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Chowk in Sangli named after ex-IAF pilot who saved ex-Odisha CM from mob fury

In 1982, Wing Commander Prakash Navale, then Flight Lieutenant, was awarded the `Shaurya Chakra` for saving the life of Janaki Ballabh Patnaik from mob fury in Gopalpur in Odisha

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Former Odisha CM JB Patnaik. Pic/X

Former Odisha CM JB Patnaik. Pic/X

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.

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