Mitali Madhumita

Mitali Madhumita

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Nickname(s)Mitali
AllegianceIndia
Service / branchIndian army
RankColonel
CommandsArmy Education Corps, Kabul, Afghanistan 2010–2011
AwardsSena Medal
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Mitali Madhumita is the second woman officer in the Indian Army to receive a gallantry award.[1] The first woman officer to be awarded Sena Medal for gallantry is Capt (Dr) CR Leena in 1995.

Colonel Mitali Madhumita received the Sena Medal in 2011[1] for exemplary courage shown during the attack on the Indian embassy by terrorists in Kabul, Afghanistan on 26 February 2010,when she was a Major[2] and operations in Jammu-Kashmir[1] and the northeast states of India.[2] Colonel Madhumita[3] went into the Indian embassy which had come under attack and rescued several injured civilians and army personnel from the debris. About nineteen people died in the 2010 Kabul embassy attack including seven Indians.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Sena Medal for female Army officer". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  2. ^ a b "Only army woman to win gallantry award fights to stay in the force". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  3. ^ "Col Mitali to remain in service". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  4. ^ "First woman officer to get Sena medal". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.