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{{Short description|Indian army officer}}

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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]
| name = Davinder Singh Jass
| honorific_suffix = [[Kirti Chakra|KC]]
| image = Captain Davinder Singh Jass.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1983|9|29}}
| birth_place = [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_place = [[Sopore]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|2|23|1983|9|29|df=yes}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| serviceyears = 2007–2010
| servicenumber = IC-70151W
| rank = [[File:Captain of the Indian Army.svg|15px]] [[Army ranks and insignia of India#Officers|Captain]]
| awards =
[[File:Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Kirti Chakra]]
| unit = [[Para (Special Forces)|1 Para (SF)]]
| allegiance = {{flag|India|name=Republic of India}}
| alma_mater = {{unbulletedlist|[[GLA University]] ([[Bachelor of Technology|BTech]])|[[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad|IIIT Allahabad]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]; unfinished)|[[Indian Military Academy]]}}
}}

[[Captain]] '''Davinder Singh Jass''' {{Post-nominals|country=IND|KC}} (29 September 1983 – 23 February 2010) was an [[Indian Army]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] of [[Para (Special Forces)|1 Para (Special Forces)]]. He was posthumously awarded the [[Kirti Chakra]], India's second highest peacetime [[Military awards and decorations|military decoration]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gallantry Awards {{!}} Ministry of Defence, Government of India |url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3576 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.gallantryawards.gov.in}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Davinder Singh Jass was born on 29 September 1983 to Dalbir Kaur and Bhupinder Singh Jass, a former general manager of [[Dabur|Dabur India]], in [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He had an elder sister Harpreet Kaur Jass, who is a professor in [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-25 |title=A mother waits: He told me he would be home for Holi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/a-mother-waits-he-told-me-he-would-be-home-for-holi/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

After his schooling in Guru Harkrishan Public School, [[India Gate]], [[New Delhi]], he got a [[Bachelor of Technology|BTech]] in [[Computer science|Computer Science]] from [[GLA University]], [[Mathura]]. He then enrolled for an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] in [[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad|IIIT Allahabad]] in 2005. He had secured a job at [[Deloitte]], but after qualifying to join the army on his second attempt, he joined the [[Indian Military Academy]], just a few months before getting his MBA degree.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-25 |title=Capt Jass chose army over MNC job |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/capt-jass-chose-army-over-mnc-job-68116-2010-02-24 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Military career ==
Jass was commissioned into [[Indian Army Corps of Signals|Corps of Signals]] on 10 December 2007. He was inducted into the elite [[Para (Special Forces)|1]] [[Parachute Regiment (India)|Parachute Regiment]] in January 2009, and he successfully cleared his probation on 11 April 2009. He was later posted to [[Kupwara]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in November 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-08-14 |title=Ashoka Chakra to (Late) Major Laishram Jyotin Singh <br>Two Kirti Chakras (Posthumous) also Awarded |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=64772 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=pib.gov.in |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2010-02-23 |title=Captain Devinder Singh Jass KC |url=https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/captain-devinder-singh-jass-kc-2/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Honourpoint |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Sopore encounter ==
On 22 February 2010, the security forces received information from intelligence sources about the presence of militants in the Chinkipora area in [[Sopore]] in [[Baramulla district]]. In the wee hours of 23 February 2010, the [[Indian Army|Army]], the [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]], and the [[Jammu and Kashmir Police|Jammu and Kashmir police]], launched a joint search operation.<ref name=":0" />

As they initiated a house-to-house search, the militants hiding in three houses open fired, triggering a gun battle at about 5:30 am. Captain Jass, leading his team, tried to force his way into one of the houses. The militants lobbed grenades, after which the army lost contact with the officer. Later when a fellow officer contacted his mobile phone, the militants picked it up; and when offered a safe passage for his release, they said that he had already been killed. The official statement of both the army and the police was that Jass was not taken captive and was killed fighting the militants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-24 |title=Captain killed in Valley |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/captain-killed-in-valley/cid/546656 |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-25 |title=Sopore encounter: Pride in the midst of grief |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sopore-encounter-pride-in-the-midst-of-grief-411522 |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

The [[Encounter killing|encounter]] ended after nearly 15 hours; the Captain's body couldn't be retrieved till late in the evening. Other than Captain Jass, two soldiers of 1 Para, [[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] Selva Kumar and [[paratrooper]] Imtiaz Ahmad Thoker, were also killed. They both were posthumously awarded the [[Sena Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-08-14 |title=Independence Day Gallantry Awards and other Decorations |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=64771 |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=pib.gov.in |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]}}</ref> Among the slain militants, there were one each from [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] and [[Hizbul Mujahideen]], two from [[Harkat-ul-Mujahideen]], and one was a local militant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Asia: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2010 |url=https://www.satp.org/terrorist-activity/southasia-Feb-2010 |website=South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)}}</ref>

== Kirti Chakra ==
Captain Jass was awarded the Kirti Chakra, India's second highest peace-time military honour on [[Independence Day (India)|15 August]], 2010; and it was presented to him on 18 March 2011, at the Defence Investiture Ceremony, at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], in New Delhi. His mother Dalbir Kaur received the honour for her deceased son from the [[President of India]], [[Pratibha Patil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Kirti Chakra to Captain Davinder Singh Jas (posthumously), at the Defense Investiture Ceremony, in New Delhi on March 18, 2011. |url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=122484202 |website=The Hindu Images}}</ref>

{{quote|author=Gazette of India Notification|quote={{center|'''IC-70151 CAPTAIN DAVINDER SINGH JASS, 1ST BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) (POSTHUMOUS)'''}}

{{right|(Effective date of the award: 23 February 2010)}}<br>

Captain Davinder Singh Jass was leading his troop of Alfa Team in an operation in a village in Sopore district of Jammu & Kashmir.

On 23 February 2010, after receiving information of presence of terrorists in the village, a heavily congested built up area, Captain Davinder Singh Jass after carrying out meticulous planning moved to the area. While closing into the target area his leading squad came under heavy indiscriminate terrorist fire from multiple directions, injuring members of his squad. With utter disregard to personal safety he extricated one of his injured men to safety. Thereafter, the officer crawled forward and extricated the second buddy, however he sustained serious gun shot wounds. Unmindful of injuries, he continued engaging the terrorists and closed in to a terrorist. In a daring encounter he killed one terrorist in a fierce hand to hand combat before succumbing to his injuries.|source=<ref name=":1" />}}

== Legacy ==
After the Captain's death, a road was named after him in Indirapuram,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-30 |title=SIGNAGE BOARD OF KIRTI CHAKRA CAPT DAVINDER SINGH |url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=160247476 |website=The Hindu Images}}</ref> the neighbourhood in Ghaziabad where his family lives, by the initiative of Trans Hindon residents’ association. There is also a gateway or ‘dwar’ outside their housing society, with his picture and name; which was built with the help of politician [[Amarpal Sharma]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-30 |title=Oneness for all |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/oneness-for-all/article6839375.ece |access-date=2023-09-08 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In January 2023, [[V. K. Singh|Gen V. K. Singh (Retd)]] inaugurated a badminton and volleyball court in Nagar Nigam Balika Inter College, Indirapuram (Ghaziabad), constructed by Shaheed Captain Davinder Singh Jass Memorial Trust in the Captain's name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-14 |title=शहीद कैप्टन देवेंद्र सिंह जस्स के जीवन से प्रेरणा लेने का समय: वी के सिंह |trans-title=Time to take inspiration from the life of martyr Captain Devendra Singh Jass: VK Singh |url=https://www.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2023/1/14/we-shoukd-take-encurrage-from-shaheeds.php |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.hindusthansamachar.in |language=hi}}</ref>

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NoellaXgt402 at 09:03, 11 February 2026