Ashok Chakra

Aug 14, 2015, 12:04 IST

Ashok Chakra

11 people were hounoured with the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award, Ashok Chakra for 2008. For the first time, the Ashok Chakra was conferred upon such a big number of individuals. 2008 November Mumbai terror attack heroes dominated the award list. All the Ashok Chakras were awarded posthumously. The awardees were- Mumbai ATS Chief Hemant Karkare, ACP Ashok Kamte, Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Assistant Sub- Inspector Tukaram Omble, Hawaldar Gajendra Singh, Delhi Police Inspector M.C. Sharma, Col Jojan Thomas, Hawaldar Bahadur Singh, Meghalaya Police DSP R.P. Dienghoh and Assistant Commandant of Orissa’s Special Operation Group Pramod Kumar Satapathy.

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