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Major Mukund Varadarajan AC (12 April 1983 – 25 April 2014) was an Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.
Learn about the life and achievements of Major Mukund Varadarajan, who received India's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashoka Chakra, for his bravery in Kashmir. Find out his age, family, education, wife, and how he died in the line of duty.
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Feb 24, 2024 · Learn about the brave story of Major Mukund Varadarajan, who led an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir and was awarded the Ashok Chakra posthumously. Discover his early life, military career, and inspiring facts about his family and service.
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- Varadarajan, Major Mukund’s father, worked in a public sector bank, but many of his cousins were in the Indian Air Force. He too wanted to join the IAF like his cousins, but was dissuaded from doing so by his parents because he was their only son.
- As Mukund was so passionate about joining the army, Varadarajan thought of admitting him to a Sainik School. But he had to abandon the idea when he was transferred to Alappuzha from Thiruvananthapuram.
- Once he joined the army, he would call home every week and talk to his mother for hours. “I wanted to know whether army life was like what we see in films.
- Whenever his mother complained about not being able to see him regularly, he would say, ‘At least I come home a couple of times a year. But most soldiers cannot go home even once a year.
Apr 28, 2014 · CHENNAI: Chennai gave a tearful farewell to Major Mukund Varadarajan, 32, of the 44th Battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles who was killed in an encounter with Hizbul Mujahideen militants in Shopian ...
Feb 17, 2024 · Learn about the life and bravery of Major Mukund Varadarajan, who received the Ashok Chakra for his role in neutralizing a terrorist in Kashmir. Find out how the film "Amaran" starring Sivakarthikeyan honors his legacy and showcases his leadership and compassion.
Apr 28, 2014 · Minutes before the cortege of Major Mukund Varadarajan left his house in Tambaram on Monday, his three-year-old daughter Arsheya said "good night and goodbye" to her father.
