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Nineteen children, including 5 girls and 14 boys, have been selected for the National Bravery Awards for 2004. One of the awards will be given posthumously.
The Sanjay Chopra award will be given to Master Harry Chaudhry of New Delhi. This 14yr boy showed exemplary courage in tackling an armed assailant, who had stabbed his sister while she was travelling with him in a rickshaw. Though Harry was able to nab the culprit with the help of passers by, he could not save his sister.
The GEETA CHOPRA award will be given to 13yr old Km Boya Geethanjali of Andhra Pradesh. In a region infested with naxals, this little girl fought with armed naxals to save the life of a people’s representative, who was about to be taken away by them. She was able to drive away the naxals, with help from the womenfolk of the village.
The BAPU GAYADHANI award will be given to Late Master N Kandha Kumar from Tamil Nadu, Master Lalthanzawna from Mizoram, and Km Majda alias Babli from Uttaranchal.
Other award winners are Master Hotilal, Km Mahima Tiwari both from Uttar Pradesh, Master Ramandeep Singh and Master Pawan Kumar of Punjab (Joint Deed), Master RK Rahul Singh of Manipur, Km Shiney TA, Master Sajan Antony, Master TP Krishna Prasad and Master Johncy Samuel all from Kerala, Master Khiangdingliana of Mizoram, Km Priyanka of Haryana, Master Gopal Singh Sondia of Madhya Pradesh, Master B Sai Kushal of Andhra Pradesh and Master Vinod R. Jain of Karnataka.
The children will receive the awards from the Prime Minister of India on 25th January 2005 at a special function. They will also participate in the Republic Day Parade riding atop caparisoned elephants.
Instituted by The Indian Council for Child Welfare in 1957, the National Bravery Awards have been so far given to 669 children.
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