शहीद लेफ्टिनेंट रविन्द्र छिकारा कीर्ति चक्र

तुम भूल ना जाओ उनको, इसलिए कही ये कहानी।

जो शहीद हुए हैं उनकी, जरा याद करो कुर्बानी।।

*** MARTYRDOM DAY ***

Shaheed Lt. Ravinder Singh Chhikara

Kirti Chakra (Posthumously)

Unit - 6 Grenadiers Regiment

Operation - Rakshak

Lt. Chhikara was born in village Kheri Asra , A small hamlet in Jhajjar district of Haryana to Dr. Rattan Singh and Kamla Devi. He did his school from M.N.S.S. Rai and joined N.D.A. He was commissioned in Indian Army on 12 December 1998 in 6th Grenadiers Regiment.

On 19 July 2000 after receiving the information about the presence of few terrorists in village Naili a joint operation was launched by Ghatak platoon under Lt Chhikara with troops of 16 Sikh Regiment. Seeing the advancing Ghatak Party,

the terrorists opened volley of fire on the

Party. Lt Chhikara who was moving closely

behind the scouts quickly moved the house

where from the fire had come.

Without wasting any time, under the cover of LMG fire the officer displaying utmost

dedication to his duty sweeped into the

room with a volley of bullets from his AK

47 Rifle and shot dead one terrorist who

was in the process of firing his RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade). The terrorist was taken by surprise with the clever move of the Officer.

The bold action by this young officer turned

the situation in favour of security forces.

Seeing their accomplice dead two more

terrorists who were also inside the house

returned fire and ran towards the hill under

the cover of a nallah. Not ready to let this

fleeing opportunity to loose, Lt Chhikara along with his team immediately chased the fleeing terrorists.

While chasing them he realised that his Bullet Proof Jacket was hampering his impending task hence he threw it off and ran behind the terrorists like a roaring Lion who were running up hill.

With the gap closing in , the fleeing terrorists suddenly took cover of a boulder and started firing at the party headed by Lt Chhikara. Showing utmost courage, selfless devotion to duty and with total disregard to personnel safety this brave Indian Army Officer jumped behind another boulder and killed the terrorist also. However, in the process he suffered the grievous multiple bullet injuries in his chest from the third terrorist.

This courageous officer was so entangled by the love of his Motherland that despite the grievous wound he had suffered he entered into a hand to hand fight with the third terrorist and fired a long burst from his AK 47 Rifle killing him also before attaining martyrdom.

During this encounter a total of six foreign mercenaries including Jammu Region Area Commander of HUJI was also killed and huge quantity of arms and ammunition received.

The raw courage and swiftness shown by this Army Officer prevented the terrorists from encircling the party from behind.This young officer while sacrificing his life for the nation took utmost care that no civilian should come in the cross firing in this deadly encounter and ensured their total safety before launching the offensive against the terrorists in the house they were hiding.

Besides being devoted to his duty this

dynamic officer had developed a good

rapport with the people of the area and was

enjoying their good will.

Haryana Government has put a statue of

Ravinder Singh Chhikara at Jhajjar city at a square near Jahan-Aara Bagh, near bus stand. This place is now called "Shaheed Chhikara Chowk".

Salute and respect to the real son of Motherland on this day

JAI HIND JAI JAWAN