▁home ▁the ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁enemy ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁Despite ▁heavy ▁enemy ▁machine ▁gun ▁fire ▁the ▁ 1 / 5 ▁G ork has ▁achieved ▁their ▁object ives ▁and ▁inf lic ted ▁heavy ▁cas ual ties . ▁The ▁victory ▁was ▁attributed ▁to ▁Path ania ’ s ▁d aring ▁reconna issance ▁of ▁enemy ▁positions ▁on ▁the ▁e ve ▁of ▁battle . ▁In ▁t ribute ▁to ▁Path ania , ▁the ▁strateg ically ▁important ▁mountain ▁top ▁he ▁captured ▁was ▁named ▁" An ant ▁Hill ." ▁▁ ▁Path ania ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Mah a ▁Vir ▁Ch ak ra ▁( M VC ) ▁for ▁his ▁efforts . ▁The ▁official ▁c itation ▁reads : ▁ ▁L t - Col onel ▁AN ANT ▁S ING H ▁PATH AN IA , ▁MC ▁( IC - 5 6 ), ▁ 1 ▁B n . ▁The ▁ 5 th ▁G ork ha ▁R if les ▁ ▁The ▁fine ▁achiev ement ▁of ▁ 1 / 5 ▁R GR ▁during ▁the ▁Z O J I LA ▁operations ▁was ▁due ▁entirely ▁to ▁the ▁courage ▁and ▁fine ▁leadership ▁of ▁L t - Col onel ▁PATH AN IA . ▁ ▁The ▁hard est ▁battle ▁fought ▁by ▁the ▁inf antry ▁was ▁in ▁breaking ▁the ▁well - fort ified ▁enemy ▁position ▁on ▁[ the ] ▁' AN ANT ' ▁feature . ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁this ▁operation ▁was ▁due ▁entirely ▁to ▁L t - Col onel ▁PATH AN IA ' s ▁personal ▁reconna issance ▁of ▁the ▁enemy ▁defence ▁and ▁in ▁finding ▁the ▁most ▁suitable