{"id":114198,"date":"2026-04-10T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=114198"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:32:09","slug":"raksha-mantri-pays-tribute-to-1999-kargil-war-hero-col-sonam-wangchuk-mvc-on-his-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=114198","title":{"rendered":"Raksha Mantri pays tribute to 1999 Kargil war hero Col Sonam Wangchuk, MVC on his passing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"Subtitleh3\"><br>Col Wangchuk is a testament to courage, sacrifice &amp; national integration, and inspiration to future generations: Shri Rajnath Singh<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has expressed grief at the passing of Maha Vir Chakra awardee Colonel Sonam Wangchuk (Retd), a braveheart of the 1999 Kargil war. In a post on X, Raksha Mantri paid glowing tribute to Colonel Wangchuk describing him as a highly decorated officer of the Indian Army, renowned for his gallantry, resolute leadership and unwavering commitment to duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA proud son of Ladakh, he exemplified the spirit of the region &#8211; resilient, steadfast and deeply rooted in service to the nation, while standing as a symbol of India\u2019s unity in diversity. His courageous actions of leading by personal example during Operation Vijay inspired his men under the most demanding conditions in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Col Wangchuk is a testament to courage, sacrifice &amp; national integration, and inspiration to future generations: Shri Rajnath Singh Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has expressed grief at the passing of Maha Vir Chakra awardee Colonel Sonam Wangchuk (Retd), a braveheart of the 1999 Kargil war. In a post on X, Raksha Mantri paid glowing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":114199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[86],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-114198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-news","tag-defense"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114200,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114198\/revisions\/114200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114198"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=114198"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=114198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}