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Author: Pankaj P. Khelkar
Publication: Indiatoday.in
Date: July 4, 2017
URL: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/army-martyr-widow-officer-officers-training-academy-kashmir/1/993579.html
Mahadik cleared Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) examination last year and joined the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai for her training.
Wife of martyr Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik who laid down his life battling militants in Kupwara region of Jammu and Kashmir in November 2015 is set to become an Army officer herself.
Mahadik cleared Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) examination last year and joined the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai for her training.
During the last rites of her martyred husband, Mahadik had decided to join the army and fulfill her husband's dream to help misled youth of Kashmir and retain peace in the Valley.
Satara College graduate, Mahadik before leaving for Chennai last year had started her physical training at the Pune University playground.
The passing out parade (POP) at OTA is scheduled for the second week of September this year. Mahadik will then get her first posting as a Lieutenant in the Indian Army. |
