New Delhi: Captain Anshuman Singh's wife Smriti Singh stood in front of President Draupadi Murmu. Her hands were folded and there were tears in her eyes. She was being awarded the Kirti Chakra, which was given to her husband posthumously. The Kirti Chakra is India's second-highest gallantry award. Captain Singh was given this honor for trying to save lives and secure essential medical equipment during a fire at an army storage facility on the Siachen Glacier. Captain Singh was posted as a medical officer of the 26 Punjab Regiment. His wife told in a video released by the Ministry of Defense that her husband died on July 19, 2023. She told that a day before they had a long conversation on the phone. They were talking about what their life would be like for the next 50 years. They would build a house, they would have children … but the very next day they got the news that Captain Singh was no more.
Defense Ministry released the video“He once told me, 'I will die with my uniform on my chest. I will not die an ordinary death,'” his wife said in a video released by a Defence Ministry spokesperson after he received the Kirti Chakra, awarded posthumously by President Draupadi Murmu on Friday.
Captain Singh was martyred in Siachen.On 19 July 2023, a fire broke out in an ammunition storage facility in the dark of the night. Captain Singh, posted as a medical officer of the 26th Punjab Regiment in Siachen, saw the burnt glass room and acted immediately to rescue the people trapped inside. He saved many people, but was martyred while trying to save equipment from the burning medical examination centre.
A statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, “Without caring for his own safety, Captain Anshuman Singh displayed indomitable courage and determination to save many lives during a fierce firefight in Siachen. For his heroic act and sacrifice, he was awarded the Kirti Chakra (posthumously).” Captain Singh's mother Manju Singh was also present at the felicitation ceremony along with Smriti Singh.
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Captain Singh's wife told the story
Recalling her first meeting with Captain Singh in the video, Smriti says, “We met on the first day of college. I don't want to exaggerate, but it was love at first sight. A month later, he got selected in the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC). We had met in an engineering college, but then he got selected for medical college. He was very intelligent. Just a month after we met, we were in a long-distance relationship for eight years. Then we decided to get married. Within two months of our marriage, he got deployed in Siachen.”
'The conversation took place a day before the martyrdom'
Smriti tried to hold back her tears and said, “On July 18, we had a long conversation about what our lives would be like in the next 50 years. We would build a house, have children… On the morning of July 19, I got a call that he was no more. For the next 7-8 hours, we were not ready to believe that something like this had happened. Now I have the Kirti Chakra in my hand, so maybe it is true. Well, he is a hero. We can handle our lives. But he gave his life to save three other families, his military family.” Captain Singh was cremated with full state honours on July 22, 2023 in Bhagalpur in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.
