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	[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Smt. Beeta wife of the Havildar Rajesh Kumar (posthumous) in New Delhi on January 26, 2010.jpg\|thumb\|President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Smt. Beeta ~~wife~~ of the Havildar Rajesh Kumar (posthumous) in New Delhi on January 26, 2010]]The citation by the [[President of India]] during the awarding of the Ashoka Chakra read: ''Havildar Rajesh Kumar showed unparalleled feat of most conspicuous gallantry, fortitude and the rare spirit of self sacrifice in fighting the terrorists.''{{citation needed\|date=June 2016}}		[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Smt. Beeta wife of the Havildar Rajesh Kumar (posthumous) in New Delhi on January 26, 2010.jpg\|thumb\|President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Smt. Beeta, widow of the Havildar Rajesh Kumar (posthumous) in New Delhi on January 26, 2010]]The citation by the [[President of India]] during the awarding of the Ashoka Chakra read: ''Havildar Rajesh Kumar showed unparalleled feat of most conspicuous gallantry, fortitude and the rare spirit of self sacrifice in fighting the terrorists.''{{citation needed\|date=June 2016}}

	==References==		==References==

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}}{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Havildar]]
| name = Rajesh Kumar
| honorific_suffix = [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]]
| image = Hav Rajesh Kumar. jpg.jpg
| image_size = 250 px
| caption = Portrait of Hav Rajesh Kumar
| birth_date =
| death_date = {{Death date |2009|08|01}}
| birth_place = [[Lath,Sonipat district]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Kupwara]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{Army|India}}
| rank = [[File:Indian Army Havildar.gif|30px]] [[Havildar]]
| servicenumber = 2890262H
| unit = [[Rajputana Rifles|11 Raj Rif]]
| awards = [[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|32px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashok Chakra]]
| spouse = Beeta
}}

[[Havildar]] '''Rajesh Kumar''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] was a [[Non Commissioned Officer]] (NCO) of [[Indian Army]] who was awarded India's highest military decoration [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]].<ref name="TH">{{cite news|title=Ashok Chakra for Havildar Rajesh Kumar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ashok-chakra-for-havildar-rajesh-kumar/article94841.ece|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref>

==Early life==
Rajesh Kumar was born in village Lath near [[Bhainswal Kalan]] [[Sonipat district]] in [[Haryana]]. He was the son of Shri Ram Kishan and Smt Parmeshwari. He joined the army after his initial education.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hav Rajesh Kumar, AC|url=https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/havaldar-rajesh-kumar-ac/|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Military career==
Kumar was recruited into 11 th battalion [[Rajputana Rifles]], an infantry regiment with a glorious history of gallantry awards and battle honours.

On 1 August 2009, he was leading a section of the Ghatak team that was on a search mission for terrorists in the forests of [[Kupwara]] district of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He opened fire on the terrorists and killed three of them, saved his teammates, but got seriously hurt in the process. Finally he succumbed to injuries. He was posthumously awarded the [[Ashoka Chakra Award|Ashoka Chakra]], the highest peacetime military decoration in India.

==Ashoka Chakra awardee==
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Smt. Beeta wife of the Havildar Rajesh Kumar (posthumous) in New Delhi on January 26, 2010.jpg|thumb|President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Smt. Beeta wife of the Havildar Rajesh Kumar (posthumous) in New Delhi on January 26, 2010]]The citation by the [[President of India]] during the awarding of the Ashoka Chakra read: ''Havildar Rajesh Kumar showed unparalleled feat of most conspicuous gallantry, fortitude and the rare spirit of self sacrifice in fighting the terrorists.''{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

==References==
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