<p>On the occasion of Parakram Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony. </p>.<p>PM Modi also unveiled the model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji, to be built on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Dweep, earlier known as Ross Islands. </p>.<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also present at the ceremony in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The largest unnamed island was named after the first ParamVir Chakra awardee, Major Somnath Sharma, who lost his life in action on November 03, 1947, while repulsing Pakistani infiltrators near Srinagar Airport. </p>.<p>The Government had declared January 23 as Parakram Diwas in 2021 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. </p>.<p>These islands have been named after the 21 ParamVir Chakra awardees, Major Somnath Sharma; Subedar and Honorary Captain (then Lance Naik) Karam Singh, MM; 2nd Lt. Rama Raghoba Rane; Nayak Jadunath Singh; Company Havildar Major Piru Singh; Capt GS Salaria; Lieutenant Colonel (then Major) Dhan Singh Thapa; bedarJoginder Singh; Major Shaitan Singh; CQMH. Abdul Hamid; Lt Col Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore; Lance Naik Albert Ekka; Major Hoshiar Singh; 2nd Lt. Arun Khetrapal; Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon; Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran; Naib Subedar Bana Singh; Captain Vikram Batra; Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey; Subedar Major (then Rifleman) Sanjay Kumar; and Subedar Major Retd (Honorary Captain) Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav.</p>