honorific_prefix serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards unit name battles rank image article_title birth_name alma_mater
lieutenant 2010 -- 2011 24px indian army 20 august 2011 kia in jammu & kashmir gurdaspur , punjab india 32px ashok chakra award army ordnance corps navdeep singh jammu and kashmir insurgency 24px lieutenant lieutenant navdeep singh.jpg navdeep singh -lrb- ashok chakra -rrb-
 navdeep singh indian military academy
navdeep singh -lrb- ashok chakra -rrb-

lieutenant navdeep singh was a ghatak platoon commander of 15 maratha light infantry regiment in the indian army .
he led an operation to ambush 17 well-trained and armed terrorists who infiltrated into jammu and kashmir state .
he killed 4 of the terrorists and brought an injured team member to safety before succumbing to fatal injury from close range .
he was posthumously conferred the highest peacetime gallantry award of india ashoka chakra by president of india on the 63rd republic day .
