Lance Naik Mohan Nath Awarded with Ashok Chakra for his Act of Bravery in Haphruda forest.

Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami from the Army’s elite Para Special Forces has been awarded the Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award, posthumously for his role in saving two colleagues during an encounter with militants in Kashmir last year.

ASHOKA CHAKRA AWARD:

The Ashoka Chakra  is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel and may be awarded posthumously. It replaced the British George Cross.

LANCE NAIK MOHAN NATH:

Lance Naik Goswami was a resident of Village Indira Nagar, Haldwani in Nainital. He is survived by wife and a seven-year-old daughter.

It's easy for us to sit at home in front of our TV screens and laud the efforts of our defence personnel. But those who actually give the supreme sacrifice never get their due. 

One of such heroes is Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, a Special Forces Commando of the Army who laid down his life while battling militants in Handwara in September last year. Before he died he  had eliminated 10 militants in a short span of 11 days before making the supreme sacrifice in Kashmir.

LANCE NAIK MOHAN NATH BRAVERY:

“Last year on September 2, Goswami was engaged in a fierce encounter with terrorists hiding in the Haphruda forest. As the encounter started, two of Goswami’s comrades were wounded. Undeterred by the intense volley of fire, he immediately rushed to rescue them and in the act, despite getting grievously wounded himself, he not only eliminated two terrorists but also saved the lives of his comrades,’’ the spokesman said.

A true soldier, Lance Naik Goswami breathed his last in action. "The mortal remains of this brave heart commando have been flown by an IAF aircraft to his home town in Bareilly. They will be taken by Army helicopter to Pant Nagar and onward to his native place where he will be cremated with full military honour," he said.

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