Brigadier Hoshiar Singh Rathi (1916-1962) OBE, Croix de Guerre,IOM, VSM, from Sankhol village near Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district of Haryana, was the commander of the 62nd Indian Infantry Brigade stationed at Sela Pass. Brigadier Singh was killed in action, along with a few Indian troops during the 1962 Sino-Indian War and commended for his bravery. Brigadier Hoshiar Singh Rathi (1916-1962) is not to be confused with the Colonel Hoshiar Singh Dahiya (1937-1998) of The Grenadiers of Indian Army, from Sisana village of Sonipat district of Haryana, who received the Param Vir Chakra (PVC) for displaying "most conspicuous gallantry" in the Battle of Basantar during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war and he died of natural causes on 6 December 1998.