rajeshsindhu
October 3rd, 2002, 02:50 AM
Shahidon ki chitaao par lagenge har varsh mele,
Vatan par marne waalon kaa yahin baaki nishan hogaa.
[verbatim from tribune ]
Major cremated with honours
The mortal remains of Maj Rajeev Dahiya, who was killed while fighting militants in the Surrankote sector of
Jammu and Kashmir, were consigned to the flames here last evening with full military and state honours. A large
number of people from Jind and surrounding villages attended his cremation. The procession which started from
the local Urban Estate Colony passed through main markets of the city to reach the cremation ground.
Shopkeepers in several markets of the city downed their shutters as a mark of respect to the brave soldier. Mr
Rahul, the younger brother of Maj Rajeev Dahiya, lit the funeral pyre.
While Mr Rajeev Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Jind placed a wreath on his body on behalf of the Haryana
Governor, Mr Surinder Singh Barwala, Member of Parliament, placed a wreath on behalf of the Haryana Chief
Minister.
Col Rajinder Singh who accompanied the body of Major Dahiya from Surrenkote to Jind disclosed that he was
killed when the troops clashed with the heavily armed militants at Morabichhai village in the Surrankote sector on
September 30. He said on a tip off that some militants were hinding at Morabichhai village, Major Dahiya along
with several other officers and soldiers had launched a pre-dawn operation to flush them out. In the gun battle
that followed he was killed. A braveofficer, who had killed five, militants on January 22, 2002, was awarded the
?Shaurya Chakra? on the Independence Day this year.
Major Dahiya was born at Bhatt village in Sonepat district on December 13, 1971. He received his education at
Jind and at Sainik School, Kunjpura, in Karnal District. He was commissioned in the Army in the year 1989 and
had served in different capacities at Jaipur, Dehradun and Jammu and Kashmir.
Major Dahiya leaves behind his wife Annu, three-years-old daughter Anyana besides parents, two brothers and
one sister.
Vatan par marne waalon kaa yahin baaki nishan hogaa.
[verbatim from tribune ]
Major cremated with honours
The mortal remains of Maj Rajeev Dahiya, who was killed while fighting militants in the Surrankote sector of
Jammu and Kashmir, were consigned to the flames here last evening with full military and state honours. A large
number of people from Jind and surrounding villages attended his cremation. The procession which started from
the local Urban Estate Colony passed through main markets of the city to reach the cremation ground.
Shopkeepers in several markets of the city downed their shutters as a mark of respect to the brave soldier. Mr
Rahul, the younger brother of Maj Rajeev Dahiya, lit the funeral pyre.
While Mr Rajeev Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Jind placed a wreath on his body on behalf of the Haryana
Governor, Mr Surinder Singh Barwala, Member of Parliament, placed a wreath on behalf of the Haryana Chief
Minister.
Col Rajinder Singh who accompanied the body of Major Dahiya from Surrenkote to Jind disclosed that he was
killed when the troops clashed with the heavily armed militants at Morabichhai village in the Surrankote sector on
September 30. He said on a tip off that some militants were hinding at Morabichhai village, Major Dahiya along
with several other officers and soldiers had launched a pre-dawn operation to flush them out. In the gun battle
that followed he was killed. A braveofficer, who had killed five, militants on January 22, 2002, was awarded the
?Shaurya Chakra? on the Independence Day this year.
Major Dahiya was born at Bhatt village in Sonepat district on December 13, 1971. He received his education at
Jind and at Sainik School, Kunjpura, in Karnal District. He was commissioned in the Army in the year 1989 and
had served in different capacities at Jaipur, Dehradun and Jammu and Kashmir.
Major Dahiya leaves behind his wife Annu, three-years-old daughter Anyana besides parents, two brothers and
one sister.