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Second Lieutenant RAKESH SINGH

Ashoka Chakra

Award / Date of Action Ashoka Chakra (Posthumous) , 05-12-1992
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-51242
Rank Second Lieutenant
Unit/Regiments/Corps 22 GRENADIERS
Son Of Col Raj Singh
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Chandigarh
War/Operation/Battle
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Young Rakesh Singh with elder brothers in 1981 Source: Shri Rajesh Singh

Second Lieutenant Rakesh Singh as a young Cadet NDA, Khadakvasla, Pune Source: Shri Rajesh Singh

Passing Out Parade at the NDA, Khadakvasla, Pune Source: Shri Rajesh Singh

Second Lieutenant Rakesh Singh during the passing out parade in IMA Dehradun Source: Shri Rajesh Singh

Cadet Rakesh Singh with his Father Colonel Raj Singh Source: Shri Rajesh Singh

Colonel Raj Singh, Father of Second Lieutenant Rakesh Singh receiving Ashoka Chakra from the President Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1993 Source: Shri Rajesh Singh

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  3. 2/Lt Rakesh Singh: Youngest recipient of Ashoka Chakra - The Tribune. (2018, July 7). Retrieved from The Tribune website: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana-tribune/2-lt-rakesh-singh-youngest-recipient-of-ashoka-chakra-616187/
  4. The Grenadiers Regiment – Indian Army. (2025). Retrieved February 18, 2025, from Bharat-rakshak.com website: https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/army/units/infantry/grenadiers/
  5. The Need for a Strategic Response to Insurgency and Terrorism Internal Security Cluster * IDS IDSA ISSUE BRIEF. (2010). Retrieved from https://idsa.demosl-03.rvsolutions.in/system/files/IB_Strategic ResponsetoInsurgencyandTerrorism.pdf
  6. Counter Terrorist Operations in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army https://indianarmy.nic.in/KnowYourArmy/know-your-army-main/counter-terrorist-operations-in-jammu-and-kashmir-operations-un-mission
  7. Jammu & Kashmir: State Response to Insurgency - The Case of Jammu -- Thomas A. Marks. (2020). Retrieved February 18, 2025, from Satp.org website: https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume16/article1.htm
  8. Dhanedhar, Reva. 2015. Saga of Valour: Param Vir Chakra and Ashoka Chakra Winners. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
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