01-30-2007, 10:02 PM
As you are aware many bloggers could not digest the selection of the Chief Guest so it is naturally that several rumors went round the Internet. I am quite surprised that a person of your intellectual standing believed in such a story.We are not a Banana Republic and do not bend our rules and customs to suite the taste of State Guests.The factual report of the Hindu of 26 January 2006 is reproduced below:-
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Date:26/01/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/26/stories...12601731300.htm
National
311 military personnel get Republic Day honours
Special Correspondent
Ashok Chakra, highest gallantry award, not awarded to any one
NEW DELHI: Two young army officers who died while battling terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir figure among the 311 military personnel in this year's Republic Day roll of honours. The lone Kirti Chakra, the nation's second highest award for gallantry during peacetime, has been awarded to Subedhar Jagat Bahadur Ghale of Gorkha Rifles who died after killing three militants in hand-to-hand combat near the Poonch River following an ambush on September 18, 2004.
Ashok Chakra, the highest gallantry award has not been awarded this time.
Major Salman Ahmed Khan of 6 Rashtriya Rfiles (Sikh) killed a self-styled divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba before succumbing to his injuries. The 27-year-old, popularly known as Sallu among his friends and colleagues, displayed tremendous courage in fighting the militants.
Major Khan as well as Major Deepak Kumar Padda have been awarded the Shuarya Chakra. Major Deepak was injured in Kupwara and was shifted to Delhi where he passed away. He left behind his wife, son, mother and father, a former Army officer.
Havildar Atol Singh Panwar and Dafadar Harbajan Singh are the other two posthumous Shaurya Chakra awardees. Squadron Leader S. S. Chaitanya, an IAF officer, who died during the Air Force's maiden ascent of Mount Everest, was decorated with the Vayu Sena medal for gallantry
Apart from one Kirti Chakra and 17 Shaurya Chakra, the awards list comprises of 18 Param Vishist Seva medals, 47 Ati Vishist Seva medals, 17 Shaurya Chakra, 119 Sena medals, 106 VSMs and 25 Vayu Sena medals.
Director-General Military Operations Madan Gopal, Vice-Chief of Army Staff S. Pattabhiraman, Western Air Force Commander A.K. Singh, Director General Infantry Devraj Singh and Adjutant-General Anup Singh Jamwal are among those decorated with PVSM, for distinguished service of the highest order.
The awardees also include Eastern Air Commander Fali Homi Major, Strategic Forces Commander AD and the country's first woman Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay. Among others, AVSMs have been awarded to Deepak Kapoor, slated to be the next Army chief and Director-General of Military Operations Deepak Summanwar.
Vayu Sena Medal
UNI reports:
Everest climber Squadron Leader S.S. Chaitanya is among the awardees of the Vayu Sena Medal for Gallantry. He was one of the three IAF men to climb the tallest peak last year. He slipped and fell to death while climbing down. Sirigare Shivashankappa Chaitanya will be awarded the medal posthumously by the President on the 57th Republic Day.
Hailing from Chitradurga in Karnataka, Chaitanya was commissioned in the IAF as a Technical Officer on May 27, 1996. He completed his basic and advance mountaineering course from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, and was adjudged `best student' in the Advanced Course.
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Date:26/01/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/26/stories...12601731300.htm
National
311 military personnel get Republic Day honours
Special Correspondent
Ashok Chakra, highest gallantry award, not awarded to any one
NEW DELHI: Two young army officers who died while battling terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir figure among the 311 military personnel in this year's Republic Day roll of honours. The lone Kirti Chakra, the nation's second highest award for gallantry during peacetime, has been awarded to Subedhar Jagat Bahadur Ghale of Gorkha Rifles who died after killing three militants in hand-to-hand combat near the Poonch River following an ambush on September 18, 2004.
Ashok Chakra, the highest gallantry award has not been awarded this time.
Major Salman Ahmed Khan of 6 Rashtriya Rfiles (Sikh) killed a self-styled divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba before succumbing to his injuries. The 27-year-old, popularly known as Sallu among his friends and colleagues, displayed tremendous courage in fighting the militants.
Major Khan as well as Major Deepak Kumar Padda have been awarded the Shuarya Chakra. Major Deepak was injured in Kupwara and was shifted to Delhi where he passed away. He left behind his wife, son, mother and father, a former Army officer.
Havildar Atol Singh Panwar and Dafadar Harbajan Singh are the other two posthumous Shaurya Chakra awardees. Squadron Leader S. S. Chaitanya, an IAF officer, who died during the Air Force's maiden ascent of Mount Everest, was decorated with the Vayu Sena medal for gallantry
Apart from one Kirti Chakra and 17 Shaurya Chakra, the awards list comprises of 18 Param Vishist Seva medals, 47 Ati Vishist Seva medals, 17 Shaurya Chakra, 119 Sena medals, 106 VSMs and 25 Vayu Sena medals.
Director-General Military Operations Madan Gopal, Vice-Chief of Army Staff S. Pattabhiraman, Western Air Force Commander A.K. Singh, Director General Infantry Devraj Singh and Adjutant-General Anup Singh Jamwal are among those decorated with PVSM, for distinguished service of the highest order.
The awardees also include Eastern Air Commander Fali Homi Major, Strategic Forces Commander AD and the country's first woman Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay. Among others, AVSMs have been awarded to Deepak Kapoor, slated to be the next Army chief and Director-General of Military Operations Deepak Summanwar.
Vayu Sena Medal
UNI reports:
Everest climber Squadron Leader S.S. Chaitanya is among the awardees of the Vayu Sena Medal for Gallantry. He was one of the three IAF men to climb the tallest peak last year. He slipped and fell to death while climbing down. Sirigare Shivashankappa Chaitanya will be awarded the medal posthumously by the President on the 57th Republic Day.
Hailing from Chitradurga in Karnataka, Chaitanya was commissioned in the IAF as a Technical Officer on May 27, 1996. He completed his basic and advance mountaineering course from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, and was adjudged `best student' in the Advanced Course.
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