Not 100 per cent satisfied with Mahavir Chakra awarded to Col Santosh Babu, says his father
Colonel Babu, the commanding officer of the 16 Bihar regiment, was among 20 Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the fierce hand-to-hand combat on June 15 last year in the Galwan Valley
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HYDERABAD: The father of late Colonel Santosh Babu on Monday said he was not 100 per cent satisfied with the Mahavir Chakra posthumously awarded to him for his acts of gallantry against the Chinese attack in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June 2020, and that he should have been honoured with the Param Vir Chakra.
War-time honours for Galwan braves, Mahavir Chakra for martyr Col Santosh Babu
War-time honours for Galwan braves, Mahavir Chakra for martyr Col Santosh Babu
Col Santosh Babu, who gave his life for the nation during the brutal skirmish with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in May last year, will be decorated with Mahavir Chakra - the second-highest war-time award in India.
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Col Santosh Babu was the Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar infantry battalion. (File photo)
India is set to honour the bravehearts of Galwan clash. Colonel Santosh Babu, who gave his life for the nation during the brutal skirmish with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in May last year, will be decorated with Mahavir Chakra - the second-highest war-time award in India.
Galwan Valley brave hearts to get gallantry awards on Republic Day
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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.
Col Santosh Babu, five other Galwan bravehearts posthumously awarded Chakra series wartime gallantry medals
NEW DELHI: Colonel Santosh Babu, martyred in a fierce clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh last year, has been posthumously honoured with Maha Vir Chakra on the occasion of Republic Day. He was among the 20 Indian soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh during the clash with Chinese troops in first such incident involving fatalities after a gap of 45 years.
Santosh commanded the 16 Bihar Regiment. An alumnus of Sainik School in Korukonda and the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla, he was commissioned into the Bihar Regiment from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and went on to complete the prestigious Defence Service Staff Course from Wellington before taking over the command of his battalion.