https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Chhering_MutupChhering Mutup - Revision history2026-07-30T10:28:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Chhering_Mutup&diff=365879&oldid=prevBot at 13:24, 8 October 20222022-10-08T13:24:41Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{more citations needed|date=February 2021}}<br />
<br />
{{Infobox military person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Naib Subedar]]<br />
| name = Chhering Mutup<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]]<br />
| image = Naib Subedar Chhering Mutup.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250 px<br />
| caption = Portrait of Naib Subedar Chhering Mutup<br />
| birth_date = <br />
| birth_place = Likar Village, [[Leh]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]<br />
| allegiance = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| branch = {{Army|India}}<br />
| serviceyears = 23 June 1965 - 1 July 1989<br />
| rank = [[File:Naib Subedar - Naib Risaldar of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Naib Subedar]]<br />
| servicenumber = 9920311<br />
| unit = [[Ladakh Scouts]]<br />
| awards = [[File:Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]<br />
}}<br />
[[Naib subedar|Naib Subedar]] '''Chhering Mutup''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] is a retired [[Junior commissioned officer|Junior Commissioned Officer]] (JCO) with the [[Ladakh Scouts]] who was awarded the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]], India's highest peacetime military decoration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dashamlav.com/ashok-chakra-award-winners-list//|title=List of Ashok Chakra Award winners}}</ref><br />
<br />
On 21 February 1985, Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup headed a team of soldiers that attacked and captured a crest in the [[Siachen Glacier|Siachen glacier]]. In spite of bad weather and poor visibility, Chhering and his team accomplished the difficult task.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup - Ashoka Chakra Awardee|url=https://www.aancomics.com/lance-havildar-chhering|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821131956/http://www.aancomics.com:80/lance-havildar-chhering |archive-date=2019-08-21 |access-date=|website=Aancomics}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Early life==<br />
Chhering Mutup was born in Likir, Leh, Ladakh and joined the Ladakh Scouts in 1965.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MlAi5sWYOe8C&q=chhering+mutup&pg=PA96|title=Bravest of the Brave (Heroes of the Indian Army): Heroes of the Indian Army|date=January 2007|publisher=Ocean Books|isbn=9788187100003|location=|pages=96}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Military career==<br />
Chhering volunteered to lead a patrol to capture the crest line overlooking an Indian post on the Saltoro ridge. He accomplished the task in extremely hostile weather in high altitude. For the gallantry he displayed, he was awarded the Ashok Chakra in 1985. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thankyouindianarmy.com/chhering-mutup/|title=Chhering Mutup}}</ref> He retired as an Honorary [[Naib Subedar]] on 1July, 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 August 1989|title=Part I-Section 4: The Gazette of India - Extraordinary|page=281|work=|publisher=The Gazette of India|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Ashoka Chakra Citation ==<br />
The [[Ashoka Chakra]] citation on the Official [[Indian Army]] Website reads as follows:<br />
{{Quotation|{{center|'''CITATION'''<br><br />
'''L/HAV CHHERING MUTUP'''<br><br />
'''LADAKH SCOUTS (9920311)'''<br><br />
'''(Efective date of the award: 21st February, 1985)'''<br><br />
}}<br />
Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup was required to accomplish an extremely difficult assignment in one of the forward locations of Jammu and Kashmir. Undeterred by extremely hostile conditions of altitude, high velocity winds, heavy snow and blizzards, Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup led his patrol gallantly from fold to fold and accomplish the assignment. In the process, he exhibited the most conspicuous courage, bold initiative and presence of mind. <br />
<br />
Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup thus displayed the most conspicuous gallantry , cool courage and devotion to duty of an exceptionally high order. <ref name=Gov>{{citation|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1086|accessdate=28 August 2014|title=Gallantry Awards|publisher=Gallantry Awards Website of the Indian Ministry of Defence}}</ref>}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/army-hero-plans-to-carry-back-onions-to-leh/story-zuCknQfOl51UhrIGWohGSJ.html<br />
<br />
[[Category:Indian Army personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)]]<br />
[[Category:Ashoka Chakra]]</div>Bot