Cpt. Vikram batra was born in 9 september 1974 in palampur,himanchal pradesh,india. He was the third child of Girdhari Lal Batra, a government school principal, and Kamal Kanta Batra, a school teacher.He was the elder of twin sons, and was born fourteen minutes before his brother, named Vishal. He had two sisters: Seema and Nutan (also called Neetu).He got his primary education from his mother, who herself was a teacher.He then attended the D.A.V. Public School in Palampur, where he studied up to middle standard.he received his senior secondary education at central school,palampur. After completing his Class XII board examinations in 1992 from Central School with high marks (82 percent), he attended DAV College, Chandigarh in B.Sc Medical Sciences.At college, he joined the Air Wing of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) while he was in the first yearDuring the Inter-State NCC Camp, he was adjudged the best NCC Air Wing cadet of Punjab Directorate in North Zone. He was selected and un...