Thursday, February 5, 2009
India salutes Mumbai attack heroes on Republic Day
India bestowed its highest peacetime gallantry award on January 26 on half a dozen security men killed fighting Pakistani militants in Mumbai last year, an attack that worsened tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Thousands of police and soldiers lined the route of the annual military parade in New Delhi, while the chief guest, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, looked on with Indian leaders from a bullet-proof stand.
In a ceremony steeped in symbolism, President Pratibha Patil gave away India's highest peacetime military awards to 11 policemen and soldiers posthumously, including six shot dead fighting Pakistani militants in Mumbai.
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Thousands of police and soldiers lined the route of the annual military parade in New Delhi, while the chief guest, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, looked on with Indian leaders from a bullet-proof stand.
In a ceremony steeped in symbolism, President Pratibha Patil gave away India's highest peacetime military awards to 11 policemen and soldiers posthumously, including six shot dead fighting Pakistani militants in Mumbai.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: annual military parade, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Mumbai attack heroes, nuclear armed rivals, Pakistani militants, peacetime gallantry award, President Pratibha Patil, Republic Day
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