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1 Oct

Uttarakhand AAP has named him as the party’s chief ministerial face for the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly polls.

Col Ajay Kothiyal (R)
KC, SC, VSM
4 GARHWAL RIFLES

He was born on 26 Feb, 1969 to Inspector General Satyasaran Kothiyal (R), BSF and Smt. Sushila Kothiyal.

After completing schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun and Kendriya Vidyalaya Dehradun, he was graduated from D.A.V.Post Graduate College Dehradun. He then cleared CDS and joined IMA.

He was commissioned as second Lieutenant into 4 GARHWAL RIFLES in 1992.

In 1994, he went for training in the High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS).

He was also part of Op Vijay.
In 2001, then Maj Ajay was part of the first team of the Indian Army that successfully summited the Mt Everest in 2001, under the leadership of Brigadier Krishan Kumar AVSM.

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30 Sep

"I think of the good times we shared, sometimes you feel angry, sometimes sad. I talk about the moments we had, the stories we shared, and that brings happiness to me."

On this day in 2017, Maj Anuj Sood was married to Smt Aakriti Sood.

Both were from Army backgrounds.
Anuj's father is a retired Brigadier while Aakriti's father was in Navy.

The two then met at a Holi party for the first time. After watching her, Anuj already knew she was the one. He rushed to his friends and said she is the girl he would marry.

As days went by, the two got close and he finally proposed to her on 9th May 2016, as he went down on one knee with a rose amid the windmills, she gushed and said yes.

After marriage, Maj Anuj had missed some anniversaries, but Akriti had plans to join Anuj at his next posting.

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19 Aug

A 21 yrs old with his two other soldiers, held his post for 72 hours, and killed 300 Chinese soldiers to save Arunachal Pradesh.
Remembering
Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat
Mahavir Chakra (P)
4 GARH RIF
on his Birth Anniversary.
It is believed that his soul still guards the border.

Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat was born on 19 August 1941 to Shri Guman Singh Rawat, at vill Baryun of Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. He joined Indian Army on 19 Aug 1960 at the age of 19 years.

A shrine, known as ‘Jaswant Garh’, is situated between Se La and Jang. Indian Army personnel passing by this route pay their respects here.
He is treated as if he is alive, He has received all his promotions in time, and has reached the rank of Honorary Captain as of date.

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18 Aug

Today is Balidan Diwas of a valiant Rajput

Colonel Kunwar Jaideep Singh Salaria
SC & Bar, SM
6 DOGRA

He was born on 18th July 1961 in into a military family to an Army veteran Randhir Singh and Smt Godavari Devi.
He followed into the footsteps of his father and joined the Army.

His father served in World War II and fought for Independence too.
He was shot in both his knees and uprooted from his home in (now) Pakistan
Col Kanwar was commissioned into 6 DOGRA REGT in 1980.
He was later married to Dr Anuradha Rajput, and had a daughter, Aakanksha Salaria.

By 2002, Col Kanwar had put in over twenty years of service and had evolved into a battle-hardened and professionally competent soldier.

He served in various operational areas.
For his exceptional military leadership skills, he was awarded with Shaurya Chakra and Sena Medal.

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12 Jul

*A MUST READ THREAD*

Colonel Ivan Joseph Crasto (R)
Kirti Chakra
1 PARA SF

His roots were from Goa, but he spent his childhood in Mt Abu, Rajasthan. He would have become a lawyer if his father, a Naval Officer hadn’t coerced him to follow his elder brother into NDA.

He was commissioned into 1 PARA (SF) on 10th June 1978. Besides topping the Commando course, he was the best YO (Young Officer) with best grades in all professional courses.
As a combat free-faller, he also participated in National Sky-Diving Championship.

In 1990, he served as an Instructor in Tanzania Military Academy
and toured Africa, Europe, Canada and the USA.
After graduating from the Defence Services Staff College, he spent three years at the Army headquarters in the Military Operations Directorate.

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13 Jun

NAIK DIGENDRA SINGH
MVC, SM
2 RAJ RIF

He was posted in Sri Lanka during Op Pawan as a personal bodyguard of an Indian General. Once he was sitting in an open jeep, an LTTE terrorist threw a grenade at the jeep. He caught it and threw it back to the terrorist. The terrorist died.

Due to the grenade explosion his head was blown off into pieces. After this, he was nick-named ‘Cobra’ by his colleagues.

Later in the same Operation, he was assigned to rescue 36 Indian soldiers captured by LTTE. He sailed the river, saved soldiers and killed 39 militants.

Naik Digendra Kumar was awarded Sena Medal in 1993 for his anti-terrorist operations in the Kupwara area of Jammu-Kashmir.
In 1994, his services were appreciated for recapturing the Hazratbal Shrine from terrorists.

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