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    Republic Day 2019: President Ram Nath Kovind confers Ashoka Chakra on Nazir Wani

    Republic Day 2019: President Ram Nath Kovind confers Ashoka Chakra on Nazir Wani
    President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the Ashok Chakra to Lance Naik Nazir Ahmed Wani, who lost his life while killing 6 terrorists in an operation in Kashmir. Award was received by his wife and mother. ()

    Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who laid down his life fighting a group of terrorists in Shopian in Kashmir in November, was awarded the Ashoka Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday.

    The award — 's highest peacetime gallantry honour — was received by Wani's wife and mother at the Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath. Wani is the first Kashmiri to be conferred the Ashoka Chakra.

    On November 25, 38-year-old Wani, hailing from Cheki Ashmuji in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, lost his life in a counter-terror operation against six terrorists in Hirapur village near Batgund in Shopian.

    Under intense hail of bullets from the terrorists, he eliminated the ‘district commander' of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and one foreign terrorist in a daring display of raw courage, officials said.

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    In the ensuing gunfight, he was hit multiple times including on his head. He also injured another terrorist before succumbing to his grievous wounds, they said.

    According to the citation, Wani single-handedly killed two terrorists during the Shopian operation and injured a third one despite receiving serious injuries.

    “In an unparalleled saga of…

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