Sansani: Story of Captain Shalini Singh, who lost her husband in a war

Captain Shalini Singh, lost her husband Major Avinash Singh Bhadauria in a war. At 23, she was an army widow, left to fend on her own with her two-year-old son.
In March 2002, Shalini meticulously trained for six months at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), in Chennai. On September 7, 2002, within a year of her husband’s demise, only just three weeks away from Major Avinash’s first death anniversary, Shalini was a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army.