The Indian Army observes 46th birth anniversary of Kargil War hero Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra on September 9. Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra, the poster boy of 1999 Kargil War, laid down his life for his motherland on July 7 while fighting with Pakistani intruders. Captain Vikram Batra was born on September 9, 1974, in Himachal Pradesh’s Palampur to Girdhari Lal Batra and Kamal Kanta Batra.