Kirti Chakras Medals Awarded

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Three army personnel were conferred the Kirti Chakra, India's second highest peacetime gallantry medal, by President Pratibha Patil for displaying conspicuous bravery. Those who received the Kirti Chakra medals were Major Rahul Gurung of Corps of Engineers, now serving with 12 Assam Rifles, Captain Deepak Sharma, a Signals officer serving with 42 Rashtriya Rifles, who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir in March 2010, and Captain Vikrant Ajit Deshmukh of 8 Madras Regiment.

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Jean-Paul