History :

Gogoi was posthumously awarded the Vir Chakra for displaying great valour and courage while leading his troops and fighting the enemy in harsh climatic conditions and mountainous terrain. The young captain singlehandedly killed two enemy soldiers before he sacrificed his life for the nation in the Kargil War, which claimed the lives of 527 Indian soldiers. Gogoi, who belonged to Khumati in Golaghat district of Assam, was posthumously conferred the Bir Chilarai Award by the state government in 2007.