role in the 1965 Indo-Pak war and want to emulate him.” 
On the other hand the case with one of Abdul Hamid’s daughter Nazbun Nisha, as reported by Ghazipur Live is totally the opposite. In fact, it’s a matter of shame for us that the daughter of a brave soldier who sacrificed his life serving the nation, is now suffering. Nazbun Nisha has been engaged in a daily battle with the bureaucracy, running from pillar to post for the rights of her husband. While her father was killed by enemy forces on the border, Nazbun Nisha’s family has been pushed to the verge of starvation closer home.
On the date of his 50th death anniversary, his daughter should have been the focus of attention. Instead she was begging Indian government offices to clear her husband, Sheikh Allaudin’s, dues which include leave allowances, gratuity and sixth pay commissions arrears but to no avail. Allaudin had retired as the clerk at a District Rural Development Authority, and a lack of payment had reduced their family to the brink of starvation, as Gazipur Live reported.
After a letter from her mother and Abdul Hamid’s wife Rasoolan Bibi to the CM did not change anything, Panchayat member Brij Bhushan Dubey said he will send details to the CM, Chief Secretary and Commissioner and give a time of 10 days to resolve the issue. If this fails Dubey will sit on satyagrah in front of the collector’s office, alongside Sheikh’s family.
Is this how the family members of our brave martyrs suppoused to be treated? Will this action of the government aspire people to join the defence forces and die for the country?
