IMMORTALS OF KARGIL EP-04
🇮🇳MAJOR RAJESH SINGH ADHIKARI MVC🇮🇳
MAHA VIR CHAKRA🇮🇳
18 Grenadiers
A soldier who never got a chance to read his wife's letter that said:
“It doesn’t matter if I deliver a baby girl or a boy, if you come back I shall be happy and if you don’t ....
🇮🇳MAJOR RAJESH SINGH ADHIKARI MVC🇮🇳
MAHA VIR CHAKRA🇮🇳
18 Grenadiers
A soldier who never got a chance to read his wife's letter that said:
“It doesn’t matter if I deliver a baby girl or a boy, if you come back I shall be happy and if you don’t ....
.... I shall be proud to be a martyr’s wife, but one thing I would want to promise you via this letter that I shall not just show them Kargil but will also ensure they too become a soldier like you”
During the Kargil war, Maj Adhikari’s unit was deployed in J & K and played a vital role in the initial phase of the war. During the war, Maj Adhikari received a letter from his wife, kiran when he was at Tololing at 16,000 feet.
He stuffed it in his pocket saying,” I will read it in peace tomorrow after the operation is finished.” But unfortunately, he never got a chance to read that letter.
Maj Adhikari was leading the central arm of three 10-man teams trying to capture a bunker. Maj Adhikari led the central charge, three metres ahead of his men.
The bunker fell, but Maj Adhikari was shot, 20 m short of his objective. He was fired at from two mutually supporting bunkers with universal machine guns.
The officer immediately directed the rocket launcher detachment to engage the bunker and without waiting, rushed into the bunker and killed two intruders in close quarter combat.
Thereafter, the officer, displaying presence of mind under heavy fire, ordered his medium machine gun (MMG) detachment to fix position behind a rocky feature and engage the enemy. The assault party continued to inch their way up.
Despite suffering grievous bullet injuries, Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari continued to direct his sub unit. Refusing to be evacuated, the officer charged at the second bunker and killed one more occupant,
thus capturing the second bunker at Tololing which later facilitated capture of Point 4590. Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, had caused heavy casualties to the intruders and forced them to withdraw before succumbing to injuries in Drass sector.
The Battle of Tololing was one of the most significant battles, where Maj Adhikari fought valiantly and achieved the objective at the cost of his life.
His wife breaks down again saying “I wish he had read this reply once before he headed to the war field he probably would have felt good”
