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'My father always said: once a soldier, always a soldier'

<p>Recollects 11-yr-old Kartiki, daughter of martyr Colonel Santosh Mahadik whose body was flown down from J&amp;K last evening; last rites were performed today in Satara</p>

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Colonel Santosh Mahadik celebrating his birthday, which happened to be his last, with Kartiki and Swarajya

Colonel Santosh Mahadik celebrating his birthday, which happened to be his last, with Kartiki and Swarajya

Pune: "Though we were married for 12 years, motherland remained his first love. And it is this first love that took my husband away from me," said a teary-eyed Swati (35), the widow of Colonel Santosh Mahadik.

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