'Wish my father could have accepted medal himself'

January 28, 2022 13:58

On Republic Day 2022, ASI Babu Ram was awarded the Ashok Chakra posthumously, the nation's highest gallantry award in peace time in the most solemn part of the ceremony.

For the first time the top gallantry awards -- the Ashok Chakra, the Kirti Chakra and the Shaurya Chakra -- were awarded to J&K police personnel.

The Ashok Chakra was received by his wife Rina Ram and son Manik Sharma who had travelled from Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Standing there in front of the whole nation my pride was tinged with sadness. I was happy, yet sad. My happiness would have been complete had my father accepted the medal himself," Manik, a student of Class 12, tells Archana Masih/Rediff.com from Jammu the day after Republic Day.

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