Naib Subedar Chuni Lal AC, VrC, SM was an Indian Army soldier of 8th battalion. The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (8 JAK LI). He was born in Bhaderwah, and lived in Bhara village in Doda district of Jammu. 
Decorated with Vir Chakra and Sena Medal(Gallantry),JC-593527, Lal was martyred on 24 June 2007 in a militant flush-out operation in Kashmir’s Kupwara sector. These militants, all of whom were also shot dead, were trying to cross the Line of Control (LoC)& enter Indian territory.
The success of this militant flush-out operation, which claimed his life, earned him the highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield, the Ashok Chakra.
In 1984, joined the 8th Battalion, The J&K Light Infantry Regiment. In 1987,he volunteered &participated in an operation to capture the quaid post (later c/aBana Top) located at 21,153 ft. in the Siachen Glacier, for which he was awarded the Sena Medal (Gallantry)@LestWeForgetIN
During June 1987, the 8th JAK LI, was deployed in the Siachen area. It was then found that a large number of Pakistani infiltrators had intruded over the Siachen Glacier. The ejection of these infiltrators was difficult but necessary& a special task force was constituted for this
Chuni Lal ji and other soldiers of the unit such as Naib Subedar (later Sub Maj and Hony Capt) Bana Singh volunteered to join this force. The Pakistani intrusion had taken place at a height of 6500 metres at the highest peak in the Siachen Glacier area.
From this feature the Pakistanis could snipe at Indian army positions since the height gave them a clear view of the entire Saltoro range and Siachen glacier. The Pakistanis called this post 'Quaid post' after their founder Quaid-e-azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
The enemy post was a glacier fortress with ice walls, 457 metres high,on either side. On 26 June 1987,Naib Subedar Bana Singh led Chuni Lal&other men through an extremely difficult and hazardous route. These men crawled&closed in on the adversary&cleared the post of all intruders
This operation was named as Operation Rajiv and Nb Sub Bana Singh was awarded Param Vir Chakra for courage and bravery.
In 1999, in the Poonch sector of J&K during Operation Rakshak, he fought an attempted intrusion by Pakistan Army&was instrumental in killing 12 intruders&saved the post from enemy capture. He was awarded the Vir Chakra.
Below is a picture of a young Naib Subedar Chuni Lal(1999)
Below is a picture of a young Naib Subedar Chuni Lal(1999)
He also did two tenures with the United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Somalia and Sudan. Display of exemplary courage by his team in Sudan won his unit a UN citation for valour.
On 24 June 2007, Lal was in charge of a post in Kupwara, J&K. The post was at height of 14,000 feet where visibility on that cloudy night was just 5 m &temperature was -5 degrees. Around 3:30am, he detected some movement across the fence on the Line of Control& decided to check
He deployed his soldiers at the LoC. An exchange of fire followed, which continued for almost an hour. Nb Sub Chuni Lal and his soldiers surrounded the whole area and searched for their assailants till dawn.
Finally as Nb Sub Chunni Lal and his team were approaching to search a sketchy bushy patch, they were suddenly fired upon. The men continued to close on to the area where their attackers were hiding and killed two of them on the spot.
In the gunfire, two army soldiers were seriously wounded and lay close to where their attackers hid. With disregard to his personal safety, Chuni Lal crawled towards the wounded men and pulled them to safety thus saving their lives.
Anticipating more hidden attackers, he continued to search the area. His anticipation proved right and he saw a third attacker trying to escape. Nb Sub Chuni Lal charged at him with his weapon and killed him.
Unfortunately,an exchange fire from the attacker split opened Nb Sub Chunni Lal’s abdomen&he began to lose lot of blood.He took cover behind a rock,continued to fire& didn't allow the other attackers to break the cordon. Under his leadership 2 remaining attackers were also killed
Sh. Chuni Lal ji had lost a large volume of blood and died by the time a helicopter could airlift him to nearest Army Hospital. For his actions in battle, Nb Sub Chuni Lal was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra on 15 August 2007
Nb Sub Chuni Lal is survived by his wife, Mrs Chinta Devi, and three children - son and two daughters. His wife, Mrs Chinta Devi received his Ashok Chakra medal from the President of India at the Republic Day Parade of 26 January 2008.
Army Goodwill Park was dedicated to Late Naib Subedar Chuni Lal in 2019 in Doda.
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This for people to know what our real Heroes have done for us and our country.
Jai Hind 🙏🇮🇳
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