Service No : 3013633P
Date of Birth : March 15, 1991
Place of birth : Nainital, Uttarakhand
Service : Army
Last Rank : Paratrooper
Arm/Regt : The Parachute Regiment
Operation : CI & IS Ops
Martyrdom : February 14, 2017
Paratrooper Dharmendra Kumar
Paratrooper Dharmendra Kumar was born on March 15, 1991 and hailed from Pataliya village in Block Kotabagh of Nainital district in Uttarakhand. Son of Shri Mohanlal Shah and Smt Savitri Devi, Ptr Dharmendra did his primary schooling at Kashipur, Nainital while his father was working in a Textile Mill. Due to some reason, the textile mill was shut down and his father had to come back to his village to start afresh. Paratrooper Dharmendra Kumar completed his schooling from class 6th to 10th from the government school at his village. After passing his class 12th in 2010, he cleared the exam for Uttarakhand Police but turned down the offer to pursue his ultimate dream to be a part of Indian Army.
Finally, after 4 years of dedication and hard work, his dream came true in 2012 when he joined the Indian Army. He was recruited into 29 Para of the Parachute Regiment known for its gallant soldiers and many daredevil operations. Everyone in his family was very happy for his achievement, especially his father, uncle and cousins who were not lucky enough to join the Army. He was the inspiration for many young people to join the Army in that area. The young paratrooper, at a very early age of 26 years established himself amongst his comrades as a spirited and daring soldier while serving with 31 RR unit deployed in J & K area in 2017.
Bandipora Operation: 14 Feb 2017
During Feb 2017, Ptr Dharmendra Kumar’s unit was deployed in Bandipora district of J&K. On 13 Feb, the unit received information from the intelligence sources about the presence of some hard core militants hiding in a locality falling in its AOR(Area of Responsibility). As a result, on the early morning of Feb 14, 2017, Ptr Dharmendra Kumar’s unit 31 Rashtriya Rifles, the Special Operation Group of J&K Police and the CRPF launched an operation in the Parray Mollah locality in Bandipora to nab militants hiding in a two-storeyed house. While the forces were conducting the search operation, the hiding militants fired upon them, and a fierce gun battle ensued thereafter.
During the heavy exchange of fire, fifteen security personnel including Ptr Dharmendra Kumar, Rifleman Ravi Kumar and Gunner Astosh Kumar got injured and they were airlifted to an army hospital in Srinagar. In this operation, several terrorists including one top LeT commander were neutralized. However, Ptr Dharmendra Kumar, Rifleman Ravi Kumar and Gunner Astosh Kumar later succumbed to their injuries and were martyred. Ptr Dharmendra Kumar was a brave and dedicated soldier who laid down his life in the service of the nation before he even could turn 26.
Paratrooper Dharmendra Kumar is survived by his mother Smt Savitri Devi, father Sri Mohanlal Shah, two brothers Pavan Kumar Shah and Deepak Kumar Shah.
Ptr-Vishal rai
2023 at 2:30 pmJai Hind sher .
29 para….
I’m proud of you buddy
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Miss you so much yaar
Geeshma Dhyan
2023 at 2:30 pmMy salute and respect to your family who gave a son like you to this country. Jai Hind..!
Shivam goyal
2023 at 2:31 pmProud on you sir….. Cant stop my tears
Divya Nair
2023 at 2:31 pmYour sacrifice will always be remembered and you will remain a hero for countless Indians. I salute you. Jai Hind
Tinna Malhotra
2023 at 2:32 pmMy salute and respects to your family who gave a son like you to this country.
Shweta kaushal
2023 at 2:34 pmDharmendra bhaiya v all from 29 para is really proud of u untees ke app pehle shaheed ho desh ke liye apne sarvotam balidan de diya ananya n sbhi bache apko bht yaad karte hai iss rakhi pe ananya boli mein sb bhaiya ko rakhi pehanu gi bus ek bhaiya ko nhi pehna paugi
Jai hind jai bharat
chunnilal shah
2023 at 2:32 pmWE Salute you !
chunnilal chandrilal shah
2023 at 2:32 pmPaid tribute for my son (bhatija) Ptr Dharmendra kumar lost his life J&K on date 14/02/2017 , We lost a very cute member from our family, its first casualty in our village pataliya blok kotabagh dist Nainital uttarakhand , this lost can not recover but we family & all our villager are proud his soul,
Mrate to sabhi hain , Magar aesi Mout aati nahi sabhi ko.
ye mout to wo hain , jo yad rahti hain sabhi ko.
mana ki tum chale gaye bich raste se , humko yu chhodkar.
garv hain hame ki mit gaye tum desh ke liye , aarjuyen apni adhuri chhodkar.
My Dear son Dharmendra , jab tak suraj chand rahega , dhiran tera naam rahega,
tum hame chhodkar kahi nahi gaye tum sda hamaare paas ho hamre dilo me ho , koun kahta hain ki tum nahi ho, sab to kahte hain tum yahi kahi ho, i have no word to pay tribute you, because you are a hero.
we proud you,
we respect to you,
your are our hero,
I salute you , JAI HIND
Harsh Choubey
2023 at 2:33 pmSir aap ke bete ke balidan ko ye desh sadev yaad rakhega. We are eternally in debt to his sacrifice and of soldiers like him.