New Delhi: Rekha Singh, the wife of Lance Naik and Vir Chakra awardee Deepak Singh has become a lieutenant in the Indian Army. Deepak Singh was killed in June 2020 during a clash with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Rekha left her job as a school teacher to “fulfill her husband’s dream”. She told the media that it was her husband’s dream that pushed her to strive hard and make it to the Indian Army, news agency ANI reported. She further said that she will begin training in Chennai on May 28.
According to reports, Deepak Singh, a resident of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, was killed during Operation Snow Leopard in the Galwan Valley on June 15, 2020, while fighting Chinese soldiers. He was awarded the Vir Chakra posthumously by President Ram Nath Kovind. The couple was just 15 months into their marriage when she received the tragic news.
While speaking to India Today, Rekha Singh said, “It was due to the sorrow of my husband's martyrdom and the feeling of patriotism that I made up my mind to leave the job of a teacher and become an officer in the army.”
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She further revealed how difficult it was to begin her journey and prepare for the entrance exam to join the army. She said that despite taking physical training she wasn’t successful on the first attempt. However, this didn’t discourage her and she kept preparing, she was successful in her second attempt and holds the rank of lieutenant in the Indian Army.
(With Agency Inputs)