A village in Uttar Pradesh holds the special distinction of giving thousands of soldiers to the Indian armed forces. As many ...

LUCKNOW: About 40 km from Ghazipur in eastern UP lies population-wise Asia’s largest village, Gahmar, popular as ‘Village of Soldiers’. Every household of Gahmar boasts of having at least ...

So far Gahmar has gifted 42 Lieutenants, 23 Brigadiers, and currently has 45 serving Colonels in the forces. The village is divided into 22 hamlets, each named after a soldier. Chandan Singh, who ...

With an estimated 30,000 residents (according to the 2011 Census, its population was 25,994), Gahmar is perhaps the largest village in the country. But its mammoth size is overshadowed by another ...