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Ashoka Chakra recipient
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Almora, Almora district, Kumaon division, India
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Place of death
Nagaland, India
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28 years
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Ashok Chakra
(1972)
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Captain Ummed Singh Mahra (21 January 1942–06 July 1971) was born in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. In 1967 he graduated from the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned in the 19 batallion of Rajputana Rifles Rajputana Rifles.
In July 1971, he led a raiding party against the headquarters of an insurgent group in Nagaland. Though wounded in a firefight, he continued to lead the operation which captured a large cache of arms, ammunition and important documents. He died of his wounds after returning from the raid. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.
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