Lance Naik posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra 
Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami of the Army's elite Para Special Forces, was conferred the Ashok Chakra posthumously for saving two injured soldiers and eliminating terrorists in Kashmir, before succumbing to injuries. His wife collected the award from President Pranab Mukherjee before the Republic Day Parade. Goswami is the only soldier to get India's highest peacetime gallantry award this year.