Manoj Kumar Pandey PVC
Early Life And Education
Manoj Pandey was born on 25 June 1975 in Rudha Village of Sitapur District (Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh).his father name was Gopi Chand Pandey and was a small businessman,he was the elder child of the family and completed his secondary education from Sainik School and senior secondary education from Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Senior Secondary School.he had a keen interest in sports and mostly in boxing and body building,he was also awarded as the best junior NCC cadet of Uttar Pradesh Directorate in 1990,later he cleared NDA and got graduated from IMA in 90th course and belonged to mike squadron.He was commissioned in 1st Battalion of 11 Gorkha Rifles.
when he was asked why he want join army his answer was "I want to win the param vir chakra" and later he did that by sacrificing his life for the country.
Role in Operation Vijay(Kargil)
Capt Manoj was leading the attack in forcing the intruders to go back in batalik sector and to capture jubar top Indian army suffered a hige loss in doing that but Gorkhas made it happen "Hitlers use to say that if i had gurkhas in my army i could any war". after that on 2 july platoon of Capt Manoj headed toward its final objective and that was capturing the Khalubar Top as it was important due to its Strategic location, while leading his troops in several other battle he was griveously injured but the spirit of fighting for country never led him down and he again started leading the attack on khalubar top. The young officer led his platoon along a narrow ridge that led to the enemy position but they became visible in the day light and came under intense fire from the pakistani army ,Displaying the great courage he attacked the pakistani soldier with a full throttle giving a battle cry "JAI MAHAKALI AAYO GORKHALI".
Fearlessly assaulting the first enemy position he killed two paki soldiers in hand to hand combat and destroyed the second position by killing two more,he was griveously injured in shoulder and legs while clearing the third position but he continued to lead the clearing of 4th position and destroyed the same with greande and in doing that he got aburst of greande into his forehead where he succumbed to his injuries and thereby the Warrior immortalized himself by sleeping in the lap of mother earth forever.
Param Vir Chakra(Citation)
"Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, a young officer of the 1/11 Gorkha Rifles, took part in a series of boldly led attacks during Operation Vijay, forcing back the intruders with heavy losses in Batalik, including the capture of Jubar Top.
His finest hour was during the advance to Khalubar, when he was Number 5 Platoon Commander. On the night of 2/3 July 1999, as the platoon approached its final objective, it came under heavy and intense enemy fire from the surrounding heights. The officer was tasked to clear the interfering enemy positions, so as to prevent his battalion from getting daylighted, being in a vulnerable position. The officer quickly moved his platoon to an advantageous position under intense enemy fire and sent one section to clear the enemy positions from the right, while he himself proceeded to clear four other enemy positions on the left. Fearlessly assaulting the first enemy position, he killed two enemy personnel and proceeded to assault the second and destroyed it by killing two more enemy personnel. Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey was injured on the shoulder and legs by enemy fire while clearing the third position. Undaunted and without caring for his grievous injury, he led the assault on the fourth position urging his men and destroyed the same with a grenade, even as he got a fatal Medium Machine Gun burst on his forehead. It is this singular daredevil act of the officer, which provided the critical firm base for the companies, which finally led to capture of Khalubar.
Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, thus showed most conspicuous bravery, indomitable courage, exemplary personal valour, outstanding leadership and devotion to duty of an exceptionally high order, in the face of the enemy and made the supreme sacrifice in the highest traditions of the Army."
His saying was "If death comes to me before i prove my blood i will kill death"
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