Santosh mahadik biography definition
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Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik, a daring combat underwater diver who recovered numerous dead bodies & weapons, an excellent marksman who killed many enemies of the nation, a loving father who named his son after Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Swaraj dream & a passionate lover who danced with his wife on 'Dhadkan Jara..
Col Santosh Mahadik was more than just a daring soldier
Hindustan Times | ByVikram Jit Singh, Chandigarh
Nov 18, 2015 10:11 PM IST
“Whom do I now give the tulips to?
Will tulips ever adorn the humble houses of Kalaroos,” asks an emotional Azad Naqashbandi.
“Whom do I now give the tulips to? Will tulips ever adorn the humble houses of Kalaroos,” asks an emotional Azad Naqashbandi.
Santosh Yashwant Mahadik phoned his wife, Swati, then staying km away at the Army's Northern Command.A social activist of Kupwara town, Naqashbandi had been asked by the flower-loving Col Santosh Mahadik on November 15 to help him procure tulip plants from Srinagar so that a nursery could be developed at Kalaroos in the “’dreaded” Lolab valley.
The Commanding Officer of the 41 Rashtriya Rifles (Maratha Light Infantry) had dreamt of tulips blooming and distributing them among households as a goodwill gesture, lending a touch of beauty to their dark, suffocated lives.
But Col Mahadik died in an ambush on November 17 around 2 pm, shot through the head and stomach, while hunting militants in the