Hobbies
A through Michael Jackson fan , he was very good
at playing guitar, mouth organ and synthesizer, in fact any new
instrument he came across, he took it as a challenge to get mastery of and
made sure he could play it to perfection. He never hesitated to give
live performances
and enthralled his listeners with his beautiful
voice, singing Hemant
Kumar's songs as well as play them on his mouth
organ.
Education
He started his education from Manav Sthali
School, South Extension Delhi, after which he took admission in Holy Angels'
School, Sahibabad for a year and from where he took
admission in DPS
Ghaziabad
in the year 1988 and passed out from the school in the
year 1995. After scoring good percentage in class XII
his parents got him
admitted to Shri
Sant Gajanan
Maharaj College
of Engineering ,
Shegaon, Maharashtra.
Despite taking admission in an engineering college he had a passion to join the forces and
for which he was
determined and left engineering and joined the
prestigious NATIONAL
DEFENCE ACADEMY
in the year 1995.
NDA Trainee
During his NDA tenure, where was a member of the
India Squadron
(Injuns) he came out as one of the best cadets. He
was a champion
Horse Rider, training of which he took under the
able guidance of Col.
Bhawani Singh and riding the horse named
"Indira". He was a Boxing
champion in the feather weight category as well as
one of the best
swimmers. He continued his hunger for excellence into the
IMA and where he was
awarded with an appointment of the rank of BCA
(battalion cadet
adjutant) and was among the chosen ones to get an
opportunity to meet
Shri K.R NArayanan then the President of India at
Rashtrapati Bhawan.
First Posting
He passed out from IMA on 11th December 1999
and got commissioned in 5
Madras
. His first posting was at Hyderabad
from where he went on to serve the country with 38 RR (Rashtriya Rifles) in
Kashmir as the part
of counter insurgency operation where he
received his first medal for
Gallantry COASM ( Chief of Army Staff
Commendation Medal) in year
2002.
Join para commando
From the very beginning he wanted to be a para
commando and joined 1 PARA (SF) -the elite force of the Indian Army in
June 2003. After that
he served in Kashmir
with 1 Para (SF) where he was awarded Sena Medal
(Gallantry) in year 2004. He served as an
instructor at the Commando
Wing Belgaum for 2 years from January 2005 to
December 2006. After returning back from Kashmir he was stationed at
Nahan from where he
again moved to Kashmir
in October 2008 and it was this tenure that he
laid down his life for his motherland and attained
immortality on 21st
march 2009.
Immortal Martyr Major Mohit Sharma, AC,SM, COASM
will always remain as
a guiding star for all of us, he can be seen
shining right next to the
North Star in the skies every night as his nieces
find him.
His family can be reached at the following
address:-
3/27 , Sec-2 , Rajendra Nagar,
Sahibabad.
Ghaziabad
.
Uttar Pradesh
0120-2630658
