2nd Lieutenant Rajinder Singh Nagar was born on 23rd August 1964 to an Army veteran Lt Col CS Nagar. He belonged to Machgarh village in the Faridabad district of Haryana. 2nd Lt Nagar passed the Combined Defence Services Exam and was commissioned into the 16 Sikh Battalion of the famed Sikh Regiment on 14th June 1986. In his first field assignment itself, he was selected to go to Sri Lanka as part of IPKF.
| Service Number | IC 43836 |
| Place of Birth | Faridabad, Haryana |
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit | 16 Sikh |
| Regiment | Sikh Regiment |
| Award | Vir Chakra |
| Date of Martyrdom | 17th October 1987 |
On 17th October 1987, 2nd Lt Nagar’s unit was tasked to link with Jaffna fort. However, during their advance from road Junction for linking up with the Jaffna Fort, the troops came under heavy militant fire from Manippe. The whole battalion was pinned down and, in such conditions, 2nd Lt Nagar took the lead of the column and encouraged them to move forward braving all odds. He spotted a heavy machine gun position from where they were being targeted and realized that it had to be silenced to continue their advance and avoid any attrition on their side. 2nd Lt Nagar took the immediate decision and charged the militants’ heavy machine gun position with a grenade. After the grenade exploded, in a daredevil action he charged the position physically. During this action 2nd Lt Nagar got hit by a burst of bullets and martyred.
2nd Lt Rajinder Singh Nagar was awarded ‘Vir Chakra’ posthumously for his indomitable courage.
