1. Early life and education

2. Military career

3. Ashok Chakra

4. See also

5. References

• Ashoka Chakra
• Sena Medal

Major Mohit Sharma was an Indian Army Officer of 1st Para (Special Forces).^[2] He was martyred on 21 March 2009 while leading his Bravo Assault Team in Kupwara.

On 21 March 2009, he engaged in an encounter with terrorists in the Hafruda forest of the Kupwara sector of Jammu and Kashmir. He killed four terrorists and rescued two teammates in the process but sustained multiple gunshot wounds and finally succumbed to injuries. For this act, he was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, which is the highest peace time military decoration in India.^[3] He was awarded two gallantry decorations earlier in his career. The first was the Chief of Army Staff's commendation card for exemplary counter-terrorism duties during Operation Rakshak, which was followed by a Sena Medal for gallantry after a covert operation in 2005.^[2][4][5][6] Major Mohit Sharma is survived by his wife Major Rishima Sharma, who is an Army officer and continuing his legacy of service to the nation.

In 2019, the Rajendra Nagar metro station of the Delhi Metro has been renamed the "Major Mohit Sharma (Rajendra Nagar) metro station".^[7]

Early life and education

Mohit was born on 13 January 1978 in Rohtak (Haryana). His nickname in family was "Chintu" while his NDA batch mates call him "Mike". He completed his 12th schooling from DPS Ghaziabad in 1995 during which he appeared for his NDA Exam. After completing his 12th he got admission in Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Maharashtra. But during his college he cleared the SSB for NDA and opted to join Indian Army. He left his college and joined National Defense Academy.^[8]

Military career

In 1995, Major Mohit Sharma left his Engineering and joined NDA to pursue his dream. During his NDA training, he was excelled in multiple activities including swimming, boxing and horse riding. His favourite horse was "Indira". He under the training of Col Bhawani Singh become the champion of horse riding. He was also a winner in Boxing under feather weight category.

After completing his academics studies in NDA, he joined Indian Military Academy in 1998. In IMA, he was awarded the rank of Battalion Cadet Adjutant. He got a chance to meet Shri K.R. Naryanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was commissioned on 11 December 1999.

His first posting was Hyderabad in 5 Madras. On completing 3 successful years of Military service, Major Mohit opted for Para Special Forces and he became a trained Para Commando in June 2003. He was then posted in Kashmir where he showed his leadership and bravery. He was awarded with Sena Medal for his bravery. During the third posting he was given the responsibility to train the Commando in Belgaum where he instructed for 2 years. Mohit Sharma was then again moved to Kashmir where he made the supreme sacrifice.^[9]

Ashok Chakra

For the supreme sacrifice made by Major Mohit Sharma during Kupwara operation, he was awarded with the nation's highest peace time gallantry award ‘Ashok Chakra’ on 15 Aug 09.

Major Mohit Sharma, SM was leading Bravo Assault Team in operations in Kupwara District of North Kashmir. A valiant warrior, he excelled in the art of fighting guerrillas in jungle terrain having earlier spent four years in Jammu & Kashmir. On 21 March 2009, after receiving information of presence of some infiltrating terrorists in dense Haphruda Forest, he planned meticulously and led his commandos in tracking them. On observing suspicious movement, he alerted his scouts but terrorists fired from three directions indiscriminately. In the heavy exchange of fire, four commandos were wounded immediately. With complete disregard to his safety, he crawled and recovered two soldiers to safety. Unmindful of the overwhelming fire, he threw grenades and killed two terrorists but was shot in the chest. In the brief respite that followed, he kept directing his commandos, in spite of serious injuries. Sensing further danger to his comrades, he charged in a daring close quarter combat killing two more terrorists and attained martyrdom fighting for his motherland in the finest traditions of Indian Army.

For this act of conspicuous gallantry, inspiring leadership and exceptional courage far beyond call of duty, Major Mohit Sharma, SM was awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’ (Posthumous) on 15 Aug 09.|Source=^[10]}}

See also

• Sanjog Chhetri

References

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• ARP 410 (airline)
• Arp 7
• Arpabet
• Arpachiyah
• Arpa-citara
• Arpa de Oro
• Arpad Fazekas
• Arpad Fazekas (footballer)
• Arpad Fazekas (footballer, born 1930)
• Arpad Fazekas (footballer, born 1949)
• Arpad Fremond
• Arpad Glatz
• Arpad Gogh
• Arpad Horvath
• Arpad Lajtos
• Arpad Line
• ARP Adolfo Riquelme
• Arpad Plesch
• Arpad Sebestyen
• Arpad Szabo (judoka)
• Arpad Weixlgärtner
• ARPAE
• Arpa-E
• A. R. Pagan