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Captain Mohan Narayan Rao Samant, Maha Vir Chakra awardee, passes away

Samant had received the Maha Vir Chakra for the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.

Aniruddha Dhar

20 Mar 2019 21:06 IST

Updated On 20 Mar 2019 21:32 IST

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Captain Mohan Narayan Rao Samant, Maha Vir Chakra awardee, passes away

Captain (retired) Mohan Narayan Rao Samant, a Maha Vir Chakra awardee, passed away on Wednesday. Samant had received the Maha Vir Chakra for the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war in which was a submariner and the commissioning CO of the INS Karanj.

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