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{{Short description|Indian army officer}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Major (rank)|Major]]
| name = Manish Pitambare
| honorific_suffix = [[Kirti Chakra|KC]]
| image = File:Manish Pitambare.jpg
| image_size = 250 px
| caption = Major Manish Pitambare
| birth_date = 1975
| death_date = 27 November 2006
| birth_place =
| death_place = [[Bijbehara]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
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| allegiance = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| branch = {{Army|India}}
| serviceyears = 1996–2006
| rank = [[File:Major of the Indian Army.svg|20px]] [[Major (rank)|Major]]
| unit = [[Parachute Regiment (India)|3 Para]]
| commands =
| battles =
| awards = [[File:Kirti Chakra ribbon.svg|25 px]] [[Kirti Chakra]]
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Major '''Manish Pitambare''' [[Kirti Chakra|KC]] was an [[Indian Army]] officer who posthumously received the [[Kirti Chakra]], India's second highest peacetime gallantry decoration.

==Education==
After obtaining his [[Secondary School Certificate]] with marks of almost 90%, Pitambare joined the [[Services Preparatory Institute]] (SPI) in [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Maharashtra]] and then prepared for the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] (NDA).<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/28obit.htm|title=An obituary for Major Manish Pitambare|last=Dhuri|first=Shailesh|date=28 November 2006|publisher=Rediff News, India|accessdate=2009-08-10}}</ref> He went on to join the NDA in [[Pune]], and went on to the [[Indian Military Academy]] (IMA). He commissioned into the Indian Army in 1996.<ref name="sms-thane">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sms-to-thane-death-on-duty-in-j&k/17616/2|title=SMS to Thane, death on duty in J&K|last=Rangnekar|first=Prashant|date=30 November 2006|publisher=The Indian Express Limited|accessdate=2009-08-10}}</ref> He was made a [[Major (rank)|Major]] before the age of 31.<ref name="obit"/>

==Military career==
Pitambare was part of the team that tracked down [[Al-Badr (Jammu and Kashmir)|Al-Badr]] militant Toufik Akmal, wanted for his suspected links to the [[11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings]].<ref name="sms-thane"/>

In 2006, Pitambare was serving with the 3rd battalion of the [[Parachute Regiment (India)|Parachute Regiment]] and was on counter-insurgency operations in the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. On 27 November 2006, during a night-long gun battle in south Kashmir's [[Bijbehara]], Pitambare shot dead Suhail Faizal, one of [[Hizbul Mujahideen]]’s top commanders in [[Kashmir]].<ref name="sms-thane"/> He was later killed in the same battle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/28hizb.htm|title=Army major, Hizb terrorist killed in Kashmir encounter|last=Ahmad|first=Mukhtar|date=28 November 2006|publisher=Rediff India Abroad|accessdate=2009-08-10}}</ref>

In January 2007, Pitambare was posthumously awarded the [[Kirti Chakra]], India's second highest peacetime gallantry award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=219436|title=Western Command GOC-in-C to receive award|date=26 January 2007|publisher=Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd|accessdate=2009-08-10}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Pitambare married his wife Mughda in 2003 and the couple had a daughter, Yukta, in 2005.<ref name="sms-thane"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kirti Chakra]]

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