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== Ashoka Chakra awardee == | == Ashoka Chakra awardee == | ||
[[File:Pranab Mukherjee giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh 57th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles (Rajputana Rifles)13 Rajputana Rifles (Posthumous), the award received by his wife.jpg|right|thumb|Neeraj Kumar Singh's | [[File:Pranab Mukherjee giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh 57th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles (Rajputana Rifles)13 Rajputana Rifles (Posthumous), the award received by his wife.jpg|right|thumb|Neeraj Kumar Singh's widow receives the Ashok Chakra from president Pranab Mukherjee on 26 January 2015.]] | ||
He was awarded India's Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award- [[Ashoka Chakra]] on 26 January 2015, [[Republic Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114939|title = Gallantry Awards to Army on 26 January 2015}}</ref> His award citation reads: {{quote|''Based on specific intelligence, Brigade Ghataks launched a Search and Destroy Operation at General area Gurdaji of [[Kupwara]] district of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on 24 August 2014. At 1025 hours, party noticed movement of few terrorists close to a Dhok, who opened indiscriminate fire on own troops. In the ensuring fire fight, a friend of Naik Neeraj was hit on bullet proof jacket. With utter disregard for his personal safety, Naik Neeraj crawled and extricated his friend. A terrorist threw grenades and brought heavy fire on Naik Neeraj. In a daring act, he inched closer to the terrorist and shot him dead. Simultaneously, the NCO was attacked by another terrorist resulting in dropping of his Rifle and the terrorist shot him in the chest. Despite grievous injuries, displaying unparalleled courage, he pounced on the terrorist, snatched his weapon and killed him in hand-to-hand combat. He refused to be evacuated till he became unconscious and was evacuated by helicopter to 92 Base Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.''}} | He was awarded India's Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award- [[Ashoka Chakra]] on 26 January 2015, [[Republic Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114939|title = Gallantry Awards to Army on 26 January 2015}}</ref> His award citation reads: {{quote|''Based on specific intelligence, Brigade Ghataks launched a Search and Destroy Operation at General area Gurdaji of [[Kupwara]] district of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on 24 August 2014. At 1025 hours, party noticed movement of few terrorists close to a Dhok, who opened indiscriminate fire on own troops. In the ensuring fire fight, a friend of Naik Neeraj was hit on bullet proof jacket. With utter disregard for his personal safety, Naik Neeraj crawled and extricated his friend. A terrorist threw grenades and brought heavy fire on Naik Neeraj. In a daring act, he inched closer to the terrorist and shot him dead. Simultaneously, the NCO was attacked by another terrorist resulting in dropping of his Rifle and the terrorist shot him in the chest. Despite grievous injuries, displaying unparalleled courage, he pounced on the terrorist, snatched his weapon and killed him in hand-to-hand combat. He refused to be evacuated till he became unconscious and was evacuated by helicopter to 92 Base Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.''}} | ||