Lalak Jan, Nishan E Haider

Making History: Hav.Lalak Jan was born in Hundur,a beautiful village of YasinValley in Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan.He belonged to the Ismaili Communiy as most of the people there come of that interpretation of Islam. History has witnessed a great number of people of Yasin sacrificing their lives for the sake of the country they belong. Although the services of this great nation of region are matchless, yet Lalak Jan is a shining star.

Hav.Lalak Jan was a brave soldier of Northern Light Infantry (NLI) who inflicted heavy casualties to the enemy during the Kargil Conflict and repulsed many Indian attacks on his post.

On May 1999, when it was informed that the enemy is preparing for a decisive attack on the soil of his country, Hav.Lalak Jan was performing his duties at the Company Head Quarters expressed his zeal to perform on the forward positions of the battle field to fight with the enemy.He was sent to the post which has a prime importance to both the arch rivals India and Pakistan.

One night on the last week of June 1999 Indian Army attacked Hav.Lalak Jan's post with a force of one Battalion. Lalak Jan stood like shield in the line of fire. He, with his team retaliated and attacked the enemy from different positions. He crawled to every bunker of the post and boosted the morale of his Jawans. The fight continued for the whole night. Lalak Jan and his fellow personnel crushed every effort of the enemy. By the morning the Indian Army was retreated and forced them to pay off the casualities they never thought of. The next night after receiving a fresh reinforcement, the enemy again attacked the post from different sides but could hardly hurt the patriatic zeal of the son of the soil. They again had to suffer heavy casualities.

On July 7th,1999, Indian Army attacked Lalak Jan's post with Artillery fire .Shells exploded all the day long and the whole night. During this very attack lalak jan was hit by a machine gun fire on his chest with unbearable injuries.

This man while soaked in blood was not ready to leave the post for the boots he always hated. He defended his post for another three hours despite his commander urging him to leave the post. By then, all of his companions were dead. He was the last person to embraced Shahadat.

Hav.Lalak Jan repulsed seventeen Indian attacks on his post in three days. The post on which Lalak Jan embraced Shahadat is still a part of Pakistan. Lalak Jan was married; he had two daughters and a son. Lalak Jan was born in Hundoor during one of the worst blizzards of the village's history. He was hence nicknamed 'Dohat' (i.e. 'The Blizzard') Lalak Jan was the founding member of the Al Madad Welfare society in Hundoor.

Other Links

• Lalak Jan 'Dohat' (1967 - 1999) by Nasir Khan Click here to read...
• Lalak Jan, Wikipedia free encyclopedia, Click here to read....

 

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