On 30 May 1999, as a part of battalion operations to capture the Tololing feature,

Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, 18 Grenadiers was tasked to secure the initial foothold

by capturing its forward spur where the enemy held a strongly fortified advance

position. While Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari was leading his team towards the

objective, he was fired at from two mutually supporting bunkers with universal

machine guns. Despite suffering grievous bullet injuries, Major Rajesh Singh

Adhikari continued to direct his sub unit. Refusing to be evacuated, the officer

charged at the second bunker and killed one more occupant, thus capturing the

second bunker at Tololing which later facilitated capture of Point 4590. For

conspicuous gallantry and supreme sacrifice, Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari was

posthumously awarded the second highest Indian Army decoration Maha Vir Chakra

for his actions in the battle.