Dinesh Singh, SM

Biography

Lance Naik Dinesh Singh was from Lohaghat in Champawat district of Uttarakhand. He joined the Indian Army at the age of 20, was inducted into 3 Guards in 2015 and was later attached to 21 Rashtriya Rifles for counter-insurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir. On 2 May 2020, during the Handwara Operation, his column moved into Chanjimulla hamlet to neutralise terrorists who had taken civilians hostage. In the heavy exchange of fire that followed, he fought alongside Col Ashutosh Sharma, Maj Anuj Sood and Naik Rajesh Kumar to eliminate the militants and rescue the civilians, but sustained grievous injuries during the action and later succumbed to them at the age of 25. For his exceptional courage, devotion to duty and supreme sacrifice, Lance Naik Dinesh Singh was posthumously awarded the Sena Medal (Gallantry) on 26 January 2021.