Mohit Sharma (soldier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ashoka Chakra recipient
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Place of Birth: Rohtak, Haryana, India
About Mohit Sharma (soldier)
- Major Mohit Sharma, AC, SM was an Indian Army Officer who was posthumuously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peace-time military decoration.
- Maj Sharma was from the elite 1st Para SF.
- He was martyred on 21 March 2009 while leading his Bravo Assault Team in Kupwara district. 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.
- He was awarded two gallantry decorations earlier in his career.
- The first was the COAS 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.
- 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, Delhi Metro Corporation renamed the Rajendra Nagar metro station as "Major Mohit Sharma (Rajendra Nagar) metro station".
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