Major General Chittoor Venugopal passes away
ANI
29 Apr 2021, 06:27 GMT+10
Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], April 29 (ANI): Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) and Maha Veer Chakra (MVC) awardee Major General Chittoor Venugopal (Retired), died due to severe cardiac arrest on Wednesday evening.
He was born on November 14, 1927 and belonged to Andhra Pradesh s Tirupati.
As per an official release, he was commissioned to 5/1 Battalion of Gorkha Rifles in 1950 and later commanded the same battalion as a Lieutenant Colonel during 1971 Indo - Pak war. 5/1 Gurkha Rifles was tasked to attack the well-fortified positions of Pakistan at Uthali and Darsana locations of Jassore in Eastern Sector. These positions were having series of concrete pillboxes interconnected with communication trenches. Lt Col C Venugopal then laid a meticulous plan of attack and successfully captured two important positions which caused enemy to withdraw, the release said.
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