Date of Birth : Jul 25, 1992
Birth Place : Panchmahal, Gujarat
Service: Army
Last Rank: Sepoy
Unit : 51RR
Regt/Arm : The Mahar Regiment
Date of Martyrdom: Jan 25, 2017
Sepoy Sunil Patel
Sepoy Sunil Patel belonged to Balupura village in Godhra tehsil of Panchmahal district in Gujarat. Son of an Army veteran Sep Sunil was serving with 51 Rashtriya Rifles unit in J & K area in 2017. Sep Sunil’s father Takht sinh served in the Army for 28 years and retired in the year 2015. Sep Sunil’s two uncles, brother in law and cousin brother also served in Armed forces. Sep Sunil had got married in 2012 and the same year he had joined Army through Mahar Regimental center at Sagar in Madhya Pradesh.
After serving of a couple of years with his Regiment, Sep Sunil Patel was later deputed to serve with 51 RR unit deployed in J & K area. His battalion 51 RR, was engaged in counter-insurgency operations and was facing challenging situations on a regular basis. During Nov 2016, Sep Sunil had taken 40 days of leave and had rejoined the duty on 6 December 2016, a couple of weeks before the horrific avalanche in Jan 2017.
Gurez sector avalanche: 25 Jan 2017
Sepoy Sunil Patel was one of the 15 soldiers who lost their lives in an avalanche at Gurez sector of North Kashmir on 25th Jan 2017. There was heavy snowfall at the beginning of Jan 2017, resulting in multiple avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chandigarh based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment had warned of more avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in Jan 2017. The first avalanche hit Gurez on 25 of January morning, in which a family of four civilians had died. The second took place around the same time in Sonmarg, chiefly a tourist area, where an army camp was located.
The avalanche that proved deadly for the army hit the post at Neeru village in the night of 25 Jan 2017. The post at Neeru village was located in Tulail area, 25 Kms away from Gurez town in North Kashmir. The place located along the LOC normally remains cut off by road in winters. The avalanche hit the area few hundred meters away from HQs of 51 RR unit and trapped the soldiers, who were on patrol. The army dispatched the rescue teams and seven soldiers could be rescued but, Sep Sunil Patel, who had been buried in snow, could not be saved. Sep Sunil Patel was a gallant and dedicated soldier who laid down his life in the line of his duty.
Sepoy Sunil Patel is survived by his wife Pratimaben, daughter Arohi and mother Sumitraben.
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- http://www.newsnation.in/photos/news/in-pics-remembering-army-personnel-martyred-in-sonamarg-and-gurez-avalanches-1964/slide1#ph-196412
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Gurez_sector_avalanche
- http://deshgujarat.com/2017/01/27/sunil-patel-from-panchmahal-among-15-army-jawans-martyred-in-avalanches/
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/avalanche-kills-army-jawan-from-godhra-in-kashmir/articleshow/56819838.cms
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Gloria
2017 at 12:09 pmMy salute and respect to your family who gave a son like you to this country.
Pandurang S Pawar
2017 at 5:24 pmSelute to all forces who contributing their happiness to serving great India and we are proud to say that we are in Indian for which those who do not get chance to serve to make India proud.. tks
krishna bahadur thapa
2017 at 1:13 amWe family members are saluting your great sacrifice and an unique kind of patriosium. During that natural diaster spe which occurs in full of snowcovered areas.Of course it a great loss to nation and to your beloved wife alongwith the small infant, who unfortunetly lost his the dearest Papa. On the eve of vijayadesmi and forth coming festival deepavali I am canveying best regards to all of your family members. Most of you might not be knowing that I am first time in a majorly writing inner feeling to you. I would like to give spl thanks to those who had been taken their strongest effots to brings such type of Honourpoints. I also salutes to the founder and producer of such ape.
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