Vir Chakra (VrC)
Awardee: Kashmir Singh VrC
Citation
On 29 June 1999, Naik Kashmir Singh was with a team tasked to attack Point 4700, an objective in the Drass Sector during "Operation Vijay". The objective was well fortified and heavy automatic fire was being brought down on the advancing troops. A sangar on the Southern slopes was engaging the troops and the advance was held up. Two individuals, including Naik Kashmir Singh, sustained bullet injuries.
Naik Kashmir Singh had got hit in the shoulder and was bleeding profusely. He understood that there was no other way but to physically assault and clear sangar. Bleeding profusely and without caring for his personal safety, he physically charged the sanger and cleared it, killing one infiltrator. In doing so, he got a burst of universal machine gun on his chest and face and succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Despite being wounded, Naik Kashmir Singh displayed grit and determination, indomitable sprit and extraordinary courage in the face of the enemy and made the supreme sacrifice in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.
Naik Kashmir Singh had got hit in the shoulder and was bleeding profusely. He understood that there was no other way but to physically assault and clear sangar. Bleeding profusely and without caring for his personal safety, he physically charged the sanger and cleared it, killing one infiltrator. In doing so, he got a burst of universal machine gun on his chest and face and succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Despite being wounded, Naik Kashmir Singh displayed grit and determination, indomitable sprit and extraordinary courage in the face of the enemy and made the supreme sacrifice in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.