Please click on the images to salute the brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice defending the motherland and whose courage was acknowledged by a grateful nation at the Defence Investiture Ceremony.
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IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late Challapilla Narasimha Rao's family.
All Photographs: Press Information Bureau, India
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IMAGE: The President, who is the supreme commander of the armed forces, presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late Deputy Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar's family.
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IMAGE: The President presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late Kamal Kishor's family.
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IMAGE: President Kovind presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late SPO Ashiq Hussain Malik's family.
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IMAGE: The President presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub Inspector Imran Hussain Tak's family.
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IMAGE: President Kovind presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late Sepoy Hari Singh's family.
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IMAGE: The President presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late Sepoy Brajesh Kumar's family.
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IMAGE: President Kovind presents the Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous) to the late Lance Naik Sandeep Singh's family.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/ Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com
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