PM Modi to call 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman & Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra awardees

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over a digital ceremony to call the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman & Nicobar after 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees at 11 am on January 23, the start anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) knowledgeable by an official assertion on Saturday.
January 23 can also be marked as ‘Parakram Diwas’ to commemorate the start anniversary of Netaji. Further, in line with the assertion, PM Modi will even unveil the mannequin of the National Memorial devoted to Netaji. The memorial is to come back up on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep.
Keeping in thoughts the historic significance of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and honour the reminiscence of Netaji, Ross Islands have been renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Dweep by Prime Minister Modi throughout his go to to the islands in 2018.
Neil Island and Havelock Island have been additionally renamed Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep.
The assertion from the PMO mentioned giving the nation’s real-life heroes their due has all the time been accorded the very best precedence by Prime Minister Modi.

It is in that spirit that it has now been determined to call the 21 largest unnamed islands of the island group after 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees, the launched said, including that the most important unnamed island will probably be named after the primary Param Vir Chakra awardee, the second will probably be named after the second Param Vir Chakra awardee, and the remaining in the identical order.
“This step will be an everlasting tribute to our heroes, several of whom had made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the sovereignty and integrity of the nation,” the assertion added.
It was determined that these islands will probably be named after the 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees — Major Somnath Sharma; Subedar and Hony Captain (then Lance Naik) Karam Singh, MM; 2nd Lt. Rama Raghoba Rane; Nayak Jadunath Singh; Company Havildar Major Piru Singh; Capt GS Salaria; Lieutenant Colonel (then Major) Dhan Singh Thapa; Subedar Joginder Singh; Major Shaitan Singh; CQMH. Abdul Hamid; Lt Col Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore; Lance Naik Albert Ekka; Major Hoshiar Singh; 2nd Lt. Arun Khetrapal; Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon; Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran; Naib Subedar Bana Singh; Captain Vikram Batra; Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey; Subedar Major (then Rifleman) Sanjay Kumar; and Subedar Major Retd (Hony Captain) Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav. (ANI)