In a ceremony on Monday on the occasion of Parakram Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra awardees.
We celebrate Independence Day with this special feature, published on Rediff.com in January 2013.
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