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Renaming of Andaman Islands
January 29 , 2023
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi named 21 Islands in Andaman and Nicobar after recipients of India’s highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra.
- The naming was done on the occasion of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 126th birth anniversary
- Modi also unveiled the model of a proposed memorial dedicated to Bose, to be set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- The memorial to Netaji will be located on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, which was called Ross Island before 2018.
- The largest unnamed island was named after the first Param Vir Chakra awardee.
- The second largest unnamed island after the second Param Vir Chakra awardee.
- The first recipient of the award was Major Somnath Sharma.
- He lost his life while fighting against Pakistani infiltrators near Srinagar airport on November 3, 1947.
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