ludhiana relatives of the lone param vir chakra in the indian air force flying officer nirmaljit singh sekhon of issewal village in ludhiana attended the ceremony to name 21 largest unnamed islands of andaman and nicobar at port blair the flying officer was posthumously awarded the param vir chakra for the rare courage he displayed in defence of the srinagar airbase during an air raid by pakistan during which he laid down his life the martyred officers 40yearold nephew amardeep singh who lives with his mother 65yearold jagnandan kaur in rajguru nagar ludhiana said they were invited for the function by the defence ministry about 10 days ago and he along with his brotherinlaw chamkaur singh of chandigarh reached port blair four to five days ago he said that it felt great to receive the memento from home minister amit shah at the function singh said that on monday evening a dinner was held in their honour he added that they were proud to be family members of the braveheart who sacrificed his life defending his countrymeanwhile even as many villagers are happy that the union government has named a large unnamed island in the name of their fellow villager but want it to take proper care of the village where he was born