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Col Vasanth V, AC (25 March 1967 – 31 July 2007) was the Commanding Officer of 9 Maratha Light Infantry, a unit of the Indian Army. On 31 July 2007, he was killed in action while preventing heavily armed infiltrators from crossing the Indian border at Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. Col Vasanth was awarded the Ashoka Chakra (posthumous), the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration for gallantry. The Ashoka Chakra is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=VvzgWD2RBLk=&ParentID=YG/CErIR6dY= )〕 Col Vasanth is the first person from the state of Karnataka, India to receive this honour. == Biography == Born to Praphulla and NK Venugopal in Bangalore, India, he was the youngest of two brothers. His father's work required the family to travel throughout the state of Karnataka and Vasanth went to schools in Udupi, Shimoga and Bangalore. He graduated from MES College, Bangalore in 1988. While in college, he was a member of the National Cadet Corps, through which he participated in the (Indo-Canada World Youth Exchange Programme ) of 1986-87. Vasanth joined the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in 1988. On 10 June 1989, he was commissioned into 9 MARATHA LI. In a military career spanning eighteen years, he served in Pathankot, Sikkim, Gandhinagar, Ranchi, Bangalore and various sectors of Jammu and Kashmir. I go where my men go,' Colonel Vasanth Venugopal told his mother when she asked him if a colonel should participate in all operations conducted by his men. On 28 October 2006 he took over as Commanding Officer of 9 Maratha Light Infantry. The battalion was at that time posted in Uri Sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Less than a year later, he was killed in a gun battle with militants who were trying to infiltrate the Indian border. Radio Operator Lance Naik Ganpat Shashikant also died in the operation. Col Vasanth's biography ''(Forever Forty )'', written by his wife Subhashini Vasanth and Veena Prasad was released by H.E Gen JJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) and Honourable Justice Santosh Hegde on 10 July 2011 at Crossword Bookstore, Bangalore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vasanth Venugopal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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