20 July 1997 (aged 24) Naushera, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Allegiance
India
Service/branch
Indian Army
Years of service
09 December 1995 - 20 July 1997
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Service number
IC- 53987X
Unit
1/11 Gorkha Rifles
Awards
Ashoka Chakra
Alma mater
National Defence Academy
Second Lieutenant Puneet Nath Datt, AC (29 April 1973 – 20 July 1997) was an officer of the Indian Army's 11 Gorkha Rifles. He was posthumously awarded India's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra, for bravery displayed in an Indian Army operation. The operation was conducted against terrorists hidden in a three-story building in the Nowshera area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[1]
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