Personal Profile
Born on 3 July 1969 in a village Jhalara in Sikar district Rajasthan, Naik Digendra kumar is considered one of the Best Commando of the Indian Army. He was commander of the Light Machine Gun Group . His father’s name was Shivdan Singh Paraswal and mother was Rajkaur. Shivdan Singh was a strong follower of Arya Samaj, who joined Indian Army and was badly wounded in 1948 Indo-Pak war.
Digendra’s Career in Army
On 3 September 1985 Digendra Kumar joined 2 Rajputana Rifles and became the Best Commando of the Indian army. By his passion and hard work he got the skill to hit a target on the basis of only sound. After completing the training his battalion was posted in Kashmir. In 1987 he was sent in Indian Peace keeping Force and took part in ‘Operation Pawan’ in Sri Lanka where his acts of bravery were highly appreciated.
Role of Digendra in Kargil War
In May and July 1999 Pakistani soldiers infiltrated into the positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control(LOC).This LOC works as a defacto between the two states. Pakistani soldiers occupied the strategic locations enabling to control NH1. So the Kargil War took place between India and Pakistan in the Kargil district of Kashmir.
Naik Digendra Kumar, the commander of the Light Machine Gun Group during his company’s assault on Tololing feature in Dras Sector. The objective of his batalian was to capture a well-fortified enemy post located in a treacherous high altitude terrain at over 15000 feet. His Company was given the task of recapturing Point 5490.
His Great Courage in War
On 13 June 1999, when the Assault Group was nearing its objective it came under effective enemy fire of a well-concealed universal machine gun and heavy machine gun because of which many soldiers of his group were killed. Naik Digendra Kumar was hit by a bullet in his left arm. Unmindful of his own injury, Naik Digendra Kumar kept firing with one hand and brought down effective and accurate Light Machine Gun fire on the enemy.
His accurate fire kept the enemy’s head down while his own men advanced towards the objective. Finally, under his effective covering fire, own troops physically assaulted the enemy position and cleared it after a hand to hand fight. Despite being seriously wounded, it was due to his courageous action that the Assault Group could finally capture the objective
Awarded Maha Veer Chakra
The President, Mr KR Narayanan conferred Maha Vir Chakra on 15 August 1999 to Digendra Kumar who displayed conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty
