Major Kunal Gosavi hailed from Village Pandharpur, Distt Solapur, in Maharashtra. Major Kunal did his schooling from Pandharpur and graduated from the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in Pune. Major Gosavi Kunal Mannadir joined the Army in 2006 and belonged to the 166 Medium Regiment. He got married to his wife Uma in 2009.

Nagrota Attack: 29 Nov 2016

On the morning of 29 November 2016 at around 5:30 IST, three terrorists wearing police uniforms entered the base which housed nearly 1,000 soldiers just about 20 kms from Jammu. They attacked the Indian Army’s 166 Field Regiment unit in the town of Nagrota, near Jammu city. The toughest part of the counter-terror operation was in preventing a potential hostage crisis. The terrorists had entered a part of the complex where families of soldiers lived and then slipped into different rooms.That placed at risk at least four unarmed officers, the wives of two officers and two babies. The process of extricating the women and children was extremely dangerous. The women used “household items” to block potential entry points in the living quarters. The militants divided themselves into two groups, entered the living quarters of the base and opened fire with AK-47s and grenades. In the resultant gun battle, all three militants were killed and the hostages were freed by the Indian Army.

The suspected militants were hiding in a house which was soon surrounded by the security forces. On being chaHe was one of the seven soldiers who were killed while fighting terrorists. Major Kunal Gosavi was awarded the peacetime gallantry award Shaurya Chakra (posthumously) on the eve of Independence Day, Aug 15, 2017
Major Gosavi is survived by his wife, daughter, parents and two brothers.

Colonel M N Rai was martyred in the operation, but the exemplary courage and leadership skills displayed by Colonel Rai would always be remembered. Colonel M N Rai is survived by his wife Priyanka, daughters Alka & Richa and son Aditya. At the funeral of Colonel M N Rai, his 11 years old daughter Alka made his regiment and the entire nation proud by bidding her father a farewell with the Gurkha regiment’s war cry, “Ayo Gorkhali” meaning ” The Gorkhas are here”.

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