Dev Raj Singh Thakur
{{Short description|Recipient of the Kirti Chakra award}}
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Sergeant Dev Raj Singh Thakur, KC (died May 1987), was a sergeant working in Indian Air Force. He received national prominence for chasing and apprehending Nathuram Godse.
He was awarded the Kirti Chakra, a gallantry award, in 1952 for arresting Godse by Dr Rajendra Prasad contemporaneous President of India and he was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer. He is in news posthumously, for his family demanding a government job for a kin of gallantry award winner as there is no breadwinner in the family.MSN News [http://new.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5794379 64 years on, family of man who caught Gandhi's killer in penury] {{deadlink|date=July 2016}}
Personal details
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He had three sons and one daughter. While in service in the Indian Air Force, he lost his mental balance and was subsequently sent on retirement. He remained in a mental health facility for 14 years in Amritsar.
The causes of his loss of mental balance are not known, but it is possibly due to his act of apprehending Nathuram Godse. Godse was the person who killed Mohandas Gandhi. He received a monthly pension from the Indian government until he died in May 1987.{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/HimachalPradesh/Family-of-man-who-caught-Gandhi-s-killer-in-poverty/Article1-804044.aspx | title=Family of man who caught Gandhi's killer in poverty | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=30 January 2012 | agency=Indo-Asian News Service | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130150636/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/HimachalPradesh/Family-of-man-who-caught-Gandhi-s-killer-in-poverty/Article1-804044.aspx |archivedate=30 January 2012 | url-status=dead | accessdate=13 May 2020 }}
Awards
- Ashok Chakra Award (Class II) in 1952.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ucanindia.in/news/poverty-stalks-godse-grabbers-family/16711/daily Poverty stalks Godse grabber's family], Hindustan Times article copied at UCAN India.
- [https://archive.today/20130128070945/http://maharashtraexpress.com/emain/2012/01/64-years-on-family-of-man-who-caught-gandhis-killer-in-penury/ 64 years on, family of man who caught Gandhi’s killer in penury]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225132/http://zeenews.india.com/tags/Dev_Raj_Thakur.html Dev Raj Thakur]Zee News
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Category:Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)
Category:Military personnel from Himachal Pradesh
Category:Indian Air Force personnel