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Who is India's 1st National Bravery Award winner?
short by / on Friday, 14 November, 2025
In 1957, during a Ramleela in Delhi, 14-year-old scout Harish Chandra Mehra saved Pandit Nehru from a sudden tent fire, then climbed a burning pole to stop a collapse. His fearless act made him India's first National Bravery Award winner in 1958. Today, he's still remembered in Chandni Chowk as the boy who saved Nehru.
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