Sajjan Singh Malik
Sajjan Singh Malik (Capt) (25.11.1979 - 08.07.2004), Kirti Chakra (Posthumous), martyr of Counter Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, was killed on 7 July 2004 at Gundpura village in Bandipora district. He belonged to village Kirtan of Rajgarh Churu tahsil in Churu district of Rajasthan.
Unit - 10 Para (Special Forces)
Battle
Battle - Counter Insurgency Battle
Sacrificed his life
He was commissioned into the Special Forces in December 2001 after passing out from the Indian Military Academy. According to the sources "Skillfully tracking the movement of a group of terrorists for a month, he laid a trap in Gundpura village in Baramulla district on the night of 7 July 2004. As the terrorists were leaving the village in the early hours the next day, he sprang the ambush. In the firefight he personally killed two terrorists in the narrow bylanes of the village but in the process received three bullet injuries. Ignoring his injuries he motivated his troops to surround and prevent the third terrorist from escaping. Lobbing grenades and with tremendous effort he closed in on the third terrorist, killing him at close quarters. He, however, succumbed to his injuries, sacrificing his life in the best traditions of the Indian Army."
The Tribune Report
New Delhi, January 25: The Army’s Special Forces Captain Sajjan Singh Malik, who died while fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, has been awarded the Kirti Chakra while Athens Olympics silver medalist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has been awarded the country’s second highest defence award on the eve of the 56th Republic Day.
In the awards announced today, armed forces personnel have also been honoured with Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal and Yuddh Sena Medal. However, Capt Malik has been awarded the second most important gallantry award of the country given away from the battlefield. A Defence Ministry spokesman here said that Capt Malik has been awarded the Kirti Chakra (posthumously) for killing three terrorists in an encounter on the night of July 7 last year in Gundpura village of Baramulla district before falling to enemy fire.
The Rajasthan-born Capt Malik was commissioned into the Special Forces in December, 2001, soon after passing out of the Indian Military Academy.
Capt Malik had been tracking a group of terrorists for a month before the encounter and ambushed them while they were leaving Gundpura in the early hours of July 7. Two terrorists were killed in his own fire, but Capt Malik was hit by three bullets.
Ignoring injuries, he motivated his troops to surround a third terrorist and prevent him from escaping. Throwing grenades, he closed in on the terrorist and gunned him down from close range before falling to his injuries, the spokesman said.
“Capt Malik succumbed to his injuries, sacrificing his life in the best traditions of the Indian Army,” he said.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Capt. Malik was a native of Rajgarh in Churu district of Rajasthan.
Ref - The Tribune Report, New Delhi, January 25, 2005
His family
Education
कैप्टन सज्जन सिंह मलिक का परिचय
कैप्टन सज्जन सिंह मलिक
25-11-1979 - 08-07-2004
कीर्ति चक्र (मरणोपरांत)
यूनिट - 10 पैराशूट रेजिमेंट (SF)
ऑपरेशन रक्षक 2004
कैप्टन सज्जन सिंह राजस्थान के चूरु जिले की राजगढ़ तहसील के किरतान गांव के निवासी थे। भारतीय सैन्य अकादमी (lMA), देहरादून से पास आउट के बाद दिसंबर 2001 में उन्हें भारतीय सेना की पैराशूट रेजिमेंट में कमीशन मिला था।
सैन्य सूत्रों के अनुसार कैप्टन सज्जन सिंह ने एक महीने तक आतंकवादियों के एक समूह की कुशलता से निगरानी करते हुए, 07 जुलाई 2004 की रात कश्मीर के बारामूला जिले के गुंडपुरा गांव में आतंकियों को घेरने की योजना बनाई। अगले दिन 08 जुलाई 2004 की सुबह के शुरुआती घंटों में जब आतंकवादी गांव छोड़ रहे थे, तभी उन्होंने आतंकवादियों पर घात लगाकर हमला किया। गुंडपुरा गांव की संकरी गलियों में दोनों ओर से हो रही भीषण गोलीबारी के बीच कैप्टन सज्जन सिंह ने दो आतंकवादियों को मार गिराया, लेकिन इस बीच उन्हें भी तीन गोलियां लग गई।
अपने घावों की उपेक्षा करते हुए कैप्टन सज्जन सिंह ने अपने सैनिकों को तीसरे आतंकवादी को चारों ओर से घेरने व उसके बच निकलने के सभी रास्ते अवरूद्ध के लिए प्रेरित किया। बम फेंकते और भयानक प्रयास करते हुए वह तीसरे आतंकवादी की ओर बढ़े तथा अत्यंत निकट से उसे भी ढेर कर दिय। अंतत: भारतीय सेना की सर्वोत्तम परंपराओं को आगे बढ़ाते हुए वह वीरगति को प्राप्त हुए।
कैप्टन सज्जन सिंह मलिक को उनकी वीरता, अदम्य साहस, अद्वितीय नेतृत्व एवं सर्वोच्च बलिदान के लिए मरणोपरांत कीर्ति चक्र से सम्मानित किया गया।
Gallery
External links
- Official Website of Indian Army
- The Hindu, Jan 26, 2005
- https://www.facebook.com/ProudFans/posts/10151057272713071
References
- श्री रमेश दधीच (मोब: 09413194024) - गाँव बीदासर , जिला चूरू, राजस्थान द्वारा जानकारियाँ और चित्र ई-मेल से उपलब्ध कराये।
- Jat Samaj, Agra : Jan-Feb 2005, p. 55
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