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Republic Day 2018: Prez gets emotional while awarding Ashok Chakra
Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala gunned down two terrorists after his team faced lethal fire and grenades
Updated : Jan 27, 2018, 06:10 AM IST
 "President Ram Nath Kovind")
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Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala's widow and mother received the Ashok Chakra awarded to him posthumously during the Republic Day Parade on Friday by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Nirala, an Indian Air Force brave heart was part of the Garud commando unit of the Indian Air Force who laid the supreme sacrifice and was part of team that launched an assault on a terror hideout in Kashmir on November 18, 2017.
The Ashok Chakra is the highest peace time gallantry award.
President Kovind was seen getting emotional as he wiped his eyes after handing over the gallantry medal to Nirala's widow and mother.
Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala gunned down two terrorists after his team faced lethal fire and grenades.
On November 18, 2017, based on specific tech intelligence, an offensive was launched jointly by the Garud Air Force commandos and Rashtriya Rifles Battalion in Chanderger village of Bandipora district in J&K.
While the detachment laid in wait, six terrorists hiding in the house, rushed out, shooting and lobbing grenades at the Garuds. Cpl Nirala, disregarding personal safety and displaying indomitable courage, retaliated. His courage eventually led to the killing of all six terrorists.
