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The Times of India
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Umamaheswara Rao | TNN

Bravery award for 8-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh who fought off Jammu & Kashmir terrorist

VISAKHAPATNAM: Gurugu Himapriya, a 12-year-old from Ponnam village of Srikakulam district, has been conferred with Pradhan Mantri Rasthtriya Bal Puraskar, 2022 in the field of bravery. She received the award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a virtual meeting on Monday.

Her immense bravery saved her family when an armed group of terrorists attacked the Sunjuwan military camp in Jammu in February 2018 when she was eight-years-old. She earlier received the national bravery award-2018 from the Indian Council for Child Welfare for her courage.

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