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MAJOR VIVEK GUPTA

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous) , 13-06-1999
Service Indian Army
Service Number IC-51152
Rank MAJOR
Unit/Regiments/Corps 2 Rajputana Rifles
Son Of Colonel B R S Gupta (Retired)
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Dehradun, Uttaranchal (Now Uttarakhand)
War/Operation/Battle Kargil War/ Op VIJAY
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Capt Raj Shree Bisht Gupta, wife of Late Major Vivek Gupta, receiving her husband’s Maha Vir Chakra from President KR Narayanan. (Photo Source: Rashtrapati Archive)

Capt. Raj Shree Bisht Gupta at the Defence Investiture ceremony for receiving Maha Vir Chakra of husband, Late Major Vivek Gupta. (Photo Source: Rashtrapati Archive)

Photograph of Major Vivek Gupta from the heights of Kargil. (Photo Source: A Ridge Too Far- War in the Kargil Heights 1999)

Major Vivek Gupta’s wife paying tearful tributes to her husband. (Photo Source: Hindustan Times & Deccan Herald)

Captain (Dr.) Rajshree Bisht Gupta, Army Medical Corps (AMC), salutes the tricolour-draped mortal remains of her husband, Major Vivek Gupta of the 2nd Rajputana Rifles.

Capt Vijyant Thapar, Maj Vivek Gupta, Maj Acharya during the Kargil War 1999.

Photo from the Tololing Heights

Photo from the Tololing Heights

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  4. Taygi, Satish Chandra. (2019). The Kargil Victory Battles from Peak to Peak. The Speaking Tigers in association with The United Service Institute of India
  5. Gandhi, S.S. Portraits of Valour: India’s Highest Gallantry Awards and Their Recipients. The Defence Review. (Ed 2006).
  6. Honourpoint- The Online memorial of every Indian Solider (Accessed on 9 April 2022) https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/major-vivek-gupta-mvc/
  7. Kargil War: From the ashes of the dead rise the tales of India’s heroes (Accessed on 9 April 2022) https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19990628-kargil-war-from-the-ashes-of-the-dead-rise-the-tales-of-indias-heroes-781204-1999-06-28
  8. The War Decorated India & Trust (Accessed on 1 April 2022) http://twdi.in/node/1153
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