Keralas first Ashoka Chakra winner Havildar Alby DCruz passes away

Thiruvananthapuram, June 6: Alby D’Cruz, one in all Kerala’s proud Defence personnel who all the time maintained a low profile regardless of being the primary Keralaite to be conferred the Ashoka Chakra, handed away right here on Tuesday.

The 87-year-old D’Cruz hailed from the coastal hamlet at Valiyathura, a stone’s throw from the Thiruvananthapuram worldwide airport.

It was manner again in 1962, he obtained the Asoka Chakra (Class III) from the nation’s first president Rajendra Prasad.

Since 1967, this award has been known as ‘Shaurya Chakra’.

D’Cruz joined the Indian Army as a Lance naik within the paramilitary force- Assam Rifles as a radio officer and his battalion was given the job of busting the Naga rebels.

Incidentally, his presence within the coastal hamlet was by no means identified and his exploits additionally by no means made information, nevertheless it was when he turned 80 years in 2017, a neighborhood Coastal Organization determined to honor him, when many knew that he was a extremely embellished soldier.

Among the images that adorna D’Cruz’s home right here embody him receiving the distinguished award and shaking fingers with the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru quickly after receiving the award.

Kerala’s first ‘Ashoka Chakra’ winner Havildar Alby D’Cruz passes away IANS 06 June 2023 Post Your Comments

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