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Dec 27, 2014 4:45:05 GMT
Post by David Cochrane on Dec 27, 2014 4:45:05 GMT
Here are announcements from 1995, 2003 & 2004 - a total of four recipients: |
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Dec 27, 2014 4:46:49 GMT
Post by David Cochrane on Dec 27, 2014 4:46:49 GMT
And now 2008, 2009 & 2010. A total of eleven awards, many for the terrorist attacks of November 2008: |
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Dec 27, 2014 6:39:27 GMT
Post by David Cochrane on Dec 27, 2014 6:39:27 GMT
In keeping with my WWII-board posting of portraits, here are drawings of all twenty-one PVCs (along with date of action). (The illustrations come from Rachna Bisht Rawat's The Brave.) Attachments:PVC Portraits.pdf (483.51 KB)
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Dec 28, 2014 0:30:32 GMT
Post by anthony on Dec 28, 2014 0:30:32 GMT
drawings of all twenty-one PVCs (along with date of action). (The illustrations come from Rachna Bisht Rawat's The Brave.) Excellent work. Thank you. |
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Aug 15, 2015 1:14:39 GMT
Post by David Cochrane on Aug 15, 2015 1:14:39 GMT
As an update to the portrait file, this new one includes unit & lifespan for each recipient; the images remain the same. PVC Portraits.doc (943 KB) |
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Jan 27, 2016 0:17:39 GMT
Post by David Cochrane on Jan 27, 2016 0:17:39 GMT
Another Ashok Chakra has been announced today; like most recent ones, for a terrorist incident.
This brings the total number of ACs to (I think) 70, an astounding 54 of which (77%) have been bestowed posthumously.
The official Gazette announcement isn't yet online, but this is the text of the Ministry of Defence Press release:
The nation’s highest peacetime gallantry award Ashoka Chakra has been awarded posthumously to 13625566W Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami of 9 Para (Special Forces)/6th Battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles for his acts of most conspicuous gallantry.
On the intervening night of 02/03 September 2015 Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami was part of an ambush in Haphruda forest at Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir. At about 2015hrs, there was a fierce encounter with four terrorists wherein two of his comrades were injured and pinned down. Lance Naik Mohan along with his buddy dashed forward to rescue their injured colleagues, knowing well the risks to their own lives. He first assisted in eliminating one terrorist. Sensing grave danger to three of his wounded colleagues, Lance Naik Mohan with utter disregard to his own personal safety, charged at the remaining terrorists drawing intense fire from them. He was hit in the thigh. Unmindful, he closed in and eliminated one terrorist, injured another and was again shot in the abdomen. Undeterred by his injuries, he hurled himself on the last terrorist and killed him at point blank range before succumbing to his wounds. Lance Naik Mohan not only killed two terrorists, but also assisted in neutralizing the other two and save the lives of three of his wounded colleagues.
Thus, Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami exhibited most conspicuous gallantry in personally eliminating two terrorists and assisting in evacuation of his wounded colleagues and made supreme sacrifice in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.
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Post by David Cochrane on Feb 11, 2016 17:46:20 GMT
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