Service No : JC440476H
Place of birth : Tejur, Karnataka
Service : Army
Last Rank : The Madras Regiment
Unit : 19 Madras
Arm/Regt : The Madras Regiment
Operation : Op Meghdoot
Martyrdom : February 3, 2016
Subedar Nagesha TT, hailed from Tejur in Hassan district of Karnataka. He joined the Army in the year 1994 and was recruited into 19 Madras of the Madras Regiment, a Regiment known for its gallant soldiers and various battle exploits. By 2016, Sub Nagesha had put in about 22 years of service, out of 12 years had been in field areas with challenging working conditions. During his service career, Sub Nagesha had taken part in ‘Operation Parakaram’, where he had laid and recovered a large number of mines. He also served in ‘Operation Rakhshak’ at Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir for two years where he was actively involved in counterinsurgency operations. He again volunteered to serve with Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir for two years where he displayed indomitable courage and leadership in fighting terrorism.
Sub Nagesha also went to the North East from 2009 to 2012 to serve in ‘Operation Rhino’ where he formed part of several successful operations against the militants as the Ghatak platoon JCO. He was serving in the super high altitude areas of Siachen Glacier from Aug 2015 and was handpicked for commanding one of the most important and highest posts at an altitude of 20500 feet since Dec 2015. His colleagues remember him as ‘Rambo’, who was always ready to help others by carrying their weapons and other load in addition to his own.
Sonam Post Avalanche: 03 Feb 2016
During 2015-16, Sub Nagesha’s unit 19 Madras battalion was deployed in Siachen area under the command of Col Um Bahadur Gurung. In Dec 2015, Sub Nagesha along with 9 other personnel were chosen to man the Sonam post, one of the highest manned military posts in the world atop Saltoro Ridge. The post that overlooked Siachen Glacier to the east and Pakistani occupied territories to the west was prone to devastating avalanches with extreme weather conditions. Besides Sub Nagesha as post commander, the other soldiers of the team included Hav Elumalai, Lance Hav S Kumar, Lance Naik Sudheesh B, Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, Sep Mahesha PN, Sep Ganesan G, Sep Rama Moorthy N, Sep Mustaq Ahmed S and Sep Sunil Suryawanshi. On the glacier, the soldiers contested an area where they had to deal with altitude sickness, high winds, frostbite and temperatures as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit). The rigorously trained soldiers needed to highly skilled in survival and sustenance. Besides the enemy fire, the soldiers had to brave the most unforgiving weather accompanied frequently by sudden avalanches and landslides. One such monstrous avalanche struck Sonam post in the morning of 03 Feb 2016.
Formed by enormous sized block of snow fracturing away form the mountain, it buried the post up to 25 feet deep snow in few seconds. Although the Army had a unit of the Snow Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) in Jammu and Kashmir, with several observatories at various locations to issue warnings and alerts to the Army formations and units, it could not detect this avalanche and the cause also could not be known. Sub Nagesha and 9 other soldiers got trapped under 25 feet of snow at an altitude of 20,500 feet. A massive rescue operation was launched by the Army which continued for 6 days to locate and rescue the trapped soldiers. The rescue operations were carried out by specialized teams of the Army and the Air Force which were being coordinated from Leh and Udhampur. The teams of Army and the Air Force undertook massive rescue operations under extreme weather conditions but could not save the life of this brave soldier. The nation will remain grateful to Sub Nagesha for his courage and supreme sacrifice.
Sub Nagesha TT is survived by his wife Smt Asha and two sons Amit TN and Preetham TN.
Basavarajgoud
2023 at 1:12 pmPlz call me Anna nanu armi serabeku lepmaddi plz……… …………plz call me
Meena
2023 at 1:13 pmI salute your heroism and sacrifice. We shall forever remain indebted to you for your service to the nation. Jai Hind
C. K. ramesh
2023 at 1:13 pmSubedar nagesh ka smarak ka kam pura horaha hai 26 jan2019 ko tejur hasana me ho raha hai app sab ko swagat hai
Kanthraj
2023 at 1:14 pmI like to honor these soldiers shall I get there contact numbers