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| '''Lieutenant Nawang H. Kapadia''' (15 December, ]—11 November, ]), was an ] officer who died fighting ]-based ] in the jungles of Rajwar in Kupwara district of ] on 11th November 2000. | |||
| His parents are ]s Geeta and ]. From his early childhood, Nawang had imbibed the adventurous talents of his parents, both of whom were famous in their own right. Sonam and Nawang were named after Sherpa mountaineers; both are Gurkha names: Nawang means "leader of men." Nawang did his initial schooling at New Era School and subsequently at the St. Xavier’s Boys’ Academy. He studied for and received his B.S. Communications from Jai Hind college in Bombay. | |||
| The 24-year old ]-born Kapadia joined the Officers’ Training Academy at ] in 1999. He received his commission at the Passing Out Parade on 2nd of September 2000; he received ] stars on commissioning to the Fourth Battalion, The Third Gurkha Rifles. Kapadia proceeded to the Regimental Centre at ] from which he joined his Battalion on October 29th, 2000. During this period the Battalion was involved in operations against foreign terrorists who had infiltrated and were in the process of establishing their bases in the Kupwara area of Jammu and Kashmir. | |||
| On the 10th of November the Battalion received information of a large number of terrorists hiding in the jungles of Rajwar near Kupwara. ] operations were immediately launched with Nawang leading his own platoon. At approximately 11 a.m., a large hideout was discovered by the Battalion and the platoon came under fire from a group of eight to ten terrorists in the vicinity. ] Chitra Bahadur was mortally wounded and Kapadia rushed to rescue him under the covering fire of his comrades. A terrorist who was hiding in the nearby foliage fired at Kapadia, hitting him in the face and killing him. | |||
| The encounter resulted in the deaths of two terrorists of the Al Omar Tanzeem, a Pakistan-based organization, with reports of two others grievously wounded and likely to have died. Large quantities of ] and ] were recovered, with the fight itself lasting over 36 hours. Lt. Kapadia's battalion had earlier lost two officers in counter-insurgency operations in 1983-85 and again performed well despite severe casualties in the Batalik Sector of ]. | |||
| The city of Mumbai awarded a plaque in his honour. He was cremated with military honours on Tuesday, November 14, 2000. | |||
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