Victory flame reaches war hero’s house
The Hindu
Major Gopakumar was awarded the Vir Chakra for bravery in the 1971 war
Indian Army officers on Sunday called at the home of the late Major Raman Pillai Gopakumar, a veteran of the 1971 war, bearing the ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal,’ the victory flame commemorating the 50th year of India's victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. The flame, lit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the eternal flame at the National War Memorial in December, had reached Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday evening.More Related News

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