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{{Infobox military person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Second Lieutenant]]<br />
| name = Rakesh Singh Malhan<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 />
| serviceyears = <br />
| rank = [[File:Second_Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Second Lieutenant]]<br />
| servicenumber = IC-51242I<br />
| unit = [[The Grenadiers|22 Grenadiers]]<br />
| awards = [[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]<br />
}}<br />
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[[Second lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]] '''Rakesh Singh''' (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. His parental village is Subana which is located in Jhajjar Distt of Haryana.<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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