Havildar Hangpan Dada’s wife Chasen Lowang receives the Ashok Chakra (Posthumous) from President Pranab Mukherjee. (Source: ANI) Havildar Hangpan Dada’s wife Chasen Lowang receives the Ashok Chakra (Posthumous) from President Pranab Mukherjee. (Source: ANI)President Pranab Mukherjee posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra to Havildar Hangpan Dada, who was killed near in Jammu and Kashmir in May last year while fighting terrorists. Dada’s sobbing widow Chasen Lowang received from the President the highest peacetime military award given for awarded for valour, courageous action and self-sacrifice. The wounded soldier pinned down the fourth too and thus foiled an infiltration attempt from Pakistan

Source: Indian Express January 26, 2017 07:00 UTC