Monday, 22 November 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Late Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal was awarded Shaurya Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. The award was received by his wife, Lieutenant Nitika Kaul, and mother Saroj Dhoundiyal. The ceremony took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Major Dhoundiyal, a resident of Dehradun, Uttarakhand was killed in Pulwama attacks in 2019 while playing a major role in an operation in which five terrorists were killed and 200 kilograms of explosives was discovered. His wife, Nikita Kaul after the demise of her husband, had joined the Indian Army as a Lieutenant.
