Naik Sugan Singh Rathore (Mahaveer Chakra) of 7th Rajputana Rifles

The inability of the Pakistani Dictator Yahya Khan to tide over his political failure in East Pakistan (now Bangladeh) caused him to provoke a war with India. As the opening shot of this war Gen. Yahya Khan's Air Force conducted a pre-emptive strike on Indian airfields.

Barely had the Pakistanis returned from their pre- emptive strikes on 3rd December, 7th Rajputana Rifles quickly captured Dhallai an enemy post on Tripura border. On 9/10 December the battalion was involved in a ferocious battle for Mynamati. Skillfully led by Lt. Col. A. S. Brar, they made an approach march of 12 km to surprise the enemy. Naik Sugan Singh twice crawled up to enemy pill boxes housing automatic weapons and silenced them with grenades. Wounded both times he died on account of his injuries. For his gallant and sustained action in the face of the enemy, he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra. The unit also earned two Vir Chakras and battle honour ‘Mynamati’.