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During Operation Vijay in May 1999, the forces of India and Pakistan were face to face in Kargil. Ram Dular Yadav’s unit was stationed in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir. As soon as the war started, the unit was sent to Kargil. Ram Dular’s unit was entrusted with the responsibility of capturing a peak in the Dras sector.
After training, Ramdular Yadav was posted in 13 Kumaon Regiment. This regiment has the honor of winning the Param Vir Chakra for the first time.
21 August 1999 is the incident of the night. All preparations were made for the attack. Bullets were firing from both sides. Ram Dular along with his companions were moving towards the enemy army. He was raining on the enemies with his AK 47.
Ramdular’s contingent broke down on the Pakistani army, shouting the regiment’s war cry ‘Bajrang Bali ki Jai aur Dada Kishan ki Jai’. More than 25 Pakistani soldiers were killed. Ram Dular was moving forward with the team when a cannon ball came near and fell. Blood started flowing from his body in the attack. Ram Dular Yadav and his 5 companions had attained Veergati while fighting the Pakistani army. ,
This story was told to the father by the friends involved in the fight with him. Ram Dular Yadav was awarded the Sena Medal by the Army for his outstanding display of valor and indomitable courage in Kargil.
The Kargil war ended on 26 July 1999. In this war that lasted for 3 months, 527 Indian soldiers were martyred. In the fourth and final part of the story of Kargil War Heroes, we will talk about Ram Dular Yadav, the brave soldier of Ghazipur.
This is the house of martyr Ramdular Yadav. The people of the village take pride in identifying their identity as Shaheed Gaon Padainiya.
Ram Dular’s father says, “On 22nd August we were all at our house, a boy from the village came running home and said uncle’s telephone has come. We reached there fast and sat by the phone. About 5 minutes After the phone rang, asked are you speaking Ram Dular’s father. Instead of the son, there was a voice of some unknown person. The phone was from the unit commanding officer. He said, “Ram Dular has been martyred while protecting the motherland.”
The news of the son’s martyrdom came on the telephone of the village on which the son had given the news of his arrival, the heart was bursting after hearing the news of the martyrdom. Mother had become unconscious. If you cut the wife as if there is no blood. On one side two sons and on one side Ram Dular’s face was floating in front of his eyes.
Father Ram Nagina is 95 years old. Remembering Ramdular, he says that he was the one to keep the family united. My boy was a diamond.
95-year-old father Ram Nagina Yadav remembering son Ramdular says, “He had come home on a 15-day leave in April 1999, 4 months before the martyrdom. The day he was to go back to his unit, I was plowing the field with the bullocks. It was afternoon. The heat was wreaking havoc in the scorching sun. After bidding farewell to the house, he was coming to the field to meet me by catching the footpath. I thought some work would be done. Near size said that father, I am going back, the holiday is over.
I said so soon? He shook his head and said, “Yes father.” I made the bullocks stand on the side under the shade of the tree. Seeing me drenched in sweat, I said in an excited voice that next time I come on holiday, I will buy a new tractor. Then you will get rid of plowing. Your son has started earning. Won’t let you plow the plow now.
I said so soon? He shook his head and said, “Yes father.” I made the bullocks stand on the side under the shade of the tree. Seeing me drenched in sweat, I said in an excited voice that next time I come on holiday, I will buy a new tractor. Then you will get rid of plowing. Your son has started earning. Won’t let you plow the plow now.
Little did I know at that time that instead of a new tractor, a coffin draped in the tricolor would come to the door carrying the son’s body. Father Ramnagina was speechless after narrating the story of the son. Streams of tears were flowing from his eyes.
Ram Dular Ramdular Yadav, who was going to become a soldier before the family, was born on 1 July 1974 in Padaniya village of Ghazipur district. Ram Dular joined the army on 26 October 1992. After training in Ranikhet, he got a posting in the 13 Kumaon Regiment. Narrating an interesting anecdote about joining the army, Ramdaras Yadav, two years younger to him, says, “Ram Dular was a boy before the family joined the army. He has done the work of motivating the coming generation to serve the country. 2 children from home are currently in the army. Every child in the house wants to join the army.”
Ramdaras says about elder brother Ramdular that when there is a function in the house, everyone misses him a lot.
Ram Dular left 2 small caresses
Ram Dular was married for 3 years before he was admitted. Sharing things related to the husband, his wife Pramila Devi says, “We were married before he was admitted. He was always simple in nature with me. Looking at the son, when he died, he said that the children were I was very young. Ever since then I have never let him feel the lack of a father.”
Wife Pramila Devi has never let the children feel the lack of a father. Even after 23 years, she gets emotional when she mentions her husband.
Son proud of father’s martyrdom
Ram Dular has a daughter and a son. Daughter’s name is Priyanka Yadav and son’s name is Amit Yadav. Priyanka is married, she lives in her in-laws’ house, while Amit stays in Ghazipur with his mother Pramila Devi and prepares for a government job.
Remembering his son Amit Papa, he says that all people leave the world, but there are some people who leave their identity with their unmatched exploits.
Remembering his father, Amit says that he has not seen him for 23 years but is always present in front as a mother.
(This story is done by Vikas Singh. Vikas is doing an internship with Dainik Bhaskar.)