Major Devender Pal Singh, India's first blade runner and retired army officer, overcame adversity after surviving a mortar attack during the Kargil War. Despite losing a limb, he participated in 26 half marathons with a prosthetic limb, inspiring others with his resilience and advocacy for people with disabilities. Through his community, The Challenging Ones (TCO), he fosters support and encouragement for amputees, embodying the power of determination and the human spirit.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:06 So Sikhs are actually synonym to martial races.
00:10 So we don't care about that if our son or if our kid
00:13 or somebody goes into the army.
00:15 It's rather a matter of pride.
00:16 So there is no ill feeling or there is no sad reaction.
00:20 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:22 My son will be there or not.
00:24 Nobody thinks about all those things.
00:27 You know, the challenges in life are
00:29 given to only those lucky peoples who
00:31 are bound to get success and beautiful future.
00:34 Only thing what we have to realize
00:37 is that every challenge is an opportunity
00:39 to go inside and build your inner strength
00:43 to rise above that challenge.
00:44 The day you rise above the challenge,
00:46 you will get that success for which you are destined.
00:48 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:56 Seed of IMA or seed of army was sown when I was in ninth
01:01 standard itself because that is when after running away
01:06 from my home once, I realized that I
01:09 will have to stay put wherever I am
01:12 and make my mark by doing something great here itself.
01:17 Though it was a difficult journey to step into the IMA
01:20 because after a few failures only,
01:22 I could get inside the army.
01:24 But once I was in, it was like the biggest
01:27 achievement of my life.
01:30 101 badge is actually not a badge.
01:32 It's an extended family for me.
01:34 The bonding between the 101 brothers or any course mates
01:39 is, you know, unexplained type of a definition it belongs to.
01:44 You can't put it into words.
01:45 It is even more stronger than any of your thick blood
01:49 relations.
01:50 That is what the 101 bond is.
01:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:55 I was already deployed on line of control
01:57 in a poor area, which was not so heavily impacted
02:00 as the Kargil, Ras, Moscow towns or the villages.
02:06 [GUNSHOTS]
02:09 It is the Operation Vijay, the Kargil War,
02:12 which changed my life.
02:13 [GUNSHOT]
02:16 On 15th of July, 1999, in the same area,
02:20 where I was posted on my small post,
02:22 PT6, the enemy has attacked with heavy weapons.
02:28 And a mortar bomb has wounded me badly.
02:31 I was evacuated bravely, courageously by my soldiers,
02:35 my boys of 7th Dogra Battalion.
02:37 And even the surgeons and everybody
02:39 has played a critical role.
02:41 After being once declared dead in the war,
02:43 I was revived by Dr. Colonel Rajinder Singh.
02:46 And that is where my second life started.
02:49 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:55 The whole body is shattered with one injury or other.
02:58 And for me, it is very, very connected to my heart
03:00 because only after that, only I became disabled.
03:03 I lost leg.
03:05 I have injuries all over my body.
03:07 I am so cold, 100% disabled medically.
03:11 And then I started running on my artificial leg,
03:13 late running and skydiving and flying off the aircraft
03:16 and whatnot has happened.
03:17 So everything has happened only after the war
03:20 and only after being declared dead.
03:22 So for me, it is like rising out of ashes
03:26 during Operation Vigil.
03:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:29 As I always say, I perhaps am the most blessed person
03:32 on this earth because God gives me the toughest of challenges.
03:35 And then he equally gives me the courage
03:37 that, brother, if someone shoots you,
03:39 you will go up the same way.
03:40 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:43 This is a beautiful gesture by our band of brothers, 101,
03:46 because it is silver jubilee year of Operation Vigil.
03:52 We are paying homage on that spot
03:54 where they have given their life for us.
03:57 So in the process, we are not just
03:59 trying to pay personal homage.
04:01 We are in the process trying to convey this message
04:04 to the larger audience also that today, you and me are alive.
04:08 Today, you and me are living in a beautiful life
04:10 with our family in a comfortable environment
04:12 because somebody, whenever the opportunity came,
04:17 did not shy away from giving his life
04:19 or limb for the sake of us.
04:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:24 (dramatic music)