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{{short description|Indian Army Officer, recipient of Yudh Seva Medal and Shaurya Chakra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}
{{infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Colonel]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]]&ensp;[[Shaurya Chakra|SC]]
| birth_date = 26 November 1965
| death_date = 27 January 2015
| birth_place = [[Ghazipur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| death_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu Kashmir]]
| allegiance = {{IND}}
| branch = {{army|IND}}
| serviceyears = 1997-2015
| rank = [[File:Colonel of the Indian Army.svg|23px]] [[Colonel]]
| servicenumber = IC55822X
| unit = [[9th Gorkha Rifles|9 Gorkha Regiment]]
| commands = [[Rashtriya Rifles|42 Rashtriya Rifles]] <br> [[9th Gorkha Rifles|9 Gorkha Regiment]]
| battles = [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]{{KIA}}
| awards = [[File:Shaurya Chakra ribbon.svg|23px]] [[Shaurya Chakra]](Posthumus) <br> [[File:Yudh Seva Medal ribbon.svg|23px ]] [[Yudh Seva Medal]]
| alma_mater =
}}

[[Colonel]] '''Munindra Nath Rai''' {{small|[[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Shaurya Chakra|SC]]}} was an officer of the [[Indian Army]] who was a recipient of the [[Yudh Seva Medal]]. Rai died in a [[counterintelligence]] operation in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on 27 January 2015. He was posthumously awarded the [[Shaurya Chakra]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Gallantry Awards {{!}} Ministry of Defence, Government of India |url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2660 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.gallantryawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-29 |title=Tearful adieu to Colonel MN Rai martyred in Jammu and Kashmir gunbattle |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/col-mn-rai-emotional-farewell-funeral-237822-2015-01-29 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-29 |title=Daughter pays moving tribute to Colonel MN Rai who died fighting militants |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/daughter-pays-moving-tribute-to-colonel-mn-rai-who-died-fighting-militants/story-CCYvQbg4vuwlFPmJRwR5iM.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018200015/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/daughter-pays-moving-tribute-to-colonel-mn-rai-who-died-fighting-militants/story-CCYvQbg4vuwlFPmJRwR5iM.html |archive-date=18 October 2016 |access-date=2025-04-06 |work=www.hindustantimes.com/ |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Military career ==
Rai joined the Indian Army in 1997 and was commissioned in 9 Gorkha Rifles. Rai was awarded with [[Yudh Seva Medal]] on 26 January 2015, a day before his death for his actions in South Kashmir in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-28 |title=Colonel MN Rai died in gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after receiving gallantry medal on Republic Day |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-and-current-affairs/story/colonel-mn-rai-died-in-gunbattle-in-jammu-and-kashmir-a-day-after-receiving-gallantry-medal-on-republic-day-237749-2015-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He used to lead the operations from the front.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-28 |title=Colonel MN Rai always led from the front in multiple operations: Army |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/colonel-mn-rai-always-led-from-the-front-in-multiple-operations-army/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

On 27 January 2015, his unit had received information about presence of terrorists in their operational area in Kashmir. Upon receiving the information, an immediate operation was launched by the Indian Army, [[Central Reserve Police Force]] and the [[Jammu and Kashmir Police|Indian Police]].

Reaching at the terrorist hideout, the security forces surrounded them from all sides and gave them an opportunity to surrender. However, the terrorists started firing at the security forces. During the exchange of fire, Rai was shot and was taken for medical treatment. He died later that day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Col MN Rai YSM SC |url=https://honourpoint.in/profile/col-mn-rai-ysm-sc/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Honourpoint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Deepshikha |title=In WhatsApp Status of Colonel MN Rai, Martyred in Kashmir, the Words of a Hero |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-whatsapp-status-of-colonel-mn-rai-martyred-in-kashmir-the-words-of-a-hero-734974 |access-date=7 February 2026 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=28 January 2015}}</ref>

Along with Rai, [[head constable]] Sanjeev Singh also died.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In WhatsApp Status of Colonel MN Rai, Martyred in Kashmir, the Words of a Hero |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-whatsapp-status-of-colonel-mn-rai-martyred-in-kashmir-the-words-of-a-hero-734974 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.ndtv.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Funeral ==
Rai was cremated with full [[Military funeral|military honours]]. The then [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Army Chief]], [[Dalbir Singh Suhag]] paid tribute to Rai. <ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-29 |title=Colonel M N Rai cremated with full military honours |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/colonel-m-n-rai-cremated-with-full-military-honours/articleshow/46053752.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-04-06 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-29 |title=Tearful farewell to gallantry award-winning Army Colonel M N Rai who died fighting militants |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/picture-gallery-others/tearful-farewell-to-gallantry-award-winning-army-colonel-rai-who-died-fighting-militants/lite/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-30 |title=A Gorkha battle cry, tears and memories at Col Rai's funeral |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tributes-paid-to-colonel-mn-rai-who-died-fighting-militants-in-jammu-and-kashmir/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Rai's daughter, Alka, shouted the war cry of the [[Gorkha regiments (India)|Gorkha regiments]] "''Ayo Gorkhali''" (The Gorkhas are here) at his funeral. This incident went viral on the Internet. Later this incident was depicted in the 2019 film [[Uri: The Surgical Strike]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-27 |title=Daughter of Martyr Col. MN Rai, Who Made The Country Cry |url=https://www.ssbcrack.com/2019/01/daughter-of-martyr-col-mn-rai.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-29 |title=Killed in Jammu and Kashmir encounter, Colonel MN Rai laid to rest amid tears |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/killed-in-jammu-and-kashmir-encounter-colonel-mn-rai-laid-to-rest-amid-tears-2069923.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hindustan Times |title=Col MN Rai laid down |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/farewell-to-braveheart-col-mn-rai-martyred-in-kashmir/story-mYIkN8B954EIFgLTIwcUkO.html }}</ref>

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