Jyoti Prakash Nirala
Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, AC (15 November 1986 - 18 November 2017) was a member of the Garud Commando Force. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration in January 2018. He is the first airman to receive the award for ground combat and only the third one to receive it overall after Suhas Biswas and Rakesh Sharma.[2][3][4]
Jyoti Prakash Nirala
November 15, 1986[1]
Rohtas district, Bihar
November 18, 2017 (aged 31)
Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir
2005–2017
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Rashtriya Rifles (deputed)
Garud Commando Force
Early and personal life[edit]
Nirala was a resident of the Badladih village of Rohtas district, Bihar.[5] He was born on November 15, 1986, in Yadav family to Tej Narayan Singh Yadav and Malti Devi.[6][7]
Jyoti Prakash Nirala was married to Sushma Nand Yadav in 2010 and they have a daughter Jigyasa Kumari.[8][9]
Military service[edit]
Nirala joined the Garud Commando Force of the Indian Air Force in 2005. His unit was deputed to the 13 Rashtriya Rifles and stationed in Jammu and Kashmir under Operation Rakshak.[10][3][11]