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HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE RESCUED BY AN INDIVIDUAL DURING A

Late Shri Kisan Mahadev Khamitkar served as a boat operator at Peshwe Park in Pune, Maharashtra. On July 12, 1961, a devastating flood hit Pune due to the breach of the Panshet-Khadakwasla dam. During this time without considering his own safety or that of his family, he bravely used his boat to rescue 175 people […]Read More

LARGEST COAL MINE RESCUE OPERATION

Er. Jaswant Singh Gill (born on November 22, 1939) was a Coal Mining officer at Coal India Limited, West Bengal, India, which saved single-handedly 65 coal miners trapped 330 feet below ground in the flooded and collapsing Mahabir Coalmine of Raniganj Area in West Bengal using the Steel Capsule technique for the first time in […]Read More