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| caption = Portrait of Col Vasanth Venugopal | | caption = Portrait of Col Vasanth Venugopal | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1967|03|25}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1967|03|25}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|07|31|1967|03|25}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|07|31|1967|03|25}} | ||
| death_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)| Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)| Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]] | ||
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Col. Venugopal was cremated with full military honours on 1 August 2007 in [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Col. Vasanth cremated|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080262540400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016190638/http://hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080262540400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=Aug 2, 2007}}</ref> | Col. Venugopal was cremated with full military honours on 1 August 2007 in [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Col. Vasanth cremated|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080262540400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016190638/http://hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080262540400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=Aug 2, 2007}}</ref> | ||
He was posthumously awarded the [[Ashoka Chakra Award|Ashoka Chakra]], the peacetime equivalent of the [[Param Vir Chakra]], India's highest military decoration for gallantry awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Army men awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=34842|newspaper=Press Information Bureau|date=Jan 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Honours and Awards|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=VvzgWD2RBLk=&ParentID=YG/CErIR6dY=|work=Official Website of Indian Army|access-date=25 July 2011}}</ref> Colonel Vasanth is the first person from the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]] to have received this honour.<ref>{{cite news|title=They paid the highest price for the nation’s safety|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007102958880300.htm&date=2007/10/29/&prd=th&|newspaper=Hinduonnet|date=29 Oct 2008}}</ref> | He was posthumously awarded the [[Ashoka Chakra Award|Ashoka Chakra]], the peacetime equivalent of the [[Param Vir Chakra]], India's highest military decoration for gallantry awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Army men awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=34842|newspaper=Press Information Bureau|date=Jan 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Honours and Awards|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=VvzgWD2RBLk=&ParentID=YG/CErIR6dY=|work=Official Website of Indian Army|access-date=25 July 2011}}</ref> Colonel Vasanth is the first person from the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]] to have received this honour.<ref>{{cite news|title=They paid the highest price for the nation’s safety|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007102958880300.htm&date=2007/10/29/&prd=th&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116011731/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007102958880300.htm&date=2007/10/29/&prd=th&|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 16, 2020|newspaper=Hinduonnet|date=29 Oct 2008}}</ref> | ||
Venugopal's biography ''Forever Forty'', written by his wife Subhashini Vasanth and Veena Prasad was released by Gen. Joginder Jaswant Singh and [[Santosh Hegde]] on 10 July 2011 at [[Crossword Bookstores|Crossword Bookstore]], Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/An-officer-gentleman-40-forever/articleshow/21562188.cms|title=An officer, gentleman & 40 forever|first=Jayanthi|last=Madhukar|date=9 July 2011|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> | Venugopal's biography ''Forever Forty'', written by his wife Subhashini Vasanth and Veena Prasad was released by Gen. Joginder Jaswant Singh and [[Santosh Hegde]] on 10 July 2011 at [[Crossword Bookstores|Crossword Bookstore]], Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/An-officer-gentleman-40-forever/articleshow/21562188.cms|title=An officer, gentleman & 40 forever|first=Jayanthi|last=Madhukar|date=9 July 2011|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> | ||