Galwan Valley brave hearts to get gallantry awards on Republic Day
India
Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 9:19 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 25: Colonel Santosh Babu who was martyred while fighting the Chinese PLA at Galwan Valley will be awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously on Republic Day. All the other brave hearts who were martyred in action will also be get gallantry awards.
The names of 20 Indian Army personnel, who were killed while valiantly fighting Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year, were inscribed on the National War Memorial ahead of the Republic Day, official sources said.
Col B Santosh Babu, the commanding officer of the 16 Bihar regiment, was among the Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the fierce hand-to-hand combat on June 15, an incident that marked one of the most serious military conflicts between the two sides in decades.