Gen Rawat credits Col Narendra s discoveries for helping Indian Army to occupy locations ANI | Updated: Jan 01, 2021 13:09 IST
New Delhi (India), January 1 (ANI): Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat credited the grit, determination, and discoveries of Colonel Narendra Bull Kumar for helping the Indian Army to reach and occupy locations that helped in strengthening country s defences.
Colonel Kumar, 87, passed away on Thursday at the Army Research and Referral Hospital due to several age-related ailments. On the demise of Colonel Narendra Kumar popularly known to us as Bull Kumar, we convey our condolences to the bereaved family. A soldier whose grit, determination and yearning to scale the high mountain peaks led to discoveries that have helped the Army reach out to and occupy locations that have helped us in strengthening our defensive posture, Gen Rawat said.
Col Narendra Bull Kumar, who helped India secure Siachen glacier, passes away
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 1980sPremium
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Based mainly on Narendra Bull Kumar reconnaissance reports, the Indian Army went ahead with the mission to occupy the Siachen heights under the Operation Meghdoot.
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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.
: Friday, January 1, 2021, 1:50 PM IST
Col Narendra Bull Kumar passes away - All you need to know about the ace mountaineer who helped India secure Siachen glacier
Colonel (retd) Narendra Kumar, a legendary mountaineer who had spotted Pakistani activities around the Siachen glacier in 1984 that helped India secure it subsequently, died on Thursday at the Army s Research and Referral hospital.
Operation Meghdoot and Colonel Narendra Kumar
India had launched Operation Meghdoot in April 1984 to gain total control of the strategically-located glacier as well as nearby passes following Col Kumar s ground report about Pakistani activities.
An alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, Col (retd) Kumar, popularly known as Bull Kumar, was regarded as one of the finest mountaineers of the country.
Colonel Narendra Bull Kumar, who helped India secure Siachen glacier, passes away
ANI / Updated: Jan 1, 2021, 09:15 IST
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 the Operation Meghdoot.
One of the initial inputs about the Pakistani plans to annexe the Siachen glacier also came to be known by the Army through the iconic mountaineer who was commissioned into the Kumaon Regiment in 1953.
Ace mountaineer Colonel Narendra Bull Kumar passes away
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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 the Operation Meghdoot.
One of the initial inputs about the Pakistani plans to annexe the Siachen glacier also came to be known by the Army through the iconic mountaineer who was commissioned into the Kumaon Regiment in 1953.