Nimrat Kaur on 17 women cadets graduating from NDA: This is the face of a new India
Also read: Nimrat Kaur on Operation Sindoor: It was a befitting reply, proud of our Army
The 43-year-old's father, Major Bhupinder Singh was killed in action in Kashmir in 1994 and was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra.
Her Army connect also reflected on screen when she starred in the web show The Test Case in 2017, which was among the first few web shows to be developed in India.
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