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.

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