On 23rd January, 2023 PM Modi attended a ceremony through video conferencing and did the honors of renaming 21 largest islands of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The ceremony took place on the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
PM Modi named these 21 large Islands after the Param Vir Chakra Awardees in order to express gratitude towards their sacrifice. Along with that, Prime Minister also unveiled a model of proposed memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that will be constructed in Andaman & Nicobar archipelago.
The largest island is named after the first Param Vir Chakra Awardee: Major Somnath Sharma who lost his life while fighting Pakistani infiltrators near Srinagar Airport. The second largest island is named after Subedar and Hony Captain (then Lance Naik) Karam Singh followed by islands named after other heroes of our nation, Rama Raghoba Rane, Nayak Jadunath Singh, Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, Capt GS Salaria, Major Dhan Singh Thapa, Subedar Joginder Singh,Major Shaitan Singh, CQMH. Abdul Hamid, Lt Col Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, Lance Naik Albert Ekka,Major Hoshiar Singh, 2nd Lt. Arun Khetrapal, Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon, Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, Naib Subedar Bana Singh, RifleMan Sanjay Kumar, Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey, Captain Vikram Batra, Naib Subedar Bana Singh and Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav.
Report by Harshita Kalra
Graphics by Sanskar Dubey
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