Chennai: The appointment of Nirmala Sitharaman as the India's Defence Minister has raised expectations of new opportunities for women in the armed forces. On Saturday, the wife of an Army Colonel who lost his life fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir in 2015, was commissioned as a Lieutenant.
As she completed her parade in Chennai on Saturday, Lt. Swati Mahadik broke down and her family members and a senior army officer's wife consoled, hugged her and wiped the tears of joy.
Lt. Swati Mahadik strived hard and went through a rigorous training. "I felt I should be like him that's why I wore this uniform. It was his choice. His first love was this uniform. That's why I had taken this decision," she told news agency ANI.
The commanding officer of 41 Rashtriya Rifles, Colonel Mahadik died leading from the front. He was leading a counter-infiltration operation in the Manigah forest of Kupwara. He was at the forefront of a search party which was pursuing terrorists in extremely inhospitable terrain when terrorists targeted him with heavy machine gunfire.
The Mahadiks hail from Pogarwadi village in Satara district of western Maharashtra.
With Inputs from IANS
As she completed her parade in Chennai on Saturday, Lt. Swati Mahadik broke down and her family members and a senior army officer's wife consoled, hugged her and wiped the tears of joy.
Lt. Swati Mahadik strived hard and went through a rigorous training. "I felt I should be like him that's why I wore this uniform. It was his choice. His first love was this uniform. That's why I had taken this decision," she told news agency ANI.
Her two children and her mother-in-law were also present at the ceremony.
The commanding officer of 41 Rashtriya Rifles, Colonel Mahadik died leading from the front. He was leading a counter-infiltration operation in the Manigah forest of Kupwara. He was at the forefront of a search party which was pursuing terrorists in extremely inhospitable terrain when terrorists targeted him with heavy machine gunfire.
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The Mahadiks hail from Pogarwadi village in Satara district of western Maharashtra.
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With Inputs from IANS
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