Major Mukund Varadarajan was born on April 12, 1983, in Paruthipattu Village, near Avadi in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. His family later moved to Tambaram after his father got a job at Indian Overseas Bank a public sector bank. Son of Shri R Varadarajan and... Maj Mukund Varadarajan was killed in action on April 25, 2014, after neutralising three terrorists in Shopian district. He was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest peace-time gallantry award, for his courage and leadership. The body of Major Mukund Varadarajan , who was killed during an encounter with terrorists in Shopian area of Kashmir last Friday, was today cremated with full state honours. R Varadarajan and his wife Geetha wait for their son Major Mukund Varadarajan to arrive in a coffin at their modest flat in Tambaram in Chennai. “I love my son, I am proud of him… I miss him,” said Varadarajan on Sunday evening. His son Mukund of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles was killed in an encounter with militants in J&K on Friday.
