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	[[Subedar Major]]<ref name=youtube>{{cite web \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLXjzP60L4 \|url-status=dead\|title=Yogendra Singh Yadav is shown to be a Subedar Major \|website=[[YouTube]]\|year=~~2022~~}}</ref> and [[Captain\|Honorary Captain]] '''Yogendra Singh Yadav''' [[Param Vir Chakra\|PVC]] is a retired commissioned officer in the [[Indian Army]], who was awarded the highest Indian military honour decoration, the [[Param Vir Chakra]], for his action during the [[Kargil War]]. Aged 19 when he received the decoration, he is the '''youngest person''' to be awarded the medal ([[Param Vir Chakra\|PVC]]).<ref name="Major General Ian Cardozo">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D9ymBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT138 \| title=Param Vir: Our Heroes in Battle \| publisher=Roli Books Private Limited \| author=Major General Ian Cardozo \| year=2003 \| pages=The Last Ghatak \| isbn=9789351940296}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/yogender-singh-yadav\|title=YOGENDER SINGH YADAV {{!}} Gallantry Awards\|website=gallantryawards.gov.in\|access-date=15 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091151/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/yogender-singh-yadav\|archive-date=16 December 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>		[[Subedar Major]]<ref name=youtube>{{cite web \|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLXjzP60L4 \|url-status=dead\|title=Yogendra Singh Yadav is shown to be a Subedar Major \|website=[[YouTube]]\|year=2017}}</ref> and [[Captain\|Honorary Captain]] '''Yogendra Singh Yadav''' [[Param Vir Chakra\|PVC]] is a retired commissioned officer in the [[Indian Army]], who was awarded the highest Indian military honour decoration, the [[Param Vir Chakra]], for his action during the [[Kargil War]]. Aged 19 when he received the decoration, he is the '''youngest person''' to be awarded the medal ([[Param Vir Chakra\|PVC]]).<ref name="Major General Ian Cardozo">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D9ymBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT138 \| title=Param Vir: Our Heroes in Battle \| publisher=Roli Books Private Limited \| author=Major General Ian Cardozo \| year=2003 \| pages=The Last Ghatak \| isbn=9789351940296}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/yogender-singh-yadav\|title=YOGENDER SINGH YADAV {{!}} Gallantry Awards\|website=gallantryawards.gov.in\|access-date=15 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091151/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/yogender-singh-yadav\|archive-date=16 December 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	===Kargil War===		===Kargil War===
	{{Main\|Battle of Tiger Hill}}		{{Main\|Battle of Tiger Hill}}
	Yadav enlisted with the [[The Grenadiers\|18 Grenadiers]], and part of the [[Ghatak Force]] commando platoon, tasked to capture three strategic bunkers on [[Tiger Hill, Kargil\|Tiger Hill]] in the early morning hours of 4 July 1999. The bunkers were situated at the top of a vertical, snow-covered, {{cvt\|1000\|ft}} cliff face. Yadav volunteered to lead the assault, climbed the cliff face, and installed ropes that would allow further assaults on the feature. Halfway up, machine gun and rocket fire came from an enemy bunker, killing the platoon commander and two others. In spite of being hit by multiple bullets in his groin and shoulder, Yadav climbed the remaining {{convert\|60\|ft}} and reached the top. Though severely injured, he crawled to the first bunker and lobbed a grenade, killing four Pakistani soldiers and neutralizing enemy fire. This gave the rest of the platoon the opportunity to climb up the cliff face<ref name="Indian army">{{cite web \| title = Profile on Yadav on the Indian Army website \| url = http://indianarmy.nic.in/PVC/photo_7.htm \| access-date = 18 August 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060813191311/http://indianarmy.nic.in/PVC/photo_7.htm \|archive-date = 13 August ~~2022~~}}</ref> bunker along with two of his fellow soldiers and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, killing four Pakistani soldiers. The platoon subsequently succeeded in capturing Tiger Hill. Though Yadav was hit by 12 bullets he played a major role in its capture.<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgEWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT210\| title= The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories\| work= History \| publisher= [[Penguin Books]] \|year= 2006 \| author= Rachana Bhatt \| pages=YSY\| isbn= 9789351188056}}</ref>		Yadav enlisted with the [[The Grenadiers\|18 Grenadiers]], and part of the [[Ghatak Force]] commando platoon, tasked to capture three strategic bunkers on [[Tiger Hill, Kargil\|Tiger Hill]] in the early morning hours of 4 July 1999. The bunkers were situated at the top of a vertical, snow-covered, {{cvt\|1000\|ft}} cliff face. Yadav volunteered to lead the assault, climbed the cliff face, and installed ropes that would allow further assaults on the feature. Halfway up, machine gun and rocket fire came from an enemy bunker, killing the platoon commander and two others. In spite of being hit by multiple bullets in his groin and shoulder, Yadav climbed the remaining {{convert\|60\|ft}} and reached the top. Though severely injured, he crawled to the first bunker and lobbed a grenade, killing four Pakistani soldiers and neutralizing enemy fire. This gave the rest of the platoon the opportunity to climb up the cliff face<ref name="Indian army">{{cite web \| title = Profile on Yadav on the Indian Army website \| url = http://indianarmy.nic.in/PVC/photo_7.htm \| access-date = 18 August 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060813191311/http://indianarmy.nic.in/PVC/photo_7.htm \|archive-date = 13 August 2006}}</ref> bunker along with two of his fellow soldiers and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, killing four Pakistani soldiers. The platoon subsequently succeeded in capturing Tiger Hill. Though Yadav was hit by 12 bullets he played a major role in its capture.<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgEWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT210\| title= The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories\| work= History \| publisher= [[Penguin Books]] \|year= 2006 \| author= Rachana Bhatt \| pages=YSY\| isbn= 9789351188056}}</ref>

	The Param Vir Chakra was announced for Yadav [[Posthumous recognition\|posthumously]], but it was soon discovered that he was recuperating in a hospital, and it was his [[namesake]] who had been slain in the mission.<ref name="rediff">{{cite web\|date = 17 August 1999\|work = [[Rediff.com]]\|title = Army orders inquiry into PVC blunder\|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/17pvc.htm\|access-date = 30 November 2013\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050620/http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/17pvc.htm\|archive-date = 3 December 2013\|url-status = live}}</ref>		The Param Vir Chakra was announced for Yadav [[Posthumous recognition\|posthumously]], but it was soon discovered that he was recuperating in a hospital, and it was his [[namesake]] who had been slain in the mission.<ref name="rediff">{{cite web\|date = 17 August 1999\|work = [[Rediff.com]]\|title = Army orders inquiry into PVC blunder\|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/17pvc.htm\|access-date = 30 November 2013\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050620/http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/17pvc.htm\|archive-date = 3 December 2013\|url-status = live}}</ref>

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{{short description|Recipient of Param Vir Chakra}}
{{for|the politician|Yogendra Yadav}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Subedar Major]] and [[Captain|Honorary Captain]]
| name = Yogendra Singh Yadav
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vir Chakra|PVC]]
| image = Yogendra Singh Yadav PVC.jpg
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| caption = Subedar Yadav, wearing his PVC Medal.
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|05|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twdi.in/node/506|title=Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, PVC|work=twdi.in|access-date=29 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327003059/http://twdi.in/node/506|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bulandshahr District]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. [[India]]
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| branch = [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]
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| rank = [[File:Subedar Major - Risaldar Major of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Subedar Major]] <br> [[File: Captain of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Captain|Honorary Captain]]
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| awards = [[File:Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg|32px]] [[Param Vir Chakra]]| Yash Bharti Award
| unit = [[The Grenadiers|18th Grenadiers]]
| education = Government High School, Aurangabad Ahir,Bulandshahar
| allegiance = {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
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| battles = '''[[Kargil War]]'''
*[[Operation Vijay (1999)]]
*[[Battle of Tiger Hill]]
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[[Subedar Major]]<ref name=youtube>{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLXjzP60L4|title=Yogendra Singh Yadav is shown to be a Subedar Major |year=2017}}</ref> and [[Captain|Honorary Captain]] [[Grenadier]] '''Yogendra Singh Yadav''' [[Param Vir Chakra|PVC]] is a junior commissioned officer in the [[Indian Army]], who was awarded the highest Indian military honour decoration, the [[Param Vir Chakra]], for his action during the [[Kargil War]]. Aged 19 when he received the decoration, he is the '''youngest person''' to be awarded the medal.<ref name="Major General Ian Cardozo">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D9ymBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT138 | title=Param Vir: Our Heroes in Battle | publisher=Roli Books Private Limited | author=Major General Ian Cardozo | year=2003 | pages=The Last Ghatak | isbn=9789351940296}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/yogender-singh-yadav|title=YOGENDER SINGH YADAV {{!}} Gallantry Awards|website=gallantryawards.gov.in|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091151/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/yogender-singh-yadav|archive-date=16 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life==
'''''Yogendra Singh Yadav''''' was born on 10 May 1980<ref name="Major General Ian Cardozo"/> in Village Aurangabad Ahir, [[Bulandshahr]] District, of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="googlebook1">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&pg=PA45 | title=Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India (Google eBook) | publisher=Lancer Publishers | date=1 January 2006 | author=S. D. S. Yadava | pages=47 | isbn=9788170622161}}</ref> His father Karan Singh Yadav served in the [[Kumaon Regiment]], participating in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan wars.<ref name="Major General Ian Cardozo"/> Yadav joined Indian Army at age 16 years and five months.<ref name="TLG">{{cite book|last1=Cardozo|first1=Major General Ian|title=Param Vir: Our Heroes in Battle|date=2003|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=9789351940296|page=The Last Ghatak|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D9ymBAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
[[File:Param Vir Chakra Awardee Yogendra Yadav at India Gate on Kargil Vijay Divas 2018.jpg|left|thumb|Param Vir Chakra Awardee Yogendra Yadav at [[India Gate]] on [[Kargil Vijay Diwas|Kargil Vijay Divas]], 2018]]

==Career==

===Kargil War===
{{Main|Battle of Tiger Hill}}
Yadav, enlisted with the [[The Grenadiers|18 Grenadiers]], and part of the [[Ghatak Force]] commando platoon, tasked to capture three strategic bunkers on [[Tiger Hill, Kargil|Tiger Hill]] in the early morning hours of 4 July 1999. The bunkers were situated at the top of a vertical, snow-covered, {{cvt|1000|ft}} cliff face. Yadav volunteered to lead the assault, climbed the cliff face and installed ropes that would allow further assaults on the feature. Halfway up, machine gun and rocket fire came from an enemy bunker, killing the platoon commander and two others. In spite of being hit by multiple bullets in his groin and shoulder, Yadav climbed the remaining {{convert|60|ft}} and reached the top. Though severely injured, he crawled to the first bunker and lobbed a grenade, killing four Pakistani soldiers and neutralizing enemy fire. This gave the rest of the platoon the opportunity to climb up the cliff face.<ref name="Indianarmy">{{cite web | title = Profile on Yadav on the Indian Army website | url = http://indianarmy.nic.in/PVC/photo_7.htm | access-date = 18 August 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060813191311/http://indianarmy.nic.in/PVC/photo_7.htm |archive-date = 13 August 2006}}</ref>

Yadav then charged the second bunker along with two of his fellow soldiers and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, killing four Pakistani soldiers. The platoon subsequently succeeded in capturing Tiger Hill. Though Yadav was hit by 12 bullets he played a major role in its capture.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgEWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT210| title= The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories| work= History | publisher= [[Penguin Books]] |year= 2006 | author= Rachana Bhatt | pages=YSY| isbn= 9789351188056}}</ref>

The Param Vir Chakra was announced for Yadav [[Posthumous recognition|posthumously]], but it was soon discovered that he was recuperating in a hospital, and it was his namesake who had been slain in the mission.<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|date = 17 August 1999|publisher = [[Rediff.com]]|title = Army orders inquiry into PVC blunder|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/17pvc.htm|access-date = 30 November 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050620/http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/17pvc.htm|archive-date = 3 December 2013|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Param Vir chakra citation==

The [[Param Vir Chakra]] citation on the official [[Indian Army]] website reads as follows:
{{Quotation|
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav was part of the leading team of Ghatak Platoon tasked to capture Tiger Hill on the night of 3/4 July 1999. The approach to the top was steep, snow bound and rocky. Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, unmindful of the risk involved, volunteered to be in the lead and fixed rope of his team to climb up. On seeing the team, the enemy opened intense automatic grenade, rocket and artillery fire killing the commander and two of his colleagues and the platoon was stalled. Realising the gravity of the situation, Grenadier Yadav crawled up to the enemy position to silence it and in the process sustained multiple injuries. Unmindful of his injuries and in the hail of enemy bullets, Grenadier Yadav continued climbing towards the enemy positions. Lobbing grenades and continuously firing from his weapon, he killed four enemy soldiers in close combat and silenced the automatic fire. Despite multiple injuries, he refused to be evacuated and continued the charge. Inspired by his gallant act, the platoon charged on to the other positions with renewed punch and captured Tiger Hill Top.

Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav displayed the most conspicuous courage, indomitable gallantry, grit and determination under extreme adverse circumstances.<ref name=PVC>{{citation|url=http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmPhotoGalleryWithMenuWithTitle.aspx?MnId=NCvnix4zLfQhf90l3OuEBw%3d%3d&ParentID=1tHir3NYQjroCJ9AgypEwg%3d%3d|accessdate=28 August 2014|title=The Param Vir Chakra Winners (PVC) |publisher=Official Website of the Indian Army}} "Profile" and "Citation" tabs.</ref>}}

==Portrayal in film and media==
[[File:Bana Singh, Yoginder, Sanjay Kumar (PVC Recipients).jpg|300px|thumb|right|The three living recipients of the Param Vir Chakra Award: Yogendra Singh Yadav, [[Bana Singh]] and [[Sanjay Kumar (soldier)|Sanjay Kumar]]]]

In the [[Bollywood]] film [[Lakshya (2004 film)|''Lakshya'']] about Tiger Hill, the actions of the fictional war hero Karan Shergill played by [[Hrithik Roshan]] is a screen adaptation depicting the heroic deeds of Yadav's platoon, among others. It provides a detailed description of their arduous journey to capture the strategically placed bunkers on Tiger Hill.<ref name="TBI">{{cite news|title=10 Army Heroes and Their Extra Ordinary Tales of Bravery|url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/40239/indian-army-heroes/|access-date=9 March 2016|work=TBI Team|agency=The Better India|publisher=thebetterindia.com|date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927052531/http://www.thebetterindia.com/40239/indian-army-heroes/|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

The assault led by another Ghatak platoon from the same regiment on [[Battle of Tololing|Tololing]] was adapted as one of the prominent battle scenes in the [[Hindi]] film ''[[LOC Kargil]]''. Bollywood actor [[Manoj Bajpai]] portrayed the role of Yadav in the film.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/History/1999/305-The-Real-Story.html | title=The Real Story behind LOC Kargil Movie | publisher=Bharat Rakshak | access-date=8 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810152234/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/History/1999/305-The-Real-Story.html | archive-date=10 August 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Grenadier Yoginder Singh Yadav statue at Param Yodha Sthal Delhi.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Yadav's statue at ''Param Yodha Sthal'', [[National War Memorial (India)|National War Memorial]], New Delhi]]

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html 5 Real Life Soldiers Who Make Rambo Look Like a Pussy]
*[http://www.thebetterindia.com/40239/indian-army-heroes/ 10 Army Heroes and Their Extra Ordinary Tales of Bravery]

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