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Capt K Clifford Nongrum, MVC 12 JAK LI, lone brave heart from Meghalaya
to have won prestigious award




Drass (Ladakh), July 19, (Scoop News)-On the intervening night of June 30/ July 1,1999, in the operations to capture Point 4812, Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum was tasked to assault the feature from South-Eastern direction.

Lieutenant Nongrum led his column over the near impossible vertical feature. On reaching the top, his column encountered strong enemy opposition. The enemy was well entrenched in interconnected bunkers, carved out of boulders, and remained protected from artillery fire.

The enemy pinned the column of Lieutenant Nongrum down with heavy and accurate automatic fire for about two hours. On seeing the futility of own fire against the fortified bunkers, Lieutenant Nongrum with utter disregard to personal safety charged through the fire zone. Closing in with the first bunker, he threw grenades into it and killed six enemy soldiers.

Then, as he snatched the universal machine gun of the enemy from the bunker, he received a volley of bullets. The audacious action of Lieutenant Nongrum stunned the enemy giving valuable reaction time to his troops to close in and finally clear the position.

Though severely wounded, Lieutenant Nongrum refused to be evacuated and fought valiantly till he succumbed to his injuries. This act resulted in the ultimate capture of Point 4812. For conspicuous gallantry and supreme sacrifice, Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum was honored with the Maha Vir Chakra, posthumously.

Capt. Clifford Nongrum was honored by Maha Vir Chakra for his extra- ordinary valor and supreme sacrifice. He is the only person from the State of Meghalaya to have won this distinct and prestigious honor.


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