IMPHAL, Aug 14: Two young Army officers, Maj. N Buddhimanta Singh and Maj. Rajender Kumar Sharma, both attached to the 32 Assam Rifles now posted in Manipur, were among five recipients of the prestigious Kirti Chakra for gallantry this year.
The awards were announced this evening on the eve of Independence Day to be celebrated throughout the country tomorrow.
The Kirti Chakra is the second highest peacetime military gallantry award after Ashok Chakra, equivalent to the Maha Vir Chakra, the wartime military gallantry award. Ashok Chakra likewise is equivalent to the wartime Param Vir Chakra.
Maj Buddhimanta Singh, is a local lad and is the son of inspector general of police N Shyamananda Singh, IPS, of the Government of Manipur.
He is the first from Manipur to receive this award.
When contacted by IFP, an elated commander of the 32 Assam Rifles, Col Deepak Sharma, said this is one of the happiest moments in his entire career.
“There has never been a precedent in the history of the Indian Army in which a single battalion received two Kirti Chakras in the same year” is said.
The awards were announced this evening on the eve of Independence Day to be celebrated throughout the country tomorrow.
The Kirti Chakra is the second highest peacetime military gallantry award after Ashok Chakra, equivalent to the Maha Vir Chakra, the wartime military gallantry award. Ashok Chakra likewise is equivalent to the wartime Param Vir Chakra.
Maj Buddhimanta Singh, is a local lad and is the son of inspector general of police N Shyamananda Singh, IPS, of the Government of Manipur.
He is the first from Manipur to receive this award.
When contacted by IFP, an elated commander of the 32 Assam Rifles, Col Deepak Sharma, said this is one of the happiest moments in his entire career.
“There has never been a precedent in the history of the Indian Army in which a single battalion received two Kirti Chakras in the same year” is said.
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