Pramod Kumar Satapathy

Assistant Commandant
Pramod Kumar Satapathy
AC
Assistant Commandant Pramod Kumar Satapathy AC
	File:Smt. Amita Satpathy receiving Ashoka Chakra awarded to her husband Shri Pramod Kumar Satpathy (Posthumous) from the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, during the 60th Republic Day Parade-2009, in New Delhi.jpg Smt. Amita Satpathy receiving Ashoka Chakra awarded to her husband Shri Pramod Kumar Satpathy (Posthumous) from the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, during the 60th Republic Day Parade-2009, in New Delhi
Born	Odisha, India
Died	15 February 2008; Nayagarh, Odisha, India
Spouse	Amita Satpathy
	Police career
Allegiance	File:Flag of India.svg India
Branch	Odisha Police
Rank	Assistant Commandant
Awards	File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg Ashoka Chakra

Pramod Kumar Satapathy, AC was the Assistant Commandant of the Special Operation Group of Odisha Special Armed Police, which comes under India's Odisha Police who was awarded India's highest peace time gallantry award Ashoka Chakra.

On the night of 15 February 2008, about 500 armed naxalites attacked the police at various locations in and around Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India. On hearing this news, Shri Satapathy along with just 20 available police personnel reached inside the jungle in Nayagarh and launched an assault on the hiding militants. In the ensuing encounter, Shri Satapathy bravely led the operations but ultimately got killed in action.^[1]

Ashoka Chakra awardee

For this act of courage, the President of India posthumously awarded him with the Ashok Chakra on Republic Day, 2009.^[2]

The official citation for the Ashoka Chakra Award reads:^[1]

ASSISTANT COMMANDANT SHRI PRAMOD KUMAR SATAPATHY TRAINING-IN-CHARGE OF THE SPECIAL OPERATION GROUP ORISSA STATE ARMED POLICE (POSTHUMOUS)

In the night of 15th February 2008 about 500 heavily armed naxalites carried out simultaneous attacks on police at various locations in and around Bhubaneswar looting many weapons and killing several police personnel. Thereafter, they hid in nearby jungles.
Assistant Commandant Shri Pramod Kumar Satapathy of the Special Operation Group along with a mere 20 police personnel reached the elevated position taken by the naxalites inside the jungle and immediately mounted an assault on them. The naxalites retaliated with heavy fire on the police team and in a fierce encounter lasting for about two hours. Shri Satapathy led the operations with exemplary courage before making the supreme sacrifice.
Shri Pramod Kumar Satapathy displayed highest degree of bravery and dedication to duty in the fight against naxalites.

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1971 to 1990	Baij Nath Singh†^ (1971) Bhure Lal^ (1972) Ummed Singh Mahra† (1972) Gurnam Singh (1974) Munnie Lal†^ (1974) Cyrus Addie Pithawalla (1981) Gennadi Strekalov* (1984) Yuri Malyshev* (1984) Bhawani Datt Joshi† (1985) Bhukant Misra† (1985) Chhering Mutup (1985) Jasbir Singh Raina (1985) Nirbhay Singh Sisodiya† (1985) Rakesh Sharma (1985) Ram Prakash Roperia† (1985) Vijay Jagirdar†^ (1986) Neerja Bhanot†^ (1987)
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2011 to present	Laishram Jyotin Singh† (2011) Navdeep Singh† (2012) K. Prasad Babu† (2014) Mukund Varadarajan† (2014) Neeraj Kumar Singh† (2014) Mohan Nath Goswami† (2016) Hangpan Dada† (2017) Jyoti Prakash Nirala† (2018) Nazir Ahmad Wani† (2019) Babu Ram† (2021)
† Posthumous; ^ Civilian; * Non-Indian

Pramod Kumar Satapathy

Ashoka Chakra awardee

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