(1968-03-06)6 March 1968[1] Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Died
24 June 2007(2007-06-24) (aged 39) Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Service/branch
Indian Army
Years of service
1984–2007
Rank
Naib Subedar
Service number
JC-593527
Unit
8th Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry battalion
Battles/wars
Siachen Conflict Operation Meghdoot Operation Rajiv Kargil War Operation Vijay
Awards
Ashok Chakra Vir Chakra Sena Medal (Gallantry)
Naib Subedar Chuni Lal AC, VrC, SM was an Indian Army soldier of The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (8 JAK LI). He was born in Bhaderwah,[2] and basically from Gandhari Paddar and lived in Bhara village with parents Shanker Dass and Shakuntala Devi in Doda district of Jammu.
Decorated with Vir Chakra and Sena Medal (Gallantry),[3] JC-593527, Lal was killed in action on 24 June 2007[3] in a militant flush-out operation in Kashmir's Kupwara sector. These militants, all of whom were also shot dead, were trying to cross the Line of Control (LoC) and enter Indian territory. The success of this militant flush-out operation, which claimed his life, earned him the highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield, the Ashok Chakra. He is the highest decorated soldier of the Indian Army of all time, honored with Sena Medal, Vir Chakra and Ashok Chakra.
^"Hav Chuni Lal, VRC, SM @ TWDI".
^"Famous Personalities of Bhadarwah - Shaheed Chuni Lal". Sanjeet Rakwal. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ ab"twice decorated soldier dies fighting militants". DNA India. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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Global Information
Indian Army
Naib Subedar
Ashok Chakra
Vir Chakra
Sena Medal (Gallantry)