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	Captain '''Ruchi Sharma''' ~~was the first operational female~~ [[paratrooper]] in the [[Indian Army]]. She retired from the Army in 2003 and is now an educationist.		Captain '''Ruchi Sharma''' is a former [[paratrooper]] in the [[Indian Army]]. She retired from the Army in 2003 and is now an educationist.

	== Life ==		== Life ==

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Captain '''Ruchi Sharma''' was the first operational female [[paratrooper]] in the [[Indian Army]]. She retired from the Army in 2003 and is now an educationist.

== Life ==
Ruchi Sharma was a 1995 batch science student of [[Mehr Chand Mahajan]] DAV College for Women.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mukherjee|first=Oindrila|date=2018-03-01|title=First jump is like first love, exciting and exhilarating: Capt (Retd) Sharma|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/first-jump-is-like-first-love-exciting-and-exhilarating-capt-sharma-5082382/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Both Sharma and her father, an Indian Army officer, are alumni of [[Officers Training Academy|Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 March 2020|title=Meet Captain Ruchi Sharma, India's first female operational paratrooper|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/meet-captain-ruchi-sharma-indias-first-female-operational-paratrooper-5011481.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref> Sharma joined the army in 1996{{Efn|Only 4 years prior had Indian women been allowed in combat roles on an "experimental basis"<ref name=combat/>|name=|group=}}, when she was 20 years old,<ref name="combat">{{Cite web|last=Ganapathy|first=Nirmala|date=2020-02-14|title=Barred from combat roles, Indian women seek greater role in army|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/barred-from-combat-roles-indian-women-seek-greater-role-in-army|url-access=registration|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Straits Times|language=en|ref=combat}}</ref> as a Short Service Commission officer and was commissioned to the [[Army Ordnance Corps (India)|Army Ordnance Corps]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jain|first=Sanya|date=6 March 2020|title=Meet Captain Ruchi Sharma, The First Operational Paratrooper Of Indian Army|url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/womens-day-2020-meet-captain-ruchi-sharma-first-operational-paratrooper-of-indian-army-2191063|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=NDTV}}</ref> She volunteered to become a paratrooper.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-01-20|title=Ruchi Sharma- First operational woman Paratrooper|url=https://thesmetimes.com/ruchi-sharma-first-operational-woman-paratrooper/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The SME Times|language=en-US}}</ref> In an interview to [[Femina (India)|Femina]] magazine she remembers that during training they were made to jog for 40 km with a 10 kg load.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Rathod|first=Kalwyna|date=24 June 2020|title=#IndiaSalutes: Captain Ruchi Sharma, Indian Army’s First Female Paratrooper|url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/meet-indian-armys-first-female-paratrooper-captain-ruchi-sharma-162217.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Femina|language=en}}</ref> Her first jump was in 1997.<ref name=":3" /> About her first jump she says, "The first jump is like your first love"; in an ''[[The Indian Express|Indian Express]]'' article she is quoted saying, "I was screaming my parents' names, telling them that I love them,” and adding, "but when I landed, my ''<nowiki/>'ustad''' burst my bubble saying the enemy will know my position if I screamed so much everytime I jumped."<ref name=":0" /> Sharma went on to earn the [[maroon beret]] and serve in areas such as Ladakh.<ref name=":2" /> In 1999, she won the "General Oberoi Trophy" for "Best Women Adventurer" from her corps, and later on went on to be awarded the "Presidents Gold Medal".<ref name=":2" />

Captain Sharma retired in 2003. She says that if the policy of permanent commission for women had been there back in her days, she would have opted for it.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Ajay|date=23 February 2020|title=First woman paratrooper would have opted for PC|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/first-woman-paratrooper-would-have-opted-for-pc-45785|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Tribune India|language=en}}</ref> In 2020, on the occasion of [[International Women's Day]], Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]’s made a social media appeal to bring forward inspirational stories.<ref name=":1" /> One of the stories was highlighted was that of Captain Ruchi Sharma.<ref name=":1" /> In 2003 she left the forces so as to be able to look after her daughter.<ref name=":0" /> Ruchi Sharma, now an educationist,<ref name=":4" /> is married to an army officer, and they have a daughter.<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:Indian women in war]]
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