Operational paratroopers in the army, ie military personnel who are adept at jumping from parachutes and conducting shock attacks during combat. Captain Ruchi Sharma joined the Army in the year 1996 and qualified to become the first female operational paratrooper.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweet was in the headlines, in which he wrote, “I am handing over my social media account on this Women’s Day to the women who have inspired us.” He further wrote that if you know a woman who has inspired you, then share her story with the hashtag Sheinspires. Following the Prime Minister’s appeal, this hashtag has been trending continuously on Twitter and various organizations and people have been sharing stories that inspire women. In this sequence, the story of Captain Ruchi Sharma was shared with the official Twitter account of the principal spokesman of the Ministry of Defense. The Defense Ministry wrote in its tweet, ‘Captain Ruchi Sharma is the first operational paratrooper of the Indian Army. She still inspires women of all ages to serve the country. ‘
Operational paratroopers in the army, ie military personnel who are adept at jumping from parachutes and conducting shock attacks during combat. Captain Ruchi Sharma joined the Army in the year 1996 and qualified to become the first female operational paratrooper. Paratroopers are trained to jump from planes using parachutes to land at designated positions. These are often used for shocking attacks during war. Such trained soldiers are considered very important during the war. The Battle of Tangail was won by the Indian warriors using an operational paratrooper during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War. Captain Ruchi Sharma (Retired) was a part of the Indian Army from 1996 to 2003. She says I am personally prepared for all types of combat. I think women should be given a chance to take up combat arms. I am not even saying that men and women have equal physical strength. They should be given this opportunity. Women can also do this work well. She says that when she joined the army, there was a provision for short service commission for women. If I had decided on a permanent commission then I would have chosen a permanent commission.
He participated in Operation Parakram 2001-2002. Regarding the role of women in the battlefield, she says that the separate arrangements are said that only separate tents can be arranged for women. Men of course have more physical strength, but women can pick up arms and do better. On this Wednesday, Captain Sharma was honored on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of his college MCM DAV College, Chandigarh. She was a student of science in this college in 1995. Many of his colleagues became IAS. She herself wanted to become a surgeon, but her steps turned to the army. Sharma received a commission in the Army’s Ordinance Corps and made his first jump in 1997 as a paratrooper. He is married to an army officer and has a 16-year-old daughter, Varija, who wants to become a bureaucrat.
