Mohit Sharma

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Major Mohit Sharma (13 January 1978 – 21 March 2009) was an Indian Army Officer who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peace-time military decoration. Sharma was from the elite 1st Para SF. Sharma was engaged in several undercover counterinsurgency operations which involved infiltrating militant outfits such as the Hizbul Mujahideen military outfit under the identity of "Iftikhar Bhatt". During the operation he collected key intelligence to strike militant targets and also assassinated two high-level militants. He was decorated COAS Commendation card for Operation Rakshak mission, which was followed by a Sena Medal for gallantry after a covert operation in 2005. On 21 March 2009, during an operation in the Hafthrada forest of the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, Sharma was part of a search operation launched by the Army along with Rashtriya Rifles units when militants hiding in natural caves open fire on approaching troops. In the exchange of fire, Major Sharma and three other soldiers were killed, along with three militants. Sharma was later posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, which is the highest peace time military decoration in India. He was awarded two gallantry decorations earlier in his career. In 2019, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation renamed the Rajendra Nagar metro station in Ghaziabad as Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar metro station.