Meet Jyoti Nainwal who became Army officer after her soldier husband died in fight with terrorists
Naik Deepak Nainwal died in 2018 after he fought terrorists. His wife Jyoti Nainwal then became an officer in the Indian Army. Jyoti Nainwal marched alongside 28 female cadets at the Officers Training Academy's passing-out parade last week. The 33-year-old former homemaker from Dehradun had her late soldier husband's memory in her heart and their two uniformed children on her shoulders, during the event on Saturday. Naik Deepak Nainwal died in May 2018 from injuries sustained a month earlier while fighting militants in J&K's Anantnag. "I am Deepak Nainwal's proud daughter," said Lavanya, 9, as she waved to her mother from the gallery. Reyansh, her seven-year-old brother, was with her. Jyoti, who has been commissioned as a lieutenant, is the first member of her family to join the Army. Jyoti expressed gratitude to her husband's Mahar Regiment, saying, "They were with us through thick and thin, and I owe everything I am now to th...