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Gazette Notification: 22 Pres/89,26.1.89
Operation: 1984 Meghdoot Saichen
Date of Award: 26 Jan 1989

Citation:

Captain Pratap Singh was deployed as an Observation Post Officer in the Siachen area in April 1988. The adversary made repeated attempts to retake a key post vital for the defence of Siachen. Their last attempt to take this key post was on 9 May 1988 when they fixed four ropes and a ladder system on the ice wall below the post for the purpose. This attack was successfully beaten back by our forces. The ropes and ladder system fixed by the adversary, however, remained in position, making it possible for them to use it again in their fresh attempts to take the post. Itwas imperative that the fixed ropes were cut and the ladder unfixed to prevent fresh attacks.  

On 18 May 1988, Second Lieutenant Colonel Ashok Chaudhry was able to reach and cut two of the four ropes. On 26 May 1988, it was decided to cut the remaining two fixed ropes and unfix the ladder. Captain Pratap Singh undertook this mission with the help of a jawan descending down the ice wall. On reaching the location, Captain Pratap Singh found a large quantity of ammunition and grenades lying at the head of the ropes. As he was examining them, a grenade booby trap exploded, severely wounding him in his right arm and chest. Despite being severely wounded, the brave officer crawled forward to the fixed ropes and cut them with his knife. He then un-fixed the ladder system and let it fall down the ice wall. The gallant officer inched back to his own rope to return to the post but collapsed due to his severe wounds and died. Captain Pratap Singh, thus displayed conspicuous gallantry in eliminating a grave threat to a key post of our vital defences of Siachen at the cost of his life. 

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