A civilian 19-year-old unsung hero, who laid down his life in 1947. Very very few people  outside Baramulla do in 2010 know about Mohd Maqbool Sherwani , how he died and what decisive role he played in saving Srinagar from falling to raiders / Pakistani raiders who attacked Kashmir. ..

Sherwani was a  boy of 19 who single-handedly thwarted the advance of thousands of raiders (Kabailis) from Baramulla , thereby giving some lead  time to the Indian Army to land in Srinagar. He went around on his bike telling the Kabailis, who stormed Baramulla on October 22, 1947, not to advance towards Srinagar as the Indian Army had reached the outskirts of Baramulla. His bluff worked. The enemy froze in its tracks for four days. By then, 1st Sikh had landed in Srinagar, on October 27 now celebrated as Infantry Day.

Every year, on its Infantry Day, the Indian Army commemorates saviour of Kashmir Mohd Maqbool Sherwani. It has also constructed a Memorial Hall in his name in Baramulla town. But that is all. None else observes a day for this saviour whom the tribals captured on November 7, 1947 and virtually crucified.