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| name= Kamlesh Kumari Yadav<br />
| unit= [[Bravo Company, CRPF]]<br />
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'''Kamlesh Kumari Yadav''', AC was an Indian constable who served with the [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) and a recipient of the [[Ashoka Chakra]], the highest possible award conferred during peacetime by the Republic of India. Kamlesh Kumari died on 13 December 2001 after successfully preventing terrorist gunmen and a terrorist suicide bomber from reaching [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] during the [[2001 Indian Parliament attack]].<ref name="mid-day 2009">{{cite news|last=Dutta|first=Anshuman G|title=Armed only with a wireless set, Kumari rushed in to face the terrorists|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/aug/110809-Kamlesh-Kumari-CRPF-Constable-2001-Parliament-attacks-Indomitables-Ashok-Chakra-Delhi.htm|accessdate=24 February 2013|newspaper=Mid Day|date=11 August 2009}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Constable Kamlesh Kumari Yadav joined the CPRF in 1994 and was first posted with the elite 104 [[Rapid Action Force]] (RAF) in [[Allahabad]]. Soon after, she was posted at the 88 Mahila (Women's) Battalion on 12 July 2001. Kumari became part of Bravo Company, the group tasked with securing Parliament when in session.<br />
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== 13 December 2001 ==<br />
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Kamlesh Kumari Yadav was posted at Iron Gate No. 1, next to Building Gate No. 11, of the Parliament House.<ref name="mid-day 2009" /> An [[Hindustan Ambassador|Ambassador]] brand car, bearing the license plate number DL 3C J 1527, drove towards the gate from [[Vijay Chowk]]. Yadav was the first security official to approach the car and, realising something was amiss, ran back to her post to seal the gate. The terrorists, with their cover effectively blown and unable to travel further due to Kumari's foresight, opened fire. Eleven bullets struck Kamlesh Yadav in the stomach. The attack occurred at 11:50 in the morning.<br />
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Kamlesh Kumari Yadav's alertness prevented a suicide bomber among the terrorists from executing their plan; the closing of Gate No. 1 and the alarm raised gave time for other security personnel to take position and neutralize the would-be bomber.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
Kamlesh Kumari was survived by two daughters, Jyoti and Shweta and her husband, Avdhesh Kumar. Kamlesh's family hails from [[Sikanderpur, Kannauj|Sikanderpur]], [[Kannauj]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Kamlesh and her family had earlier lived in Vikaspuri, [[Delhi]].<br />
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==Honours==<br />
Constable Kamlesh Kumari Yadav was posthumously awarded the nation's highest peacetime Gallantry award, the [[Ashoka Chakra]], by the [[President of India]] on [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] in 2002 in honour of her bravery and courage.<ref name="mid-day 2009"/> Prime Minister A.B. Vajapeyee also paid tribute to her.<br />
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[[Afzal Guru|Mohammad Afzal]], who was determined to have played a key role as a conspirator in the attack by investigators, was convicted and [[capital punishment in India|sentenced to death]] by the [[Supreme Court of India]]. Afzal's family had "camped" in New Delhi with the hope of conveying a mercy petition to then President [[Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam]]. In response, Kamlesh's surviving family publicly declared that they would return the [[Ashok Chakra]] awarded to her if the President were to accept the petition. As the president neither rejected nor accepted the petition, the families of eight security officials who had been honored for their bravery during the attacks (including Kamlesh's) returned their gallantry medals on 13 December 2006, in protest against the delay in execution of Mohammad Afzal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6175291.stm|title = Families give back bravery medals|date = 13 December 2006}}</ref><br />
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President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] succeeded [[Pratibha Patil]] as President on 25 July 2012. In early 2013, he rejected the petition for clemency. Mohammad Afzal was hanged on 9 February 2013 at [[Tihar Jail]] at approximately 8:00 am IST. On 30 March 2013, the martyrs' families agreed to accept back the gallantry medals which they had returned in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kin-of-parliament-attack-martyrs-take-bravery-medals-back/1/259994.html|title = Kin of Parliament attack martyrs take bravery medals back}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[2001 Indian Parliament attack]]<br />
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[[Category:Ashoka Chakra]]</div>45.122.46.226https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rakesh_Singh_(soldier)&diff=328241Rakesh Singh (soldier)2022-06-22T08:31:47Z<p>45.122.46.226: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox military person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Second Lieutenant]]<br />
| name = Rakesh Singh<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]]<br />
| image = Second Lieutenant Rakesh Singh.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250 px<br />
| caption = Portrait of 2nd Lt Rakesh Singh<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date |1970|09|18}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |1992|12|05|1970|09|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]<br />
| death_place = [[Shopian]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]<br />
| allegiance = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| branch = {{Army| India}}<br />
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| rank = [[File:Second_Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Second Lieutenant]]<br />
| servicenumber = IC-51242I<br />
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[[Second lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]] '''Rakesh Singh''', AC (18 September 1970 – 5 December 1992) was an [[Indian Army]] officer, awarded the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]], India's highest peacetime military decoration.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Singh was born on 18 September 1970. His father was Col Raj Singh.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} <br />
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== Military career ==<br />
Cdt Rakesh joined the 78th course of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] in 1986. He was commissioned into 22nd battalion of Grenadiers as a [[second lieutenant]] on 13 June 1992.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=2227 |date=19 December 1992|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1992/O-0470-1992-0051-18786.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Less than six months later, he died on 5 December 1992 at the age of 22 from injuries sustained whilst attempting to cut off the escape of eight fleeing Afghan [[Mujahadeen]] who had been flushed out during operations. Single-handedly, he managed to kill five of the Mujahadeen, but sustained injuries during the encounter and died of his injuries.<br />
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In 1993 he was awarded [[India]]'s highest peace time gallantry award, the Ashoka Chakra for his supreme sacrifice.<ref name="List">{{cite web|title=PVC & AC Awardees|url=http://nda.nic.in/awards-winners.html|website=National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla|accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Detail">{{cite web|title=PVC & AC Awardees (detail) |url=http://nda.nic.in/nda-images/awardees_images/rakeshsingh.jpg|website=National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla|accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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