A shattered but proud Smriti recalled the words of her husband Captain Anshuman Singh of the Army Medical Corps who has been posthumously awarded Kirti Chakra for exceptional bravery.
New Delhi: “I would die with a brass on my chest. I would not die an ordinary death”. A shattered but proud Smriti recalled the words of her husband Captain Anshuman Singh of the Army Medical Corps who has been posthumously awarded Kirti Chakra for exceptional bravery.
Wearing a white saree and grief on her face, the young wife of the late officer, with her mother-in-law Manju Singh by her side, accepted India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award from President Droupadi Murmu on Friday during an investiture ceremony.
In a video shared by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence on ‘X’ on Saturday, Smriti shared her memories of her husband and how they became soulmates.
Cpt #AnshumanSingh was awarded #KirtiChakra (posthumous). It was an emotional moment for his wife & Veer Nari Smt Smriti who accepted the award from #President Smt #DroupadiMurmu. Smt Smriti shares the story of her husband’s commitment & dedication towards the nation. Listen in! pic.twitter.com/SNZTwSDZ1Z
— A. Bharat Bhushan Babu (@SpokespersonMoD) July 6, 2024
“He was very much capable. He would tell me, ‘I would die with a brass on my chest. I would not die an ordinary death like no one would know,” recalled Smriti.
And, indeed the story of his death is anything but ordinary. Captain Singh died while rescuing people from a major fire in July last year.