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Volume 8 Issue 2 - January 15, 2011
1971 war-disabled run Mumbai marathon
Participants at the Mumbai marathon
A team of 10 participated from the Delhi-based War Wounded Foundation to raise awareness for the war veterans. This was the first time that the Foundation participated in the Mumbai Marathon. The reason behind founding the War Wounded Foundation was to highlight the plight of wounded soldiers and the apathy shown towards them, Cardozo said.
During the Indo-Pak war of 1965, Captain Vijay Oberoi was just 25 when he lost his right leg to enemy firing. With an artificial leg strapped on, Oberoi took 50 minutes to walk the 5 k.m. distance and cross the finish line. The enthusiastic applause Cardozo and Oberoi received from audience along the way was proof of their success.
Many of us have lost a limb or an eye at a very young age, but people dont recognize us at martyrs, said Oberoi, now a retired Lieutenant General in Chandigarh. Even the disability pension we get is peanuts.
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