Sidharth Malhotra praises PM Modi naming island in Andaman and Nicobar after Capt Vikram Batra: ‘Shershaah lives on forever’
Sidharth Malhotra praises PM Modi naming island in Andaman and Nicobar after Capt Vikram Batra: ‘Shershaah lives on forever’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony on Monday on the occasion of Parakram Diwas.
Several Bollywood celebrities reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to name 21 unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra awardees.
Notably, Sidharth Malhotra is all praise to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his decision to name an island in Andaman and Nicobar after Capt Vikram Batra: ‘Shershaah lives on forever’
Sidharth Malhotra, who played the role of Captain Vikram Batra in the film Shershaah, took to his official Twitter account to laud the move
He tweeted “the very news that an island in Andaman & Nicobar is named after our hero Capt. Vikram Batra leaves me with goosebumps! My heart swells with pride that I was fortunate to live his role on screen. This step taken by PM
Whereas actor R Madhavan called it a ‘befitting tribute’. “What a befitting tribute and so appropriate.🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 On the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi names 21 islands of Andaman and Nicobar after 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees.
The largest unnamed island was named after the first Param Vir Chakra awardee, Major Somnath Sharma, who lost his life in action on November 3, 1947 while repulsing Pakistani infiltrators near Srinagar Airport.
The second largest unnamed island will be named after the second Param Vir Chakra awardee, and so on.
News Input K.V.Raman
