Balidan Diwas
17 June 2025
Place of Supreme Sacrifice
Army Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment
Unit / Regiment
63 Rashtriya Rifles (17 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment)
Biography
Colonel Somnath Mishra was the Commanding Officer of 63 Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency formation raised in 1990 to meet the internal-security challenges of Jammu and Kashmir. A highly respected and dedicated officer known for his outstanding leadership and devotion to the nation, he played a key role in counter-insurgency operations across the difficult terrain of the Kashmir Valley. In May 2025 he was gravely injured in a road accident and admitted to the Army Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, where he succumbed to his injuries on 17 June 2025.
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16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
Lance Naik Bidyanand Singh
1 Bihar (The Bihar Regiment) · 1999
Lance Naik Bihari Marandi
21 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2017
Lance Naik Bikram Tudu
1 Bihar · 1994
Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu
16 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 2020
Havildar Binod Kumar Shukla
17 Bihar, The Bihar Regiment · 1997