The newly inducted Rafale fighter aircraft featured for the first time in India s Republic Day flypast as it carried out the Brahmastra formation alone and was part of the Eklavya formation with four other fighter jets
Republic Day 2021: Galwan martyr Colonel B Santosh Babu posthumously awarded Mahavir Chakra Four soldiers, who also laid down their lives fighting the Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in June last year, have been named for Vir Chakra awards posthumously File image of Colonel Santosh Babu. News18
New Delhi: 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 on Monday.
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