Service No: 9212865

Date of birth: May 19, 1953

Place of birth: Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Service: Army

Last Rank: Sepoy

Unit : 10 Mahar

Arm/Regt: The Mahar Regiment

Operation : Op Cactus Lily

Award : Maha Vir Chakra

Date of Martyrdom : Nov 30, 1971

Sepoy Anusuya Prasad MVC

Sepoy Anusuya Prasad, was born on 19th May 1953, in the village of Nanna, Chamoli, in present day Uttarakhand. Son of Shri Dayanand and Smt Ukha Devi, Sep Anusuya Prasad was enrolled in 10 Mahar on 19th May 1971. Sepoy Ansuya Prasad  despite being a young soldier of his regiment played an active role during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

 

Op Cactus Lily: 1971

 

During the 1971 war, for liberation of Bangladesh, the Mahar Regiment was given the task of capturing an enemy position, a tea factory at Chatlapur on the Eastern Front, which was a well-fortified building dominated by machine guns around the entire area. The plan of action, under Commanding officer, Major Gen K V Krishna Rao, was to send a squad to get into the enemy defences and set the building on fire.

 

Sepoy Ansuya Prasad, with utter disregard for his personal safety, volunteered for the task and crawled towards the enemy position, holding a few phosphorous grenades. During the process, he was shot in both his legs but undaunted, he continued crawling up towards the stock of ammunition in the building. Thereafter, he received a machine gun burst in his shoulder, and still undeterred, though bleeding profusely, he crawled up to the building and lobbed the grenades into it, setting it on fire before succumbing to his wounds. His exceptional bravery forced the enemy to abandon the building and enabled the troops to capture the objective and subsequently, the two Pak Brigades which were defending the town,  surrendered on 17 December, ’71. The daredevil action of Sep Anusuya Prasad changed the course of battle and ensured a decisive victory for Indian forces.

 

Sepoy Ansuya Prasad, with just 11 days of service with the Battalion, displayed outstanding courage with utter disregard to his personal safety. His heroism and sacrifice have become part of the Mahar Regimental history.

 

Sep Anusuya Prasad was awarded nation’s second highest award for gallantry, Maha Vir Chakra for making the supreme sacrifice, and became the youngest recipient of the award.

 

Sep Anusuya Prasad is survived by his wife Chitra Devi.

The citation for Maha Vir Chakra awarded to Sep Anusuya Prasad reads:

 

Sepoy Ansuya Prasad was young soldier in a battalion of Mahar Regiment, which was given the task of capturing an enemy position on the Eastern Front. The enemy was occupying a well-fortified building dominating the entire area around it with machine guns. It was decided to send a squad to get into the enemy defences and to set the building on fire.

 

Sepoy Ansuya Prasad volunteered for the task and taking a few grenades, with utter disregard for his personal safety, crawled towards the enemy position. During the process, he was shot in both his legs but undaunted he continued crawling up towards a stock of ammunition. He now received a machine gun burst in his shoulder. Still undeterred, though bleeding profusely, he crawled up to the building and lobbed the grenades into it setting it on fire before succumbing to his wounds. His action forced the enemy to abandon the building and enabled our troops to capture the objective.

 

In this action Sepoy Ansuya Prasad displayed conspicuous gallantry and made the supreme sacrifice.

  • The Housing project of Prasad Nagar in Roorkee was named after Sepoy Ansuya Prasad MVC.

A parade ground at Sagar in Madhya Pradesh has been named after Sepoy Anusuya Prasad.   A statue of the brave soldier has been installed in front of the unit ,that is today famous as Anusuya Prasad Battalion in honor of the exceptional courage shown by the martyred soldier.   Sep Anusuya Prasad is also the youngest recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra.

  • Chitra Devi, Sepoy Anusya Prasad's wife.
  • Sepoy Ansuya Prasad, MVC
  • Sepoy Anusuya Prasad MVC
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13 Comments

  • Soumya Ranjan

    2021at8:06 am Reply

    Great

  • Rakesh Mohan pant

    2021at3:34 pm Reply

    Yes ,I remember the event when his wife honoured by the government at gopeshwar( chamoli) in 1972.on occasion of saheed smarak memorial and this martyr name mentioned first on the plaque there.i was also present in this ceremony.i was little boy that time.today I am senior lawyer here. this memorial still here,i will share the picture of this plaque.if you desired. Thanks

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