DS
Balidan Diwas
13 March 1986
Place of Supreme Sacrifice
Siachen Glacier, Saltoro Ridge
Unit / Regiment
11 JAT, Jat Regiment
Operation
Operation Meghdoot
War / Conflict
Siachen Conflict
Biography
Sepoy Dilbag Singh served in 11 Jat of the Jat Regiment. As part of Operation Meghdoot, he was deployed along the Saltoro Ridge at the Siachen Glacier. On 13th March 1986, while on a patrol led by Nb Sub Nafe Singh, the team was struck by a devastating avalanche triggered by enemy shelling. Despite a massive rescue operation launched to locate and save those buried, Sepoy Dilbag Singh and seven of his comrades could not be saved. He made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.