Grave of national hero, laid to rest near Jamia university, falls into disrepair
Brigadier Mohammad Usman died on July 3, 1948, when an artillery shell landed close to him. He was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, the second-highest military decoration, and became known by the epithet “Naushera ka Sher”.
Updated: December 29, 2020 1:11:05 pm
Brig Usman’s has been buried in the graveyard’s ‘VIP section’ .
Among the gravestones of various luminaries who lie buried in the graveyard near Jamia Millia Islamia, one with a white marble covering is conspicuous as a significant portion of its front is broken.
The epitaph on the grave of Brigadier Mohammad Usman, the highest-ranking Army officer to have been killed in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, details his life and how his decisions and actions in a newly independent and conflicted nation led him to be recognised as a national hero.