SS - 36288W Major. Mariappan Saravanan, was commissioned in the First
Battalion of Bihar Regiment on 11th March, 1995. A brave, sincere,
dedicated and courageous officer always led from the front. On the
fateful night of 28th May 1999, he was assigned the task of capturing a
well-fortified post at the height of 14,229 ft in the Batalik
sub-sector. The officer brought his company into action and launched an
assault on enemy position on the 29th May 1999 at 0400 hrs. Despite
intensive fire of the enemy with automatic weapons and artillery,
charged to volley of bullets with utter disregard to his personal safety
and fired rocket launcher on enemy bunker killing 2 on the spot. In
this fierce fighting he sustained splinter injury. Despite having been
injured and facing heavy volume of fires he eliminated another 2 enemy
personnel. He was hit by another burst on his head and succumbed to
injury on 29th May 1999 at 0630hrs and made the supreme sacrifice in the
service of the Motherland.
Major Saravanan Memorial Trust