Col Narendra ''Bull'' Kumar, who helped India secure Siachen glacier, passes away
It was he who first detected the cartographic aggression of Pakistan in the Siachen glacier area.
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Updated: Jan 1, 2021, 09:21 AM IST
Ace mountaineer Colonel Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar, 87, who helped India secure the Siachen Glacier, passed away on Thursday at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi due to age-related illness.
Col Kumar, who was awarded the Kirti Chakra, Padma Shri, Arjun Award, and the McGregor medal, carried out multiple expeditions in the Siachen glacier area in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Based mainly on his reconnaissance reports, the Indian Army went ahead with the mission to occupy the Siachen heights under Operation Meghdoot.