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Bravery Award Winners Vijay Kumar Saini, Farzana Begum and Rahul’s Stories

In this episode of Veergatha Podcast, listen to three stories of Bravery Award Winners. We begin with Vijay Kumar, who was 16 years old in 2011 when he saved the lives of three children who would have drowned in the river Ganga. Vijay lived in a place near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Learn about the theft in Farzana Begum’s house and how her National Bravery Award medal was stolen. Finally, we travel to New Delhi and hear the tale of Rahul, who helped nab two terrorists after the 2008 bomb blasts.

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