Field Marshal Nir Shumsher JB Rana Thursday gave away the foreign service medals, cash awards, and Khukuris to the first and second batches of the second contingent Gorakh Bahadur Battalion that returned home recently after peace-keeping missions in Sierra Leone.
His Majesty King Gyanendra had already granted the awards, medals and Khukuris to the first and second batches of the second contingent Gorakh Bahadur Battalion. The awards were given away by Rana at an investiture ceremony held at the Tribhuvan Army Officers Club, Ganesh Dal Grounds.
Altogether 401 army personnel of various ranks received the medals and cash prizes at the ceremony.