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Fifty two years post Indo-Pak war, INS Shivaji gets ‘Vir Chakra’ of late Vice-Admiral Chowdhury

The Indian Navy's premier technical training establishment INS Shivaji has received the original 'Vir Chakra' awarded to late Vice-Admiral Benoy Roy Chowdhury for his gallant actions during the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

Also read: Indian Naval Academy receives original Maha Vir Chakra at solemn ceremony

Vice-Admiral Dinesh Prabhakar, distinguished chair-marine engineering, INS Shivaji, on December 18 received the Vir Chakra from Padipta Bose and Gargi Bose, the family members of Vice-Admiral Chowdhury, on behalf of the Navy at a solemn ceremony organised at the training establishment in Lonavala, around 60 km from Pune city.

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