Neerja Bhanot (January 3, 1963 – September 5, 1986 [1]), was a flight attendant for Pan Am airlines, based in Bombay, India, who died while fighting terrorism on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986, she went on to become the youngest recipient of India’s highest civilian award for bravery, the Ashoka Chakra.
Randhir Prasad Verma was an Indian police officer who died while trying to resist a robbery attempt in a bank in Dhanbad. He was posthumously awarded gallantry award Ashok Chakra. The Government of India also issued a Commemorative postage stamp in his honor in 2004.
He was born in 1952 in Saharsa district of Bihar and studied at St. John's High School, Ranchi and Patna College. He joined the Indian Police Service in 1974. As a police officer he eliminated many criminal gangs.
While serving in Dhanbad as the Superintendent of Police he died while resisting robbery at Bank of India branch on 3 January 1991.
His widow Rita Verma later joined politics and was elected to Lok Sabha.
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