-BORN-
Date
- 26th Aug 1963
- Expired!
Time
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61 Years ago
Kirti Chakra,
Vadapalli Venkateswara Rao
Vadapalli Venkateswara Rao an indian civil servant, diplomat.
‘Kirti Chakra’ award recipient.
First non-military civilian to receive the Kirti Chakra, India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award.
Killed in a suicide bomb attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, just weeks before his planned return to India at the end of his tenure.