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When heavy fighting broke out in the Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir owing to planned infiltration by militants backed by the Pakistan army, the Indian Army was ordered to clear the heights of those intruders. The first major operation was undertaken by the soldiers who launched an offensive on Tololing to rid the area of intruders. The soldiers had been ordered to attack the enemy following the launch of Operation Vijay on May 25, after Lieutenant Saurabh Kalia, on patrol duty in the area, was declared missing.

On 30 May 1999, as a part of battalion operations to capture the Tololing feature, Maj Rajesh Singh Adhikari on attachment to 18 Grenadiers was tasked to secure the initial foothold by capturing its forward post where the enemy held a strongly fortified advance position. The post was located in a treacherous, mountainous terrain at about 15,000 feet and covered with snow. That night he and a 10-man Grenadiers team began climbing towards their fortified objective with picks and axes. Maj Adhikari was leading the central arm of three 10-man teams trying to capture a bunker. Maj Adhikari led the central charge, three metres ahead of his men. The bunker fell, but Maj Adhikari was shot, 20 m short of his objective. He was fired at from two mutually supporting bunkers with universal machine guns. He immediately directed the rocket launcher detachment to engage the bunker and without waiting, rushed into the bunker and killed two intruders in a close quarter combat.
Thereafter, he ordered his medium machine gun (MMG) detachment to fix position behind a rocky feature and engage the enemy. The assault party continued to inch their way up towards the objective. Despite suffering grievous bullet injuries, Maj Adhikari continued to give instructions to his men and direct fire. Refusing to be evacuated, he charged at the second bunker and killed one more occupant, thus capturing the second bunker at Tololing which later facilitated the capture of Point 4590. Maj Adhikari, had caused heavy casualties to the intruders and forced them to withdraw before succumbing to his injuries. The Battle of Tololing was one of the most significant battles, where Maj Adhikari fought valiantly and achieved the objective at the cost of his life. Maj Adhikari was a gallant soldier and a gritty officer who led from the front and laid down his life in the line of his duty.
Maj Rajesh Singh Adhikari was posthumously awarded the nation’s second highest gallantry award, “Maha Vir Chakra” for his conspicuous gallantry, leadership and supreme sacrifice.

Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari | Kargil War Hero 1999
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