Col B.L. Sharma (retd), Ex
Indian Special Forces, holds a III Deg BB in UCCA, He is the Hon Secretary & Technical Advisor of the UCCA. He advises UCCA on matters of training Indian National Forces in purely honorary capacity, while
charging no compensation for his esttemed contribution. His Career highlights are as follows.
In 1965 BL (fondly called)
was commissioned into 5 Para Commando Special Forces.
In 1965 Indo-Pak War he lead
a team of 35 soldiers at midnight to capture strategic Jallo Bridge
in Pakistan which
was vital for Indian troops to proceed to Lahore. He singularly killed 8 enemy
soldiers, was suddenly shot in the arm by Machine Gun fire. He walked with a severely bleeding arm to Regt Aid Post, got stitched
up & immt returned back to battle. By next night, his team captured the bridge, strategic to victory.
In 1967, he was posted in
Counter Terrorism Operations at Mizoram to fight ULFA terrorists. His team was ambushed by 150 terrorists who burnt up his
fellow soldiers inside the heavy 3 Ton vehicles. His Team fought valiantly killed most of the terrorists & rest took to
their heels.
In 1971 His Team parachuted
down into Dhaka, East Pakistan for liberation of Bangladesh,
before sunset. An enemy soldier shot him as his parachute was just landing. BL’s steel helmet was torn & the bullets
sliced his forehead. A heavily bleeding BL maneuvered his parachute & landed right on top of the enemy soldier, throwing
him & entangling him with parachute canopy. BL then put his foot on the fallen enemys chest & shot him dead. Thereafter
he applied a dressing on his bleeding forehead, took an Injection of morphine & lead his troops to victory.
He was sent by the Army top
brass to cross train with Special Forces of world to UK, US
& Israel. He has interacted with the elite SAS, Green
Berret & Mossad.
In 1981 he lead & raised
Indias most elite force -Special Group. His Ops are clandestine
and beyond discussion.
In 1982 He & his group
was appointed as Special bodyguard to PM Indira Gandhi.
In 1983 BL commanded the Sikh
Light Infantry Battalion.
In 1984 He helped in raising
the elite National Security Guard – Black Cats.
In 1987 He was posted as Col
Administration into National Defense Academy.
When tipped for higher promotion,
BL quit the Army to spend time with family & served in security sector thereafter.
Col BL now looks after security
of Indias No. one leading Industrialist. We are blessed to have him with us as
Hon. Secretary of UCCA.
In 1992, while serving as
Chief Security Officer of Indias leading Steel company in
Gujarat, BL was attacked by a local criminal gang leader with a sword, the sword slashed BLs arm in
the deadly bout, but BL disarmed attacker, threw him on ground & immobilized him & handed him to Police. A year after,
the notorious gang Leader died while in Police encounter.
Col BL has been primary advisor
to UCCA on its most important role of training the Indian Forces in innovative methods.
He has been instrumental in researching innovations,
with Dr. Raos guiding them in their forces work. His experience of training with special forces worldwide has been a
great bonus.
He has previous 20 years experience
in Military CQB & Unarmed combat. On 17 Sept 2005, At the age of 60 years he decided to take the rigorous UCCA Black
Belt exam with youngsters half his age, ran 10 km, did the mandatory Military PPT & BPT, sparred in all ranges with
6 opponents & passed the Ist Degree BB exam in Alfa I category.
On 12 Oct 2006, he attemped the
UCCA Second Degree Exam this time doing 15 km, even more strenous PT & then unarmed combat with 10 opponents. He
again qualified the IInd Deg BB in Alfa I category.
He then had fractures of both his
arms, suffered a personal tragedy & inspite of all this he achieved the UCCA III Deg Black Belt on 3 Aug 2007.
UCCA salutes this great soldier
& is proud of its Hon. Secretary, Col B.L. Sharma.
