President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday presented Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations at a Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also attended the function.
The President awarded 'Shaurya Chakra', the third highest peacetime gallantry award, posthumously, to slain CRPF officer HK Jha for valiantly leading and laying down his life while taking on armed Naxals in Bihar's Jamui district in 2014.
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