13-Jan-1978 to 21-Mar-2009
 
"Its better to die for something,
rather to live for nothing"
Birth Place
 
Maj. Mohit Sharma was born on 13th January 1978 (Friday) at 10.30 PM in Rohtak, Haryana.
He was the second child of his parents Mr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma and Mrs. Sushila Sharma.
Maj. Mohit Sharma was fondly called  'CHINTU' by his family members and 'MIKE' by his course mates and colleagues.

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


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