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Deputy Commandant Rahul Mathur is a serving CRPF officer of 2008 Batch UPSC who was awarded with Kirti Chakra by President of India Ram Nath Kovind [1]
Mathur joined the CRPF as Assistant Commandant and trained at CRPF Academy in Gurgaon. He has also served in CRPF Valley QAT. [2]
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is India's largest Central Armed Police Force. It functions under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter insurgency. It came into existence as the Crown Representative's Police on 27 July 1939. After Indian independence, it became the Central Reserve Police Force on enactment of the CRPF Act on 28 December 1949.
Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy was a Soviet cosmonaut.
The Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), and is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel.
The Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice while not engaged in direct action with the enemy. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, sometimes posthumously. It is third in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards and comes after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra. It precedes the Yudh Seva Medal.[total recipients 2094]. [total awarded posthumously is 677].
The Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra. It is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards, comes after Ashoka Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra. Before 1967, the award was known as the Ashoka Chakra, Class II.
The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the joint defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services i.e. the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force train together before they go on to respective service academy for further pre-commission training. The NDA is located in Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra. It is the first tri-service academy in the world.
The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the Central Reserve Police Force of India to deal with riot and crowd control situations.
COBRA is a special operation unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of India proficient in guerrilla tactics and jungle warfare. Originally established to counter the Naxalite movement, CoBRA is deployed to address insurgent groups engaging in asymmetrical warfare. Numbering ten battalions as of 2011, CoBRA is considered to be one of the most experienced and successful law enforcement units in the country.
The Ladakh Scouts is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, nicknamed the "Snow Warriors" or "Snow Leopards". The regiment specialises in mountain warfare, and its primary role is to guard India's borders in the high altitudes of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Vinod Kumar Choubey, KC was an Indian Police Service officer of 1998 batch who was killed in an encounter with naxalites in the Rajnandgaon ambush in July 2009. Choubey was posthumously awarded with peacetime gallantry award 'Kirti Chakra' by Hon. President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil in March 2011.
Colonel Ajay Kothiyal, KC, SC, VSM (Retd) is an Indian politician and a former officer of the Indian Army. He was leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and was the CM Candidate for 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly elections. Kothiyal lost the election to BJP candidate in Gangotri Assembly constituency. In May 2022, he resigned from AAP and joined BJP.
On 13 March 2018, at least nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and six others were injured when Maoists blew up a mine-protected vehicle with an IED in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India.
87 Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army.
Major David Manlun, KC, was an Indian Army Officer who was posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, India's second highest peace-time military decoration. He was from the Naga Regiment's 164 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army.
Assistant Sub-inspector Babu Ram, AC (1972–2020) was a Police Officer of the Special Operations Group (SOG) Srinagar, who was awarded the highest peace time gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra.
Sapper Prakash Jadhav, KC was an Indian Army soldier. Belonging to the Engineers’ Corps, he served in the 1 Rashtriya Rifles. He was awarded the Kirti Chakra, India's second highest peacetime military decoration, posthumously. On November 27, 2018, he was leading a cordon and search operation in a village of Jammu and Kashmir when he was killed in action after killing one terrorist, injuring another and saving his buddy & team members. In addition to gunshots, he was attacked with petrol bombs.
Second-in-Command Harshpal Singh, KC, PMG & two bars, JPM, is a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Officer. He joined the CRPF in 2004. He received the Kirti Chakra, India's second highest peacetime gallantry medal, on 15 August 2019, for eliminating three terrorists despite being injured.
Corporal Devendra Mehta, SC is a serving commando in the Indian Air Force. He is from the Garud Commando Force unit. He is the recipient of the Shaurya Chakra, India's third-highest peacetime gallantry medal. He was presented the award on 26 January 2018 by the President of India. In 2017, he was deployed to the 13 Rashtriya Rifles battalion for Operation Rakshak. Mehta killed six terrorists with Light Machine Gun (LMG). During the same operation, he evacuated his buddy Jyoti Prakash Nirala. He awarded the gallantry for showing exceptional situational awareness and effective combat skills during a cordon and search operation.
CRPF Valley Quick Action Team also known as Valley QAT is the elite anti-terrorist unit of the CRPF which operates in Jammu and Kashmir. This team of highly trained commandos operates with Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police.
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