President presents Shaurya Chakra to Sainik School alumnus Major Maheshkumar Bhure
The Hindu
“On 25 November 2018, Captain Maheshkumar Bhure led a team in Jammu & Kashmir, wherein he planned and led the operation in which six top terrorist commanders were eliminated”
President Ram Nath Kovind on November 22 conferred the Shaurya Chakra gallantry award to Major Maheshkumar Bhure, an alumnus of Sainik School Satara, who led an operation in which six top terrorist commanders were killed.
Major Bhure, a young Captain in the Indian Army during the operation three years ago, was presented the medal during the Defence Investiture Ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
“On 25 November 2018, Captain Maheshkumar Bhure led a team in Jammu & Kashmir, wherein he planned and led the operation in which six top terrorist commanders were eliminated,” reads the Shaurya Chakra citation.
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