Chhering Mutup

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Naib Subedar

Chhering Mutup

AC
Naib Subedar Chhering Mutup.jpg
Portrait of Naib Subedar Chhering Mutup
BornLikar Village, Leh, Ladakh, India
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of service23 June 1965 - 1 July 1989
RankNaib Subedar - Naib Risaldar of the Indian Army.svg Naib Subedar
Service number9920311
UnitLadakh Scouts
AwardsAshoka Chakra ribbon.svg Ashoka Chakra

Naib Subedar Chhering Mutup, AC is a retired Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) with the Ladakh Scouts who was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.[1]

On 21 February 1985, Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup headed a team of soldiers that attacked and captured a crest in the Siachen glacier. In spite of bad weather and poor visibility, Chhering and his team accomplished the difficult task.[2]

Early life[]

Chhering Mutup was born in Likir, Leh, Ladakh and joined the Ladakh Scouts in 1965.[3]

Military career[]

Chhering volunteered to lead a patrol to capture the crest line overlooking an Indian post on the Saltoro ridge. He accomplished the task in extremely hostile weather in high altitude. For the gallantry he displayed, he was awarded the Ashok Chakra in 1985. [4] He retired as an Honorary Naib Subedar on 1July, 1989.[5]

Ashoka Chakra Citation[]

The Ashoka Chakra citation on the Official Indian Army Website reads as follows:

CITATION

L/HAV CHHERING MUTUP
LADAKH SCOUTS (9920311)
(Efective date of the award ; 21st February , 1985)

Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup was required to accomplish an extremely difficult assignment in one of the forward locationg of Jammu and Kashmir . Undeterred by extremely hostile conditions of altitude , high velocity winds , heavy snow and blizzards , Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup led his patrol gallantly from fold to fold and accomplish the assignment . In the process , he exhibited the most conspicuous courage , bold initiative and presence of mind.

Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup thus displayed the most conspicuous gallantry , cool courage and devotion to duty of an exceptionally high order . [6]

References[]

  1. ^ "List of Ashok Chakra Award winners".
  2. ^ "Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup - Ashoka Chakra Awardee". Aancomics. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21.
  3. ^ Bravest of the Brave (Heroes of the Indian Army): Heroes of the Indian Army. Ocean Books. January 2007. p. 96. ISBN 9788187100003.
  4. ^ "Chhering Mutup".
  5. ^ "Part I-Section 4: The Gazette of India - Extraordinary". The Gazette of India. 15 August 1989. p. 281.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Gallantry Awards, Gallantry Awards Website of the Indian Ministry of Defence, retrieved 28 August 2014

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