Santosh mahadik biography of alberta city

Son of a dairy farmer, Shri Madhukar Ramchandra Ghorpade and Smt Kalinda, he grew up under the care of his maternal grandparents Shri Yashwant Bala Mahadik and Smt Babai Yashwant Mahadik, who lived with their daughter and son-in-law in the same house. While studying in the Sainik School his inclination towards the Armed Forces grew and the foundation of his future military life was laid.

He grew up to be a keen sportsman and was a champion boxer, goalkeeper, and runner. After passing out, he volunteered for the Para Special Forces and after grueling probation period, gained entry into 21 Para SF unit. As an officer of the elite 21 Para-Special Forces unit, he led many successful operations against militants in their hideouts in Jammu and Kashmir and in the northeast.

In the year , he as a Captain was awarded his first gallantry award, "Sena Medal" for 'Operation Santo' in Lolab valley of Kashmir. After serving for few years, he got married to Ms Swati on 04 July and the couple was blessed with a daughter Kartikee and son Swaraj. In the Army, he got trained in various disciplines and became a very adept paratrooper and combat underwater diver too.

In the later part of his service career, in July , Col Mahadik got posted to 41 RR unit as Second-in-Command and later took over as commanding officer of the unit in July Kupwara Operation: 17 Nov The 41 RR was deployed in the Kalaroos area and was also the garrison guard for Kupwara town.

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Under the operational command of the Trehgam-headquartered 68 Mountain Brigade, the battalion provided the security cover against the militants sneaking from across the border. Col Mahadik was a leader par excellence and always led from the front. The Kupwara operation was particularly challenging because of the inhospitable terrain, but Col Mahadik chose to personally lead his men in the operation.

It was believed that terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba were active in the region.