Capt. Shiva Chauhan: 6 things you need to know about the HEROIC LADY OFFICER

In a recent update, Captain Shiva Chauhan of the Fire and Fury Corps scripted history by becoming the first woman officer to be operationally deployed at the highest battlefield of the world Siachen, post completion of arduous training. Here are things you need to know about her;

 

 

 

1. Captain Shiva Chauhan is from the Corps of Engineers. She hails from Rajasthan, is a Bengal Sapper Officer.

 

2. Capt. Chauhan did her schooling from Udaipur and graduated from NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur, in civil engineering.

 

3. Capt Shiva Chouhan lost her father at the age of 11 and her mother, a housewife, took care of her studies.

 

4. She was posted at the Kumar post, located at an altitude of around 15,600 feet in Siachen, for a three-month stint after she underwent rigorous training.

 

5. Covering a distance of 508 kms, Capt Chouhan successfully led the Sura Soi Cycling Expedition from Siachen War Memorial to Kargil War Memorial conducted on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas in July 2022.

 

6. She took up the challenge of leading the men of Sura Soi Engineer Regiment at Siachen and, based on her performance, was selected to undergo training at the Siachen Battle School.

 

 

 

 

The Siachen glacier lies in the Karakoram Range. It is 75 km (47 miles) long, which makes it the second longest nonpolar glacier in the world, after Fedchenko Glacier in Tajikistan. The Siachen Glacier is the highest battleground on earth, where India and Pakistan have fought intermittently since 1984. It is of strategic significance for India as the glacier guards the routes which lead to Leh-Ladakh. The Saltoro Ridge overlooks the area of Gilgit–Baltistan of the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.

 

The glacier also overlooks as well as dominates the Shaksgam Valley, which was illegally ceded to China by Pakistan. Siachen is close to the Karakoram Pass through which the Karakoram Highway passes connecting Gilgit-Baltistan to Xinjiang Province of China. Due to its strategic significance both countries maintain a permanent military presence in the region.

 

 

 

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