Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first person to get Param Vir Chakra

  1. LT ARUN KHETRAPAL

  2. Major Somnath Sharma

  3. MAJOR HOSHIAR SINGH

  4. Cpt Gurbachan Singh Salaria
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Explanation

Major Somnath Sharma was the first recipient of India's highest wartime gallantry award, Param Vir Chakra, posthumously in 1947. He died defending Srinagar airfield during Pakistani tribal invasion.

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