01/10/2026
Unarmed Hindu Heroes on duty who saved 100s of lives:
NEERJA BHANOT (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986) was an Punjabi Hindu flight attendant. On 5 September 1986, she saved a large number of passengers aboard Pan Am Flight 73, which had been hijacked by four Palestinian militants belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization during a stopover at Karachi Airport in Pakistan. Around 17 hours into the standoff, Neerja was shot and killed by the hijackers while helping the passengers escape from the aircraft. Posthumously, Neerja became the first female recipient and the youngest recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award of India. She also received the Tamgha-e-Insaniyat, the fourth-highest civilian award of Pakistan, in addition to other accolades.
Tukaram Gopal Omble (c. 1954 – 27 November 2008) was an Indian police officer. He was martyred during the 26/11 attacks, at Girgaon Chowpatty in Mumbai. The Indian government posthumously honoured Omble on 26 January 2009 with the Ashoka Chakra, the country's highest peacetime military award. On 26 November, 2008, he was guarding a checkpoint when he was approached by Ajmal Kasab (who was wearing a Kalawa), and feigned surrender. Omble approached him unarmed, Kasab opened fire. Omble stood in front of him and held on to the barrel of Kasab's r***e and took 12 bullets, which prevented the bullets from injuring anyone else apart from Omble, who died due to this action. Kasab was subsequently apprehended by the rest of Omble's team.
Today's world hero SMIT MACHCHHAR is a Gujarati Hindu from Mumbai and an Indian commercial airline captain who flies for Flydubai. On 30 September 2026 he was captain of Flydubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv when his co-pilot stabbed him in the cockpit during what Israeli officials described as an apparent attempt to crash the aircraft. Despite serious wounds he resisted, unlocked the cockpit door, and helped passengers and crew overpower the attacker. The Boeing 737 Max then made an emergency landing at Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia. All passengers survived. He is a former SpiceJet training captain with extensive Boeing 737 experience. Source: Wikipedia
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