i think the long beard man

this is my guess😉

Even I feel the beard man as Anup, meenu's husband. He might not have been caught by some enemy and teh Indian Govt. declared him dead. Due to some issue, he would have eloped from teh war field and went missing. May be the army would have thought he died in warfield and would have handed over someone else's body or we are not even aware whether they could get his body (family). Since he is fom the family of a major, he would stayed in disguise, otehrwise even if was caught by enemy, the moment he was free from their clutches, he would have landed in his home than roaming around by covering his face.

He's fair, tall and still gets ready to fight. He has to be Anup. He may have been mistakenly declared dead or he was captured by enemies but managed to escape years later. He was asking about Pichaula talaab today and there is Pichaula Lake in Udaipur.

CVs have never shown any photo of CM's husband in the show till now. The man is this baba only.

How he's linked to Sbiv's past that I do not know. But his entry will make Meenu and Mahi's position in family much stronger. Shiv is not Ira's son. Ira's child is youngest, female and most of all, naalayak. Ira's hawa bandh.