New Delhi | Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a renegade-turned-army man who was killed by militants in Shopian in Kashmir in November, was awarded the Ashoka Chakra by President of India Ram Nath Kovind Saturday.
The award India’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, was killed by a group of militants at Hirapur village near Batgund in Shopian.
Wani was a recipient of the Sena Medal for gallantry twice in 2007 and 2018.
Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime military decoration for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.
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