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{{Short description| Ashoka Chakra recipient}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox person
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| name =
| honorific_suffix = [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]]
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| birth_place = Jamuna Nagar, [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| death_date = 1 November 1984
| death_place = Jamuna Nagar, [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| death_cause = [[Mob lynching]]
| citizenship = {{Flag|India}}
| occupation =
| known_for = Saving his neighbour's family during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]
| father =
| awards = [[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]
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'''Vijay Jagirdar''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]], was posthumously awarded India's highest peacetime gallantry award, the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]], for his exemplary bravery in saving his neighbour's family during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]] in [[Indore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=अशोक चक्र श्री विजय जागीरदार |url=https://shauryasaga.com/2024/07/03/ashok-chakra-shree-vijay-jagirdar/ |website=Shauryasaga}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Vijay Jagirdar was a resident of Jamuna Nagar, [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].

== Riots ==
Following the [[assassination of Indira Gandhi]] by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984, several mobs initiated the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]], which quickly turned violent across India.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Report - Government of India, Ministry of Defence |publisher=Ministry of Defence |pages=130 |language=English}}</ref> On the evening of 1 November 1984, a mob of about 150 people attacked the house of Balbir Singh, a neighbour of Vijay Jagirdar.<ref>{{Cite book |title=India, a Reference Annual |pages=734 |language=English}}</ref> The ferocious mob, armed with knives and sticks, sought to kill Balbir Singh and his family.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhargava |first=Yogesh Chandra |title=Ashok Chakra Shauryagatha |date=2007 |publisher=Manjuli Prakashan |isbn=9788188170463 |language=Hindi}}</ref> During this violence, Jagirdar's family, who lived opposite [[Lalbagh Palace]], gave shelter to the Sikh family. Seeing the gravity of the situation, Jagirdar came forward to confront the mob.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dhanedhar |first=Reva |title=Saga of Valour Param Vir Chakra and Ashoka Chakra Winners |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |year=2015 |isbn=9788123020013}}</ref> He pleaded with them not to harm the innocent Balbir Singh and his family.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Agarwal |first=Rashmi |title=Ashoka Chakra Recipients |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |language=English}}</ref> However, the mob ignored his request. When Jagirdar tried to forcibly stop them, he was severely beaten, losing consciousness. He was rushed to the hospital, but succumbed to his injuries within half an hour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vijay Jagirdar |url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3675 |website=Gallantry Awards}}</ref>

== Award ==
Jagirdar sacrificed his life to save his neighbour's family from a ferocious mob, without regard for his own safety. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Indore: लाड़ली के लिए शहीद को भूली सरकार, दंगों में शहादत देने वाले विजय जागीरदार को समर्पित सड़क का नाम बदला |url=https://www.amarujala.com/amp/madhya-pradesh/indore/government-forgot-the-martyr-for-indore-ladli-renamed-the-road-dedicated-to-vijay-jagirdar |work=Amar Ujala}}</ref>

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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]

Vijay Jagirdar - Revision history

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