Digendra Kumar
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Digendra Kumar MVC |
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| Born | 3 July 1969 |
| Allegiance |
 Republic of India
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| Service/branch |
 Indian Army
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| Years of service | 1985 - 2005 |
| Battles/wars | Kargil War |
| Awards |
 Maha Vir Chakra
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Digendra Kumar (born 3 July 1969) is a former member of the 2nd battalion of the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the Indian army. He was awarded the Mahavir Chakra on 15 August 1999, for his acts of bravery in the Kargil War. He retired from the army on 31 July 2005.
Kumar was born into the Jat family of Shivdan Singh Paraswal and lived in the village of Jhalara, Tehsil Neem-Ka-Thana, in the Sikar District in Rajasthan, India. His mother's name was Rajkaur. Shivdan Singh was a strong follower of Arya Samaj, who joined the Indian army and was badly wounded in Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Kumar has a daughter (Samita) and two sons (Japender and Mahaveer). Mahaveer studied in Sanskar School Jaipur and is a national basketball player. Japender studies in Delhi Technological University (formerly DCE). Samita is a national Kabaddi player.
Kumar joined the 2nd Battalion of the Rajputana Rifles on 3 September 1985. After training was complete, his battalion was posted to Kashmir. In 1987 he was selected for the Indian Peace Keeping Force and took part in Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka.
Operation Pawan was the code name assigned to operations by the Indian Peace Keeping Force to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE in late 1987, enforcing the disarmament of the LTTE as a part of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord. After fighting that lasted for about three weeks, the IPKF took control of the Jaffna Peninsula from the LTTE, something that the Sri Lankan army had attempted and failed to achieve for several years. Supported by Indian army tanks, helicopter gunships, and heavy artillery, the IPKF routed the LTTE, although they lost 214 soldiers in the process.
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