Soldier's widow receives Ashok Chakra
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee giving away the Highest Gallantry Award Ashoka Chakra to Havildar Hangpan Dada, the Assam Regiment /35th Battalion the Rashtriya Rifles (posthumously), the award received by his wife Mrs. Chasen Lowang Dada, on the occasion of the 68th Republic Day Parade 2017, at Rajpath in New Delhi on January 26, 2017.
5 Dariya News
New Delhi , 26 Jan 2017
President Pranab Mukherjee posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra to Havildar Hangpan Dada, who was killed near in Jammu and Kashmir in May last year while fighting terrorists.Dada's sobbing widow Chasen Lowang received from the President the highest peacetime military award given for awarded for valour, courageous action and self-sacrifice.The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the guest of honour and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, watched in silence as Mukherjee saluted the courage of the dead soldier of Assam Regiment.Dada was killed on the night of May 26 after he first fought three terrorists in close combat in Naugam sector.He badly injured the fourth who fatally wounded him with a gun. The wounded soldier pinned down the fourth too and thus foiled an infiltration attempt from Pakistan.