Mahendra Nath Mulla

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Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla was an officer of the Indian Navy and the Captain of the INS Khukri, who went down with his ship during the 1971 war on the old tradition, "captains don't abandon their ships.". He was awarded Maha Vir Chakra posthumously for displaying conspicuous gallantry and dedication to duty.

He was born on 15 May 1926 in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 01 May 1948.

In 1971 Indo-Pakistani War Captain Mulla was a senior officer of frigates squadron of Indian Navy. He was given command of INS Khukri and was tasked to locate and destroy a Pakistani submarine in North Arabian Sea. During these operations on the night of 9 December 1971,INS "Khukri" was hit by torpedoes fired by a Pakistan submarine and sank.

Captain Mulla decided to ask the crew to abandon the ship and without regard to his personal safety he supervised the arrangements for rescue of his shipmates in a very cool, calm and methodical manner.

His action and behaviour and the example he set have been in keeping with highest tradition of Military of India.

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