Dev Raj Singh Thakur
Recipient of the Kirti Chakra award / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergeant Dev Raj Singh Thakur, KC (died May 1987), was a sergeant working in Indian Air Force. He received national prominence for chasing and apprehending Nathuram Godse.
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Dev Raj Singh Thakur | |
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Allegiance | India |
Service/ | Indian Air Force |
Rank | Warrant Officer |
Awards | Kirti Chakra |
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He was awarded the Kirti Chakra, a gallantry award, in 1952 for arresting Godse by Dr Rajendra Prasad contemporaneous President of India and he was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer. He is in news posthumously, for his family demanding a government job for a kin of gallantry award winner as there is no breadwinner in the family.[1]