Laishram Jyotin Singh

Major Laishram Jyotin Singh was an army doctor in the Indian Army Medical Corps, who died fighting a suicide bomber during the attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul.[1] Major Singh was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award in the Indian Armed Forces on January 26, 2011.[2]

Biography

Laishram Singh was born in 1972 in Manipur, India. He was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps in 2003, and was posted with the Indian Embassy in Kabul in 2010. Just thirteen days after his posting, a suicide bomber attacked the guarded residential compound where he was staying.[3] Major Singh confronted the terrorist unarmed and forced him to detonate his vest, which resulted in his death. He was awarded the Ashok Chakra "For his act of exemplary courage, grit, selflessness and valour in the face of a terrorist attack, resulting in his sacrifice and saving 10 of his colleagues"[4]

References

  1. ↑ IANS (26 January 2011). "Republic Day: Kabul terror attack hero Major Laishram Jyotin Singh wins Ashok Chakra". Economic Times. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Special Correspondent (26 January 2011). "Major Jyotin Singh awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  3. ↑ IANS (January 26, 2011). "Who is Major Laishram Jyotin Singh?". NDTV India. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ashoka Chakra to (Late) Major Laishram Jyotin Singh Two Kirti Chakras (Posthumous) also Awarded". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 26 January 2011.


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