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1) The first time I met Capt Vijayant Thapar was in August 2015, at Leh Hall Of Fame. They show a small film here about the valour displayed by our jawans during the Kargil War. That's when I heard Capt Vijayant's story & read his last letter displayed in the museum at the Hall
2) of Fame. After that I kept meeting him- in his letter, in books, in the valour of our jawans, in the valleys of Ladakh, which echo with the stories of his bravery. Captain Vijayant Thapar had led the attack on an impossible feature called the Knoll. Commissioned into the army
3) on December 12, 1998, the young officer joined the prestigious No 2. Rajputana Rifles in Gwalior and was involved in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir. There, he and his unit were ordered to move to the Drass sector to evict the Pakistani intruders. A couple of weeks
4) before what would be his final encounter, on June 12, 1999, Captain Vijayant moved to capture Tololing under the directions of his Commanding Officer, Col. M.B. Ravindranath and his company commander, Major Padmapani Acharya. During the battle, Capt Vijayant captured
5) a Pakistani position, Barbad Bunker Point 4,590 and killed two Pakistani soldiers in close combat. On June 13, the tricolour was unfurled atop Tololing, which marked a turning point in the Kargil war.On June 28, 2 Rajputana Rifles was tasked with capturing more positions -
6) the Three Pimples, Knoll and the Lone Hill area. Upon arriving at Knoll, they found, to their dismay, that Pakistan troops of the Northern Light Infantry had the advantage. In the exchange of fire with the enemy, Maj. Acharya was killed. Seeing this, Capt Vijayant and his
7) junior, Naik Tilak Singh, engaged the enemy at a distance of merely 15 meters. It was at this point that he was shot in the head. A few hours later, the Knoll was captured. It was June 29. The brave son of Bharat had reached the end too. He was awarded the
8) Vir Chakra posthumously. I have clicked a picture of his last letter that he wrote to his father & have read it at least a hundred times. He was only 22 when he wrote that letter and attained veergati. In his letter, he says 'I have no regrets and if I become human again
9) I'll join the army and fight for my nation.' He also mentions Ruksana, the 6 year old Kashmiri girl he had helped recover from the trauma of her father's death. These are the men of honour, the real heroes who should be revered. It amazes me to think that he was only 22 and
10) was ready to sacrifice his life for the nation. What motivates them? And can we ever repay their sacrifices? We should at least tell the stories of our veer jawans to future generations, help build a worthy India. Shat shat naman to Capt Vijayant on his balidaan diwas 
