The Kirti Chakra, ꦿthe third-highest military honour awarded during peacetime꧒, will be conferred posthumously on soldier Prakash Jadhav on Independence Day on Thursday.
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The Kirti Chakra, ꦿthe third-highest military honour awarded during peacetime꧒, will be conferred posthumously on soldier Prakash Jadhav on Independence Day on Thursday.
Jadhav, a sapper with the Indian Army, died in a gunfight with te𝐆rrorists in Jam🐻mu and Kashmir in 2018.
Two militants were also killed in the 🃏gunfight. Jadhav, who was 29, belonged to Karnataka.
The Army has released the list of awards to b♏e presented on Independence Day.
Eight soldiers will be ho⛄noured with the Shaurya Chakra, which is also awarded for gallantry during peacetime. Five of♒ these awards will be presented posthumously.
Defence Ministry sources said that pilots of the five Mirage-2000 fighter jets who bombed a terror launch pad in Balakot in Pakistan i🦩n response to the Pulwama ter♎rorist attack will be honoured with Vayu Sena medals.
The🔯 sources said Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who had shot down a Pakistani F-16 near the LoC on February 27, had been short-listed for the Vir Chakra.
The Vir Chakra is the thirdꦚ-highest military honour awarded for acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy, on land or at sea🎉 or in the air.
A formal announcement is expected lat🎶er on Wednesday.