Tribal girl from M'rashtra among 22 to get R-Day bravery award

January 22, 2013 12:53

A 15-year-old tribal girl, who showed exemplary courage while saving her elder sister from the clutches of a panther in Sahapur taluka in Maharashtra, has been selected for the 2012 National Bravery Awards.

The young braveheart, Hali Raghunath Baraf, will receive the 'Veer Bapuji Gadhani Rashtriya Balveer Puraskar' from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a function in New Delhi on January 26. She is among the 22 children who will be honoured on Republic Day.

The girl works in a dairy at Jamnacha Pada near Nandgaon on the Adgaon-Tansa road in Sahapur. Last year, Hali along with her sister had gone to collect firewood in the Tansa sanctuary, when a panther attacked her sister and dragged her inside the jungle. Horrified, Hali hurled huge stones at the panther, chasing it away and rescued her pregnant sister.

In recognition of the courage shown by the teenager, her name was recommended by the district administration to the Centre for the award. Hali said she was "extremely happy" to learn about the award.

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