Major DP Singh – The Kargil War Hero Who Defied Death And Amputation To Run Marathons And Make His Country Proud

So what’s so inspiring about Major DP Singh? There are definitely many more individuals who run, walk, paint, sketch, or sing for a cause. Major DP Singh is different. For one, he is a Kargil war survivor, India’s first amputee marathon runner, a blade runner and a Limca record holder. India was at war with Pakistan in Kargil in 1999. A 25 year old Singh was knocked by a mortar that ripped his vital organs and tissues. Lying on the battle ground in a pool of blood he was taken to the field hospital where he was declared dead by the doctors. A fighter in true spirit and soul, Singh defied this and overpowered death.Months in the Artificial Limb Centre of the military hospital, and losing all his body mass, Singh was told by the doctors that his leg would have to be amputated. But this didn’t deter him. He was alive and that was important to him.Where running could be tough for many of us, it could become excruciating for someone with a prosthetic limb. Major Singh though has come a long way from his first marathon that was marked with pain and bleeding. After falling a million times, he has picked himself up, as of today, has over 20 marathons to his credit.

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