Shri Lt. Genral Mohinder Mohan Walia

The first Shalin Manav Ratna honour was conferred upon Lt. Genral Mohinder Mohan Walia of the Indian Army in 1994, who was the then General-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command.General Walia has valiantly served our Motherland Bhaarat, that is India, while protecting the lives and property of her children-the citizens-against internal insurgencies and foreign aggression, without fearing for his own life or his family’s well-being.