Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's Story To Be Taught To School Students In Rajasthan

From the next academic year, students of Class IX in Rajasthan will study about the Balakot Air strikes and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.?

The Rajasthan government has introduced the two topics in the social science textbook in the chapter on “Rashtriya suraksha evam shaurya parampara (National security and tradition of valor)’’ by the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education.?

According to The Times of India, students will study about both the strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot and about the role of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.

“After an attack on defence forces by terrorists in Pulwama, the IAF on February 26, 2019, with 12 Mirage-2000 fighter jets, attacked terrorist camps in Balakot. The next day, an F-16 Pakistan fighter jet violated Indian air space and attempted to attack (military establishments). IAF directed its “braveheart” Wing Commander Abhinandan, who flew a MiG-21, to respond. He displayed his excellence by shooting down a plane which was better than the jet he was flying,” reads the text.

It was Wing Commander Abhinandan's heroic efforts that twatted the PAF intrusion inside the Indian airspace on February 27. He was captured by Pakistan after his MiG 21 went down during the dogfight.