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The
duo
met
for
the
first
time
at
Punjab
University
in
1995.
He
had
just
finished
his
bachelor's
degree
and
got
himself
enrolled
for
a
Master's
in
English.
However,
he
always
wanted
to
join
the
army
and
cleared
his
CDS
in
the
first
year
of
his
Master's
degree.
Vikram
and
Dimple
dated
each
other
for
one
year
before
he
left
the
university
to
join
the
army.
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Before
moving
to
Dehradun,
Dimple
and
Vikram
spent
beautiful
months
in
Chandigarh.
And
even
though
the
duo
dated
each
other
only
for
one
year,
their
bond
kept
getting
stronger
with
each
passing
day.
Despite
being
in
a
long-distance
relationship,
they
were
madly
in
love
with
each
other.
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While
speaking
to
The
Quint,
Dimple
had
mentioned
earlier
that
she
and
Vikram
were
supposed
to
get
married
after
the
Kargil
war,
but
that
never
happened
and
Dimple's
dreams
were
shattered
into
pieces.
"Vikram
was
selected
in
1996.
He
left
college
in
Chandigarh.
But
not
a
day
went
by
that
I
did
not
remember
him.
He
was
in
the
military
academy
and
our
love
grew.
We
were
about
to
get
married
when
we
returned
from
Kargil
in
1999.
But
he
did
not
return,"
had
said
Dimple.
Dimple
Vowed
To
Never
Get
Married
To
Another
Guy
After
Batra's
martyrdom,
Dimple
decided
to
be
his
widow
and
never
got
married
in
her
life.
She
moved
to
Chandigarh
where
her
love
story
with
Batra
had
bloomed.
"It
seems
like
decades
have
passed,
I
never
found
him
apart
from
myself.
I
still
feel
today
that
Vikram
has
gone
on
a
posting
and
we
are
about
to
meet
again.
It's
just
a
matter
of
time,"
said
Cheema
while
speaking
to
the
media
portal.
When
Dimple
Recalled
How
Vikram
Had
Made
A
Cut
In
His
Thumb
For
Her
In
the
same
interview,
Dimple
had
recounted
how
once
Batra
had
made
a
cut
in
his
thumb
to
fill
her
'maang'.
"On
one
of
his
visits,
I
raised
the
issue
of
marriage
as
I
was
feeling
a
bit
insecure.
Without
saying
anything,
he
took
a
blade
out
of
his
wallet,
cut
his
thumb,
and
filled
my
'maang' with
his
blood.
That
is
the
most
cherished
moment
of
my
life
to
date.
Then,
later
on,
I
used
to
tease
him
that
he
is
pure
filmy,"
said
Dimple.
It's
been
twenty
two
years
since
Batra
breathed
his
last,
but
his
sacrifice
and
love
story
will
always
remain
immortal.