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Ashoka Chakra awarded posthumously to IAF commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala on R Day

Ashoka Chakra awarded posthumously to IAF commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala on R Day

Jan 26, 2018, at 07:37 pm

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS) :  Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military award, was posthumously conferred on  Indian Air Force's Garud Commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala on the 69th Republic Day on Friday in recognition of his exemplary valour during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir last year, when he had single-handedly shot down three terrorists.