Major Laishram Jyotin Singh

An Army doctor Major Laishram Jyotin Singh was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award, for his bravery while fighting militants during an attack on Indians in Kabul. (Read: Who is Major Laishram Jyotin Singh?)He is the first Army doctor to receive the Ashok Chakra.His sister was moved to tears while rememberin...

Major Laishram Jyotin Singh, an Army doctor who died fighting a suicide bomber in Kabul, was Wednesday conferred the country's highest peacetime gallantry medal, Ashok Chakra, posthumously at the 62nd Republic Day parade here.A family member received the medal from President Pratibha Patil, who conferred the honour at the start of the parade at Raj...

An Army doctor Major Laishram Jyotin Singh was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award, for his bravery while fighting militants during an attack on Indians in Kabul. (Read: Who is Major Laishram Jyotin Singh?)He is the first Army doctor to receive the Ashok Chakra.His sister was moved to tears while rememberin...

Major Laishram Jyotin Singh, an Army doctor who died fighting a suicide bomber in Kabul, was Wednesday conferred the country's highest peacetime gallantry medal, Ashok Chakra, posthumously at the 62nd Republic Day parade here.A family member received the medal from President Pratibha Patil, who conferred the honour at the start of the parade at Raj...