Service No : 2812154M
Date of Birth : 28 Oct 1991
Birth Place : Satara, Maharashtra
Service: Army
Last Rank: Sepoy
Unit : 56 RR/15 MLI
Arm/Regt : The Maratha LI
Operation : CI & IS Ops
Date of Martyrdom: Jan 30, 2017
Sepoy Balaji Bhagwanrao Ambore
Sepoy Balaji Bhagwanrao Ambore hailed from village Tadkhlas in Parbhani district of Maharashtra. Sepoy Balaji had joined the army in 2011 and was recruited into 15 MLI battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment , an infantry Regiment well-known for its fearless soldiers. After serving with his parent unit for some time he was deputed to serve with 56 Rashtriya Rifles battalion. Sepoy Balaji was among the five soldiers who had got trapped under snow after a track caved-in in Machil sector of Kupwara on January 28 ,2017 following a horrific avalanche in that area.
Machil sector Avalanche: 28 Jan 2017
There was heavy snowfall in J & K area in Jan 2017, resulting in multiple avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chandigarh based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment had warned of avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in the last week of Jan 2017. The first avalanche hit Gurez on 25 of January morning, in which a family of four civilians had died. The second took place around the same time in Sonmarg, chiefly a tourist area, where an army camp was located.
The avalanche at Sonmarg hit the Army camp of 115 Battalion at about 5:45 AM in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. The avalanche struck two shelters occupied by two officers and four jawans. The soldiers got buried under tonnes of ice. A total of 15 soldiers lost their lives in the avalanches on 25 Jan 2017. After three days on 28 Jan 2017, another avalanche struck Machil sector in the north of Kashmir. Sep Balaji Bhagwanrao Ambore was one of the 5 soldiers of 56 RR unit, who were part of a patrol party, and had been trapped in snow for more than four hours after the track they were traveling in caved-in in Machil sector on 28 Jan 2017. They were rescued by the specially-equipped Avalanche Rescue Teams (ARTs) in a day-long operation. However, they could not be airlifted for medical treatment for two days as no helicopter sorties could take place due to inclement weather, foggy conditions and persistent snowfall. The Army aviation pilots made several attempts to land and evacuate the five soldiers for specialized treatment.
Machil, on the LoC in north Kashmir, had received snowfall as high as six feet at some places, blocking its road link with Srinagar, 160km away. The soldiers were in critical condition when they were rescued and were treated by the doctors in Machil. However the soldiers’ condition continued to deteriorate, and by the time they were airlifted to Srinagar army base hospital on 30 Jan 17, it was too late for the doctors to save the lives of the five brave hearts. Besides Sep Balaji Bhagwanrao the other valiant soldiers included Ambore Gnr Thamothara Kannan, Naik Mane Ramchandra Shamrao, Signalman Parmar Deva Haza and Sepoy Dhavale Ganesh Kisan. Sep Balaji Bhagwanrao Ambore was a brave and committed soldier who laid down his life in the service of the nation.
Sep Balaji Bhagwanrao Ambore is survived by his wife, mother, and brother.
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Gurez_sector_avalanche
- http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/310117/5-soldiers-rescued-from-snow-cave-in-die.html
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Meenal Joshi
2017at12:00 pmYou have defined the meaning of service to the nation for other countrymen. Your supreme sacrifice will always inspire the future generations of India.