Navdeep Singh (Ashoka Chakra)
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Lieutenant Navdeep Singh, AC was a Ghatak Platoon Commander of 15 Maratha Light Infantry regiment in the Indian Army.[1]
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Navdeep Singh | |
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Birth name | Navdeep Singh |
Born | (1985-06-08)June 8, 1985 Gurdaspur, Punjab |
Died | 20 August 2011(2011-08-20) (aged 26) KIA in Jammu & Kashmir |
Allegiance | India |
Service/ | Indian Army |
Years of service | 2011 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Unit | Army Ordnance Corps Maratha Light Infantry |
Battles/wars | Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency |
Awards | Ashoka Chakra |
Alma mater | Officers Training Academy, Chennai (M.Sc) Not sure Army Institute of Management, Kolkata (M.B.A.) Institute of Hotel Management, Gurdaspur (B.Sc.) |
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He led an operation to ambush 17 well-trained and armed terrorists who infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir state. He killed 4 of the terrorists and brought an injured team member to safety before succumbing to fatal injury from close range. He was posthumously conferred the highest peacetime gallantry award of India Ashoka Chakra by President of India on the 63rd Republic Day.[2][3]