Remembering our Hero Capt Premjit Rockpa Shaurya Chakra (P) 9 Para on his birth anniversary today. Premjit Rockpa, was born on 18thApril, 1951 to Late Shri Chhering Tandup and Late Smt Gurudassi, in a remote village of Ghoshal, in Lahaul & Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. They were seven siblings and Premjit was the third born. He had one brother and five sisters. He did his schooling from the primary school in his village. Later, from 6thstd onwards, he started studying in the Higher Secondary School in Keylong, which was about 10 kms away from his village. He used to stay in the quarters there and would come to their village just once a week. By the time, Premjit was in Higher secondary, he had started harbouring the desire to join the Indian Army but his mother was against this as as her younger brother, who was in the Army, had been killed in action, at a very young age. Despite this, in 1969, while attempting the 11th std for a second time, Premjit appeared for the selections for Indian Army, and got selected too. His mother was in tears when he went to tell her about this and tried to stop him but nothing deterred him. While training in the Army, he simultaneously completed his studies and also started preparing for SSB. On 5th December, 1972, he joined the Army Cadet College and in 1976, he got commissioned as a 2ndLieutenant in the Indian Army. A year later, he became a part of the elite 9 Para. Some of the comrades in the battalion recall that he was an excellent boxer and cross country runner. They remember him as an ever smiling tough but simple guy. His toughness can be known from the fact that he would tell his team mates to step on his shoulder, while climbing down a difficult mountain. Capt. Premjit was a part of the 1981 Siachen expedition. Col D K Duarah, who had led the expedition wrote that during the expedition, Capt. Premjit was like his right hand and was always smiling and in high spirits. He was tough like a rock and would always be positive even in the toughest and most adverse kind of situation. Later, in the same year, Capt. Premjit was called to be a part of the All Paratroopers Expedition to Twin Peaks of Nanda Devi. On 4thOctober 1981, Capt. Premjit and his team mate Phu Dorji were last seen, moving towards the summit. Their bodies are believed to have been spotted, using binoculars, but they could never be recovered. They were believed to have fallen in an area that was inaccessible and was also prone to avalanche as well as frequent rock fall. Capt. Premjit Rockpa was conferred with a Shaurya Chakra, posthumously in January 1983. Premjit was born in the mountains, spent his life in the mountains and it is the mountains where it all ended for him. Those associated with him, remember Premjit as a very helpful and jovial person. He could become the life of every celebration or function, that he would a part of. But as I always say, God too wants His best back, at the earliest. He would have turned 73 today but he remains forever 30. Happy Birthday Capt Premjit. Gone too soon but not forgotten. #Amarbalidani #Unsunghero Link to my detailed piece : scribblesnme.wordpress.com/2…

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ 'ਚ 6ਵੀਂ ਕਲਾਸ ਦੇ ਬੱਚੇ ਦੀ ਹੋਈ ਮੌ.ਤ #Amritsar #Punjab #PrivateSchool #6thStd #Student #Eat #Posion #Death #Dailypostpunjabi

உறுப்பு வெந்து இறந்த பிஞ்சு.. காரணம் 'அவங்களா'.. கேமரா ஒயரை எலி கடிச்சிடுச்சாமே.. குமரியில் மர்மம் #kanniyakumari #crime #6thstd #student #murder #cooldrinks #acid #policeenquiry #பாத்ரூம் #கூல்டிரிக்ஸ் #கன்னியாகுமரி #கிரைம் #6ம்வகுப்பு #மாணவன் tamil.oneindia.com/news/kany…

பாத்ரூமுக்குள் நுழைந்த பிஞ்சு.. கையில் கூல்டிரிங்ஸ்ஸுடன்.. வெந்துபோன உறுப்பு.. பதறிய குமரி.. கொடுமை #kanniyakumari #crime #6thstd #student #murder #cooldrinks #acid #பாத்ரூம் #கூல்டிரிக்ஸ் #கன்னியாகுமரி #கிரைம் #6ம்வகுப்பு #மாணவன் #கூல்டிரிங்க்ஸ் tamil.oneindia.com/news/kany…

Financial Need Low Economic background School Students👩🏻‍🎓 D4V/ER/2122-188📚 Janarthan (6thStd) 👨🏻‍🎓and Yugendhar (9th Std)👨🏻‍🎓 are 2 aspiring students hailing from Low economic background👨‍👨‍👦‍👦. Their urge to pursue education is enormous. Kindly help them👭🏻 to further Chase their goals.

My Pooja shop's opening.Jitne saal chala paai acha waqt raha😊 . Best friends - My real life besties @championpri @saps076 Best moments : 6thstd trip and college trip. All 3 are best memories.

There was food shortage cause milk, ghee, grains were being offered in the name of havis says 6thstd social studies text book of GoKarnataka!!! @surnell @ShefVaidya @Swamy39 @goelsimmi @PMOIndia

#WuhanCoronaVirus A Humble Req...to @PrakashJavdekar @NCert_Lu to Declare this Year As ZERO ACADEMIC YEAR...as Children of all age Groups are definitely Susceptible to Infections, being an Academician, this is my Personal opinion & let's also Restrict Screen Time fm 1st-6thStd

#WestBengal, the 6thStd text book says #Rama was a foreigner who came to #India & invaded it & the word roaming is originated from rama & the native #Indians are #monsters The editor of this book is one #ShirinMasud who painted #KhudiramBasu a terrorist How it can be tolerated?

Would todays kids get connected with old white bearded man under banian tree as in most of Samskrit textbooks?When Samskrit was introduced in 6thStd in Gujrat the then CM @narendramodi asked to design cover page with students in LanguageLab gazing PaniniSutras on Computer screen!

Happy birthday🎂🎂my Soulmate❤️💯 Mylove💘Always keep smiling be TooMuch Happy I first time sawyou in my 6thstd 15/6/14 you were in purple top and whitejeans sitting behind me you were liking tooCute from that time You became My Soulmate Miss you alot Soonwe will get back again

6thStd lo Shakespre drama lo Na Crush ni Naa pakkana cast chesina Parimala Miss ki,10thstd lo Nannu Na Crush ni oke Section lo vesina SrinivasSir ki,Inter lo Na Crush ni Na Lab mate gaa vesina Laxmi Mam ki andarnee thaluchukuntoo 🙏 #HappyTeachersDay #Godmadecoincidence

A much needed question for students... சாவுங்கடா நாய்களா... #cbse #6thstd #social #castiesm

KrishnaayaVaasudevaayaHarayeParamaatmaney,PranatakleshanaashaayaGovindaayaNamoNamaha!1st shloka in 6thstd KV 5 decades back Hv a grt day!

only #6thstd pass,,who is this #bollywood star सिर्फ छठवी कक्षा पास ,कोन हे ये बॉलीवुड स्टार,देखीए youtu.be/P4EP8eZQ9CU

@mataonline 6thstd didnt even knw direction we learned in 3rd 4th std...