Background
He was born and grew up in Shillong, Meghalaya, India in a Christian family. His father, Keishing Peter, worked at State Bank of India while his mother, Saily Nongrum, is a housewife.
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Clifford Keishing
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Captain K. Clifford Nongrum received his high-school education from Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong, Meghalaya and completed his college from Saint Anthony’s College, Shillong, Meghalaya. He graduated from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai (OTA)and later was commissioned into the 12th Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry.
Career
On the night of 30 June/1 July 1999, in the operations to capture Point 4812, Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum was tasked to assault the feature from South-Eastern direction. Lieutenant Nongrum led his column over the near impossible vertical feature. On reaching the top, his column encountered strong enemy opposition.
The enemy was well entrenched in interconnected bunkers, carved out of boulders, and remained invulnerable to even artillery fire.
The enemy pinned the column of Lieutenant Nongrum down with heavy and accurate automatic fire for about two hours. On seeing the futility of own fire against the fortified bunkers, Lieutenant Nongrum with utter disregard to personal safety charged through the fire zone.
Closing in with the first bunker he threw grenades into it and killed six enemy soldiers. He then tried to snatch the universal machine gun of the enemy from the bunker and received a volley of bullets.
The audacious action of Lieutenant Nongrum stunned the enemy giving valuable reaction time to his troops to close in and finally clear the position.
Though severely wounded, Lieutenant Nongrum refused to be evacuated and fought valiantly till he succumbed to his injuries. This act resulted in the ultimate capture of Point 4812. A bust of Clifford Nongrum has been recently inaugurated at Rhino Museum Shillong in his memory.
Achievements
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Foreign conspicuous gallantry and supreme sacrifice, Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum was honored with the Maha Vir Chakra, posthumously. Captain Clifford Nongrum was honored by Maha Vir Chakra for his extra ordinary valor and supreme sacrifice. He is the only person from the state of Meghalaya to be have won this distinct and prestigious honor.
Personality
He was a bright student who consistently performed well in academics and sports.
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Born
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July 1, 1999 (aged 24) -
Nationality
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Religion
Christian