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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Maha Vir Chakra Recipient}}<br />
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| honorific_prefix = [[Brigadier]]<br />
| name = Manjit Singh<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]]<br />
| birth_date = 1942<br />
| birth_place = [[Hoshiarpur district]], [[Punjab, India]]<br />
| death_date = January 2020 (Aged 78)<br />
| death_place = [[Mohali]], [[Punjab, India]]<br />
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| unit = [[Mahar Regiment]]<br><br />
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| battles = [[Operation Pawan|Operation Pawan 1987]], [[Jaffna]], [[Sri Lanka]]<br />
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[[Brigadier]] '''Manjit Singh Minhas''', [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] was an officer of the [[Indian Army]], who served with the [[Mahar Regiment]] and the [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|11 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry]]. He was awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]], India's second highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy, during [[Operation Pawan|Operation Pawan 1987]] in [[Sri Lanka]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Brigadier Manjit Singh Minhas was born in [[Sikh]] [[Rajput]] family [[Hoshiarpur district]], [[Punjab, India]] and studied at the [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]]. He came from a military family, with his father and two brothers also having served in the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite news |date=12 January 2020|title=Brigadier decorated for Lanka ops dies|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/brigadier-decorated-for-lanka-ops-dies-24898|newspaper=The Tribune}}</ref><br />
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==Military career==<br />
Brigadier Manjit Singh was commissioned into the [[Mahar Regiment]] on 17 December 1961 and subsequently transferred to the [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|11 JAK LI]]. <br />
In October 1987 during Operation Pawan, he commanded the 41 Brigade that was among the formations tasked to capture [[Jaffna]] from the militant group [[LTTE]], an operation that saw intense fighting and heavy casualties.<br />
Brigadier Manjit Singh's [[Brigade]] was tasked to establish a link-up with [[Jaffna Fort]], in the face of all-out and very aggressive efforts by the LTTE militants to stop their advance. He personally took charge of the leading elements with just two companies of [[Rajput Regiment|Rajput Rifles]]. He was able to break through the cordon established by the LTTE militants, and establish a link-up with [[Para (Special Forces)|Para Commandos]] based out of Jaffna Fort. For his valour and leadership, he was awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Aman Singh Chhina |first=Man|date=12 January 2020|title=Brigadier who led the bloodied IPKF push at Jaffna, and never regretted it|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/brigadier-manjit-singh-who-led-the-bloodied-ipkf-push-at-jaffna-and-never-regretted-it-6212139/|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 January 2020|title=MVC recipient Brigadier Manjit Singh (retd) given tearful adieu|url=http://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/oped/news/mvc-recipient-brigadier-manjit-singh-retd-given-tearful-adieu--102212.aspx|newspaper=Punjab News Express}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indo-Sri Lanka Accord]]<br />
*[[Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Maha Vir Chakra]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army officers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hoshiarpur]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]<br />
[[Category:1942 births]]<br />
[[Category:2020 deaths]]</div>Bot