Story of Abdul Hamid : Abdul Hamid was born on 1 July 1933 in Dharampur village of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh, in the house of Mohammad Osman, a sewing worker. From childhood, Hamid used to practice wrestling, lathi, aiming with a slingshot, besides studying the mind-blowing trend. Due to good swimming, he also saved the lives of two girls drowned in floodwaters. Abdul Hamid joined the army in Varanasi at the age of 20 and after training, he got a posting in 4 Grenadiers in 1955. Abdul Hamid’s battalion was part of the Seventh Infantry Brigade during the Indo-China War