Sujjan Singh (soldier), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sujjan Singh (soldier)

Ashoka Chakra recipient

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1953

Date of Death: 26-Sep-1994

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Subedar Sujjan Singh (30 March 1953 – 26 September 1994) was an Indian military officer with the 13th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment.He was born in Kanina Khas in Haryana.
On 26 September 1994, Singh was the search party commander of an operation to eliminate terrorists from the jungles near the Zalurah village of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir.
The team identified the militant hideouts but faced heavy gunfire from them, within a distance of 15 metres from the hideout.
Sensing that he needed to provide cover for his team, Singh physically charged towards the hideout.
He sustained several gunshot wounds but still continued to move forward until bullets pierced his helmet and killed him instantly.
Singh's act ensured that all the terrorists were killed, their arms and ammunitions recovered, and his team saved.
His great bravery is every year celebrated in the home town by his family members and "jalura surya samiti".On 26 September every year. For his bravery, he was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime military decoration in India.