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      <image:caption>Captain Saurabh Kalia, official service portrait, 4 JAT</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Captain Saurabh Kalia's parents adjust his uniform at his commissioning parade</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lieutenant Saurabh Kalia with a fellow officer during training</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Captain Amit Bhardwaj, official portrait, 4 JAT</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Captain Amit Bhardwaj with fellow officers in front of regimental flags</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Captain Amit Bhardwaj during training</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Captain Amit Bhardwaj's funeral procession</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja, personal portrait, Indian Air Force</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Vir Chakra, India's third-highest wartime gallantry decoration</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wreckage of Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja's MiG-21, tail number C1539</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ceremonial repatriation of Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja's casket carried before an IAF helicopter</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ajay Ahuja's widow receiving the Vir Chakra on his behalf</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Captain Kanad Bhattacharya, official service portrait, 8 Sikh</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kanad Bhattacharya, before his commission</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kanad Bhattacharya in the field, Dras sector</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Soldiers of 8 Sikh in the field, Dras sector</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Sena Medal, awarded to Kanad Bhattacharya posthumously</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, official service portrait, 18 Grenadiers</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Adhikari with his men, 18 Grenadiers</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Maha Vir Chakra, awarded to Adhikari posthumously</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari's funeral, family and soldiers paying tribute</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lt Col Ramakrishnan Vishwanathan, in a family photograph</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Vir Chakra, awarded to Vishwanathan posthumously</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Soldiers carry a fallen comrade down from the Tololing sector</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jalja Vishwanathan, at a memorial for her husband</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://darkversemedia.in/flashpoints</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-11</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://darkversemedia.in/watch/flashpoints/september-11-attacks</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-11</lastmod>
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