Thread by @FincademyIn

It takes enormous courage and selflessness to lay down one's life for the nation.

The story of - Real Life Heroes - Stories of Strength

A Thread 🧵👇

1/ It was on the black day of 26/11/2008 when a terrorist group coming from our neighborhood decided to wage a war against the nation with the second-largest army in the world.

Little did they realize that it was their last mistake ever!

2/ What followed for 4 days after that was a cold-blooded act of this terror which shook the entire nation.

However, Nobody ever doubted the way this was going to end. We have never ever lost a battle against people who have had a mindset of destruction.

3/ But unfortunately, what we did lose is some of our elite soldiers who have been the spearheads of our nation.

This post is a tribute to the real heroes of our nation who laid down their life without even thinking about their families, friends & loved ones. They did it for us!

4/ ATS Chief: Shri Hemant Karkare

Worked with RAW for 7 years
Became chief of Anti-Terrorist Squad, Maharashtra.
Was the main person behind solving the Malegoan Bomb Blast Case.

Shri Hemant Karkare awarded the "Ashoka Chakra" which is India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.

5/ NSG Commando (Indian Army): Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Led the commando operation launched on 27th November 2008 to flush out terrorists from Hotel Taj Mahal in which he rescued 14 hostages.
During the hostile fire, one of his team members was injured,

6/ Major Sandeep pinned down the terrorists with accurate fire and rescued the injured commando to safety. In the process, he was shot in his right arm. Despite his injuries, he continued to fight the terrorists till his last breath.

7/ He displayed most conspicuous bravery besides camaraderie and leadership of the highest order and made the supreme sacrifice for the nation.

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was awarded the "Ashoka Chakra" which is India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.

8/ IPS: Shri Ashok Kamte

An accomplished athlete, he represented India at the junior power-lifting championship in Peru in 1978.
He was known as a cop of Principles, He arrested some of the big politicians citing that “Law is equal for all and nobody has the right to violate it”

9/ Shri Ashok Kamte was awarded the "Ashoka Chakra" which is India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.

10/ Encounter Specialist: Shri Vijay Salaskar

His name itself sent the shivers to the spine of Mafia and goons of Mumbai.
He killed at least 80 criminals in encounters and also headed the Anti Extortion cell, Maharashtra

11/ Shri Vijay Salaskar was awarded the "Ashoka Chakra" which is India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.

12/ ASI: Shri Tukaram Omble

On 26/11 he and his team were guarding one of the checkpoints when they were approached by two terrorists in a hijacked car. After an initial shootout, one of the terrorists died inside the car,

13/ Ajmal Kasab got out of the car and lay down to pretend surrender. As unarmed Omble approached him, Kasab got up and tried to open fire. Omble stood in front of him and held on to the barrel of Kasab's rifle, thus preventing the bullets from hitting anyone else but him.

14/ The rest of the team managed to overpower and apprehend Kasab. Omble had taken over 40 bullets from an Ak-47 at point-blank range and did not survive. He was 54 years old when he did this heroic act of sacrifice to the nation.

15/ We would have never been able to resolve the mystery of these attacks if Shri Omble wouldn't have caught the terrorist alive.

Shri Tukaram Omble was awarded the "Ashoka Chakra" which is India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.

16/ There were various other Heroes of our land that laid down their lives in order to protect our nation and its people, we remember them all even if their names are not mentioned in this thread to keep the topic brief.

17/ We, The people of India, Bow down to the supreme sacrifice of Our soldiers, Our saviours, Our Real Life Heroes! We bow down to the supreme courage of the families who gave such heroes to our nation.

This supreme sacrifice will never ever be forgotten.

18/ A special message for enemies of our nation: We have added the pictures of our heroes in this thread to show you how an Indian Warrior looks like - FEARLESS!

Keep these pictures in mind if you ever again decide to wage a war against India.

19/ A humble request to Shri @PrakashJavdekar and @EduMinOfIndia to please include the names of our heroes in the History textbooks of the school curriculum so that every kid should learn about the Strength of our nation and it's guardians.

The End.