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Vivek Gupta

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(2 January 1970 – 13 June 1999) was an officer in the Indian Army. He was posthumously conferred the

Maha Vir Chakra The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) () is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. It replaced the B ...

, India's second highest war-time military honour, for his actions during the 1999

Kargil War The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referr ...

(Operation Vijay). He belonged to the second battalion of the

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, also known as ''2 Raj Rif''. He was also awarded the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) commendation card during his service.

Biography

Vivek Gupta was born on January 2, 1970, in Deharadun, Uttarakhand, to Lieutenant Colonel BRS Gupta. Vivek joined the National Defense Academy and the

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after graduation. He was commissioned into the

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, an infantry regiment famed for its brave warriors, on June 13, 1992. In 1997, Major Vivek married army officer Capt Rajshree Bisht. He was a courageous and dedicated soldier who received the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) commendation card. Recognizing his exceptional abilities, he was quickly assigned to Infantry School,

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, as a weapon instructor. Later, in 1999, he participated in the

, when he was killed in action and received the

Kargil War: June 1999

During the Kargil war in 1999, Major Vivek Gupta was instrumental in capturing the Tololing peak. The 2nd Rajputana Rifles entered the war when the Indian army lacked sufficientinformation about the scope of the invasion. Major Gupta and his men from the Rajputana Rifles' 2nd Battalion were tasked with recapturing point 4590 at Tololing in the Drass sector. This, like so many later operations in Kargil, was a dangerous mission that required an uphill accent toward the entrenched enemy posts with the benefit of vertical position and good vantage point. Major Vivek was killed in action on June 13, exactly seven years after joining the Rajputana Rifles.

Maha Vir Chakra

Posthumously, he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra by then

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, late

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on 15 August 2000.

In popular culture

* Major Vivek Gupta was portrayed by Bollywood actor

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in the 2003 historical battle film '' LOC: Kargil''.

External links

* https://defencelover.in/major-vivek-gupta-mvcposthumous-who-led-us-to-victory-at-tololing-after-heavy-casualties

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Vivek Indian Army officers Recipients of the Maha Vir Chakra People of the Kargil War People from Dehradun 1999 deaths 1970 births Indian military personnel killed in action