Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad, who was miraculously found alive after remaining buried under huge mass of snow for six days at the Siachen Glacier and two days at R&R Hospital in Delhi, passed away after a heroic battle for life.
Here's how the nation reacted on, microbloging site, Twitter after the sad demise of Hanamanthapa.
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi tweeted: