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{{Short description|Indian army officer}}

{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant]]
| name = Shashank Tiwari
| honorific_suffix = [[Kirti Chakra|KC]]
| image = Shashank_Tiwari.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|2002|1|24}}
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_place = [[North Sikkim]], [[Sikkim]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|5|22|2002|1|24|df=yes}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| serviceyears = 2024–2025
| servicenumber =
| rank = [[File:Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Army ranks and insignia of India#Officers|Lieutenant]]
| awards = [[File:Kirti Chakra ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Kirti Chakra]]
| unit = [[Sikkim Scouts|1 Sikkim Scouts]](attatched)<br>[[Army Service Corps (India)|ASC]]
| allegiance = {{flag|India|name=Republic of India}}
| alma_mater = [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]]<br>[[Indian Military Academy]]
}}

[[Lieutenant]] '''Shashank Tiwari''' {{Post-nominals|country=IND|KC}} (24 January 2002 – 22 May 2025) was an [[Indian Army]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]]. He was posthumously awarded the [[Kirti Chakra]], India's second highest peacetime [[Military awards and decorations|military decoration]] for saving a drowning soldier by sacrificing his life.<ref name="centuriondefenceacademy">{{Cite web |title=Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari Honoured with Kirti Chakra |url=https://www.centuriondefenceacademy.com/blog/news/lieutenant-shashank-tiwari-honoured-with-kirti-chakra/ |website=Centurion Defence Academy}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Tiwari was born on 24 January 2002 in [[Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], to Shri Jang Bahadur Tiwari and Smt Neeta Tiwari.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari KC - Honourpoint |url=https://honourpoint.in/profile/lieutenant-shashank-tiwari-kc/}}</ref>

==Military career==
He was selected for both, the 145th and 146th Course of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], eventually joining the former. After successfully completing his military training at the [[Indian Military Academy]], he was commissioned into the [[Army Service Corps (India)|Army Service Corps]] on 14 December 2024 as a [[Lieutenant]]. In 2025, he was attached to the [[Sikkim Scouts|1st Battalion of the Sikkim Scouts Regiment]] for operational exposure and regimental attachment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari: Who Laid Down His Life to Save a Fellow Soldier Earns Kirti Chakra |url=https://shop.ssbcrack.com/blogs/blog/meet-lieutenant-shashank-tiwari-who-laid-down-his-life-to-save-a-fellow-soldier-earns-kirti-chakra}}</ref>

== North Sikkim operation ==

During 2025, Tiwari's unit was deployed in the high-altitude region of [[North Sikkim]] which borders with the China. The unit's Area of Responsibility encompassed vast expanses of rugged mountains and treacherous valleys, most of which remained snowbound for the greater part of the year. The extreme climatic conditions posed continuous operational challenges like blocking vital routes, hampering troop movement and supplying convoys. Maintaining road connectivity between the forward posts was, therefore, a mission-critical task, requiring regular patrolling and snow clearance operations under extremely hazardous conditions.<ref>{{Cite news |title=अपनी जान गंवाकर बचाई थी अग्निवीर की जान, अदम्य साहस के लिए राष्ट्रपति ने दिया कीर्ति चक्र से सम्मान, जानिए लेफ्टिनेंट शशांक की कहानी |url=https://hindi.news18.com/amp/news/nation/lieutenant-shashank-tiwari-awarded-kirti-chakra-posthumously-ws-bkl-9510583.html |work=News 18 Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Father salutes Lt Shashank Tiwari, who died saving an Indian Army colleague in Sikkim |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/india/father-salutes-lt-shashank-tiwari-who-died-saving-an-indian-army-colleague-in-sikkim/cid/2122717 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> On 22 May 2025, Tiwari was leading one such Route Opening Patrol and snow clearance operation from Bichhu to the Tactical Operating Base at Chu Junction. While crossing a bridge over a fast-flowing mountain stream, [[Agniveer]] Stephan Subba lost his footing and was swept into the river. Without thinking twice, Lieutenant Tiwari jumped into the freezing stream to save his comrade. [[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] Pukar Katel immediately jumped to join Tiwari. They however managed to pull Agniveer Subba to safety. Yet, amidst turbulent flow of the mountain stream, Lieutenant Tiwari was swept away downstream. Despite the team's desperate attempts to reach him, the force of the water carried him away. After this a massive search operation was launched. Later Tiwari's body was recovered approximately 800 meters downstream of the river. For the bravery, camaraderie and sacrifice his life for his comrades, [[Lieutenant]] Shashank Tiwari was posthumously awarded India's second highest gallantry award the [[Kirti Chakra]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=अग्निवीर को बचाते हुए शहीद हो गए थे लेफ्टिनेंट शशांक तिवारी, अब कीर्ति चक्र से किया जा रहा सम्मानित |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/lieutenant-shashank-tiwari-was-martyred-while-saving-agniveer-being-honored-with-kirti-chakra/amp_articleshow/123306746.cms |work=Navbharat Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Extremely dynamic & energetic’: Govt hails Army braveheart from Ayodhya |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/extremely-dynamic-energetic-govt-hails-army-braveheart-from-ayodhya/amp_articleshow/124748046.cms |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

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