Bravehearts: Meet child heroes from Assam, Maharashtra & Gujarat

Dua Subzwari, Ashish Chauhan, Swatee Kher & Sonalika SinhaTimes Network
Jun 30, 2024 | 18:00 IST

Meet Uttam Tanti, Laxmi Yedlewar, and Veerangana Jhala, brave young heroes honored with the Prahlad Bravery Award for their selfless acts of courage.

  • The Indian Council for Child Welfare has been presenting annual awards to children for bravery since 1957
  • This time, children from 17 different states are being honoured for their fearlessness
  • In three episodes, we present the stories of three such brave-hearts
  • Uttam Tanti, then 10, from Assam saved a mother and child from drowning during the 2019 floods
  • Laxmi Yedlewar, then 12, from Maharashtra’s Nanded, saved her cousin from electrocution in 2021
  • Veerangana Adityasinh Jhala, 6, alerted residents of a devastating fire in Ahmedabad

Ep 1: How Uttam saved a mother and her 3-year-old daughter
This is the story of Uttam Tanti’s extraordinary valour, for which he is being honoured with the Prahlad Bravery Award by the Indian Council for Child Welfare, a voluntary organisation that has been presenting these awards every year since 1957. This time, children from 17 different states are being honoured for their fearlessness. And 14-year-old Uttam Tanti from Assam is one of them.
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