Honorific Prefix: | Naik |
Narbahadur Thapa | |
Honorific Suffix: | AC |
Birth Date: | March 1921 |
Birth Place: | Nepal |
Branch: | |
Serviceyears: | 11 November 1940 - ?? |
Rank: | Naik |
Servicenumber: | 10341 |
Unit: | 5/5 Gorkha Rifles |
Battles: | Operation Polo |
Awards: | Ashoka Chakra |
Naik Narbahadur Thapa, AC was an Indian Army soldier who was awarded with the first ever living India's highest peacetime military decoration Ashoka Chakra for his bravery in Operation Polo.[1] He served as a soldier with the 5/5 Gorkha Rifles.[2]