Captain Leon G. Fonseca (Later Major, Relinquished Commission in 1977) Class of 1955. Commissioned 1963 in the Air Defence Branch of the Artillery. During Op Cactus Lily his
regiment served at Uttarlai, a forward airfield in the Barmer Sector of Rajasthan, which was bombed on the first day of the war itself by Pakistani B-57’s. The Regiment earned three Mention In Despatches.
Capt. Leon G. Fonseca had the proud privilege of leading the Victory Parade and March in Bombay on 26 January 1972