A total of 150 Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan have received medals of honour for their dedicated service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The medals were given to the 150 Indian peacekeepers \nserving in UNMISS in Malakal during a ceremony filled with parades and \nperformances by a piped band.Colonel Amit Gupta, deployed with UNMISS in\n Malakal, was among the recipients of the medal of honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A \nUNMISS news article said Gupta commands a battalion of 850 soldiers in \nthe Upper Nile region of South Sudan. Under his command, his men have \nconducted highly sought-after veterinary camps and run a veterinary \nhospital in Malakal, with a second expected to be completed in Kodok – a\n major town along the west bank of the Nile – in a few weeks’ time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I\n want to be remembered as having left positive memories for the people \nin South Sudan,” Gupta is quoted as saying in the UNMISS article. “I \nalso want to leave them in a better place, where they are able to \ngenerate income for themselves and build their country.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indian \npeacekeepers serving with the mission have undertaken numerous training \nsessions of community animal health workers, providing value addition \ntraining for farmers to help them make the most of their produce. “If a \ngroup of volunteers in India can come together and create one of the \nlargest milk production entities in our country, then surely, it can be \ndone here as well,” he says, “If even 10 percent of our trainees apply \nwhat they’ve learnt, this country will be better for it.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gupta \nhas previously served the United Nations in Northern Kivu, in the \nDemocratic Republic of Congo. Private Ankush Cheema, another recipient \nof the medal of honour, had joined the unit in 2017 when he found out \nthat they were scheduled for a peacekeeping mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I grew up \nnear Kashmir where several army units have been based and so I consider \nmyself an army boy,” he says in the UNMISS article. “Besides this, my \nfather and grandfather before him, were both army men. They however, \nnever got to participate in a peacekeeping mission.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his \ndeployment, Cheema has participated in air and riverine patrols and is \nalso among the distinct men who are in his Commander’s quick-response \nforce. “Those I joined the army with, will probably earn their first \nmedal of honour in another two years. I consider myself lucky. I have my\n UN medal and when I return home, I will get my foreign service medal,” \nhe said.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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