Subedar Major and Honorary Captain Sundar Singh, AC (14 February 1929 – 23 January 2017) was an Indian Army officer of 4 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles who was awarded India's highest peace time military decoration Ashoka Chakra.
[1] Sunder Singh was born on 14 February 1929 in Chauk Hadan Village of Poonch District, Jammu & Kashmir.
Other hostile elements then moved into positions at Bela, starting to fire towards the left side of the dam with light machine guns.
Armed with six hand grenades and amidst hostile fire, he crawled one hundred and fifty meters to a rocky area.
[4] Sunder Singh showed great presence of mind, courage and total disregard of his safety of the highest order.