Sub Maj K. B. Limbu, MC, of 8 Assam Rifles led the assault on a fortified jungle hideout in the Naga Hills on 26 April 1961 and died of his wounds.
Bamboo Barricades in the Naga Hills
The hideout was a pit fortified with bamboo barricades, in jungle in the Naga Hills. On 26 April 1961, acting on intelligence, 8 Assam Rifles moved to deal with the insurgents inside it. Subedar Major Kharka Bahadur Limbu took the force in during the early morning, cordoned the area and placed his men.
He then led the assault himself. He broke through the barricades, killed two men and took their weapons.
A bullet wounded him seriously. He crawled forward and threw two grenades into the bunker, killing three more. He went on directing his men until the fight was over, and died of his injuries.
Thirty-One Years in the Assam Rifles
Limbu, service number 30385, joined the Assam Rifles on 5 December 1929. He served in the Burma campaign of the Second World War and received the British Military Cross there.
He came from Mantri village in the Imphal area of Manipur, the son of Arthvir Limbu. His first name also appears as Khadka in some accounts.
The Defence Ministry's portal lists his posthumous Ashoka Chakra in the Republic Day list of 1962.
What the citation recorded
The official citation could not be read for this article. Secondary profiles describe an assault on a barricaded hideout in the Naga Hills on 26 April 1961, in which he kept fighting after being seriously wounded and used grenades against the bunker before dying of his injuries. This is a summary, not the official wording.
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