| Honorific Prefix: | Captain |
| Ummed Singh Mahra | |
| Honorific Suffix: | AC |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Almora, Uttarakhand |
| Death Place: | Nagaland, India |
| Allegiance: |  India |
| Branch: | Indian Army |
| Servicenumber: | IC-17696 |
| Unit: | 19th Battalion, The Rajputana Rifles |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Battles: | Operation Cactus-Lilly |
| Awards: | Ashoka Chakra |
Captain Ummed Singh Mahra (21 January 1942 - 6 July 1971) was a posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.
Captain Ummed was born in a Kumaoni Rajput family in Almora, born in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. In 1967 he graduated from the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 19 battalion of Rajputana Rifles Rajputana Rifles on 11 June.[1] [2] He was promoted lieutenant on 11 June 1969.[3]
In July 1971, as an acting captain, he led a raiding party against the headquarters of an insurgent group in Nagaland. Though wounded in a firefight, he continued to lead the operation which captured a large cache of arms, ammunition and important documents. He died of his wounds after returning from the raid. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.[4]