The gallantry awards include one Ashok Chakra, three Kirti Chakras, 13 Shaurya Chakras (one posthumous), one Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 44 Sena Medals (Gallantry) (five posthumous), six Nau Sena Medals (Gallantry) and two Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry)

INS Mumbai, India’s indigenous 6,000-ton missile destroyer, celebrated its silver jubilee on January 22. Retired officers and crew members, affectionately calling themselves the “Mumbaikars of INS Mumbai,” gathered at INS Trata in Worli to pay tribute to the warship. Commodore Bhupesh Tater (Retd) recalled watching the ship being built