Krishna Gopal Chatterjee

Colonel Krishna Gopal Chatterjee was born on 15 Aug 1951 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Colonel Krishna Gopal Chatterjee was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Gorkha Rifles Regiment on 23 March 1975.

During the 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen, Major Krishna Gopal Chatterjee's unit 3/4 GR, was deployed in Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September 1987, as Company Commander. On the night of 23 September 1987, Pakistani troops attacked Bilafond La Complex, but were driven back. Through the night, the Pakistani troops launched a series of assaults, all of which were successfully repulsed. Throughout, he fought along with his man and was severely wounded in the left arm by shrapnel from an artillery shell. However, he refused to be evacuated and coninued to lead his men and motivate them. For displaying courage and leadership in beating back a determined eneby, in hazardous glacial terrain, he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra for his bravery and leadership.[3]