Shaurya Chakra for Mogal

Lieutenant Commander Firdaus Mogal was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra by the President of India for making the supreme sacrifice while saving the lives of sailors on an Indian Navy submarine off Bombay on August 30, 2011. The citation reads: "For an unmatched show of fearless valor in the face of death that saved the lives of six men on board, Lieutenant Commander Firdaus Darabshah Mogal is awarded the Shaurya Chakra posthumously.”

Kerzin Mogal (right) received the award from President Pratibha Patil for her late husband Firdaus (left)

The award was handed over to Mogal’s wife Kerzin by President Pratibha Patil at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 17, 2012 in the presence of the prime minister, defence minister, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and officers of the armed services, informs a write-up sent to Parsiana by Mogal’s father.