A municipal corporation in western Maharashtra has named a 'chowk' after a former Indian Air Force pilot who received the Shaurya Chakra for saving then Odisha chief minister J B Patnaik from mob fury.

An official of the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad City Municipal Corporation said the civic body has named the Kolhapur Road Akashwani Chowk in Sangli city as 'Wing Commander Prakash Navale Chowk' after the brave pilot.