Class 8 · English
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Key terms to remember
Major Somnath Sharma
Officer of the Kumaon Regiment and India’s first Param Vir Chakra recipient, who died defending Badgam in 1947.
Param Vir Chakra
India’s highest wartime gallantry award; its design is inspired by Sage Dadhichi’s sacrifice.
Battle of Badgam
The 1947 action near Srinagar where Major Sharma’s company held off infiltrators to protect the airfield.
Valour
Great courage in the face of danger; the central virtue celebrated in the prose lesson.
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