S S P Gupta, SM

Biography

Sepoy S S P Gupta hailed from Bancher Bagda village in the Rafiganj tehsil of the Aurangabad district of Bihar. He joined the Indian Army on 28 October 1996 and was posted to the 1st Battalion of The Bihar Regiment. During the 1999 Kargil conflict, Sepoy Gupta's unit was deployed in the Batalik sub-sector of Ladakh. On 29 May 1999, he was part of the Charlie Company of 1 Bihar that assaulted the fortified enemy position at Point 4268 on the Jubar Ridge, at an altitude of around 14,000 feet. Under intense enemy artillery and small-arms fire, Sepoy Gupta and his comrades charged the enemy sangar, and he sustained fatal injuries in the fierce close-quarter fighting that followed. For his courage and supreme sacrifice, Sepoy S S P Gupta was posthumously awarded the Sena Medal.