Digendra Kumar

2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles (2 Raj Rif)

Maha Vir Chakra

Martyrdom: 13 June 1999

Native Land: Jhalara, Sikar, Rajasthan

Operation / Campaign: Operation Vijay (Kargil War 1999, Tololing Top)

Official Gallantry Citation

“Undaunted valor in neutralizing 48 enemy infiltrators and hoisting the Tiranga atop Tololing Top despite sustaining five bullet wounds.”

Saga of Valor & Supreme Sacrifice

On the night of 12–13 June 1999, Naik Digendra Kumar was part of the assault team led by Major Vivek Gupta to storm Tololing Top. Sustaining bullet hits to his arm and chest, he lobbed grenades into 11 fortified bunkers and eliminated the enemy commander in close-quarter battle, turning the tide of the Kargil War.

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