8 Inspiring Facts About Lt Col Niranjan Who Martyred In Pathankot

Lt Col Niranjan Kumar was a National Security Guard (NSG) commando. He was among the 7 martyrs martyred in the ongoing gunfight against Pakistani terrorists who attacked the Pathankot airbase few days back. Soldiers like Lt Col Niranjan motivate young blood to join the Indian Army and protect our country and its people.

Here are few inspiring facts about Lt Col Niranjan which might motivate you to become like him.

Lt Col Niranjan has joined the Indian army by cleaning Combined Defence Services Exam (CDSE) which is conducted by UPSC. This is one of the toughest defence exam followed by 5 days SSB interview. Normally SSB interview has selection rate of 1-5% which means out of 100 candidates in a batch only 1-5 make it.
He joined Officers Training Academy, Chennai for his basic military training.
He was commissioned in the Engineers Regiment of the Army in 2004, his role was “mopping up procedure” on the encounter spot.
He was head of the elite bomb squad of the NSG and an “explosives expert”. Being the leader, he led from the front to do his job. He died in action, defusing a grenade.
He was recently promoted to Lt. Colonel and posted in New Delhi as a commando.
Since childhood, he was interested in the armed forces. He opted for short service commission and when we asked why not air force or navy, he said he was in love with the olive green.
Lt Col. Niranjan told his family about getting into the National Security Guards, just after his wedding. “Around 2 years back he came on leave from Jammu and Kashmir for his wedding. As he was leaving, he told me that he was getting into the NSG and he was very excited about it. He was in NSG Delhi for 1 year and 10 months.
His older sister Bhagya Lakshmi said her brother was like Arjuna who fought in his Karmabhoomi. “We lost our mother when he was four years old and he had difficult personal life growing up. The country shouldn’t remember him just as a soldier who laid down his life but a man faced a lot of struggles to achieve his dream.