Maj Gen Cyrus Addie Pithawalla (retd) [Ashoka Chakra (AC)] and Subedar Major Shivaji Krishna Ghadge (Shaurya Chakra), two living legends from the Indian Army, were honored by the Indian Railways, Devlali, Bhusaval Division, Maharashtra. The Railways dedicated a locomotive to each of them to commemorate their bravery and service. Pithawalla was awarded the AC, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award for valor during a high-risk counter-insurgency operation in Tekcham, Manipur, while Ghadge had led a daring ambush, eliminating five terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.
Maj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla (retd), and train named after him
The locomotives were flagged off by Lt Gen......