The Indian Army's Galwan clash braveheart Colonel Santosh Babu received the Mahavir Chakra (posthumously) on Tuesday for resisting the Chinese Army attack.
New Delhi : Galwan valley clash hero Colonel Santosh Babu will be awarded the second-highest wartime gallantry medal – the Mahavir Chakra (posthumously) by President Ram Nath Kovind in an investiture ceremony on Tuesday. Santosh Babu will be awarded the gallantry medal for resisting the Chinese Army attack while establishing an observation post in the face of the enemy in the Galwan valley in the Ladakh sector during the ongoing Operation Snow Leopard. “Col Bikumalla Santosh Babu, Commanding officer […]
Colonel Santosh Babu Awarded With Mahavir Chakra: Telugu youngster Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu who has been the Commanding Officer of the 16 Bihar Regiment was active in the Chinese attacks that took place in the Galwan valley during June last year. Santosh Babu passed away in the attack and he was awarded with Mahavir Chakra.
Excelsior Correspodnent JAMMU/NEW DELHI, Nov 23: The President Ram Nath Kovind today awarded (Posthumously) Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu, the Commanding Officer of the 16 Bihar Regiment who led from the front against the Chinese attack in Eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in June last year with Mahavir Chakra for displaying exemplary courage during the hand-to-hand combat, besides many others including ten from J&K with gallantry awards. Four other soldiers, Naib Subedar Nuduram Soren, Havildar (Gunner) K Palani, Naik Deepak Singh and […]
Col Babu awarded MC, 5 others VC
Col Babu awarded MC, 5 others VC
NEW DELHI, Jan 25: Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu, who led his troops against the “vicious” Chinese attack in Galwan valley in Eastern Ladakh in June last year, has been posthumously named for the second-highest military award, Mahavir Chakra, for acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy, according to an official announcement today.
Twenty Indian Army personnel laid down their lives in the fierce hand-to-hand combat on June 15 in Galwan valley, an incident that marked the most serious military conflicts between the two sides in decades.
Four other soldiers –Naib Subedar Nuduram Soren, Havildar (Gunner) K Palani, Naik Deepak Singh and Sepoy Gurtej Singh– who also laid down their lives valiantly fighting the Chinese troops in the Galwan valley clash have been named for Vir Chakra awards posthumously.