BBC London released audio story on Late Er Jaswant Singh Gill on the 35th anniversary of his historic rescue mission
London, November 14, 2024: BBC London has released audio story to honour Late Er Jaswant Singh Gill on the 35th anniversary of his historic rescue mission.
To commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the greatest rescue in the history of mining in the world BBC London has released an audio tribute to the hero of this unparalleled feat in honour of the hero of this mission Late Er Jaswant Singh Gill popularly known as Capsule Gill. Gill who innovated the steel capsule for this rescue mission in Mahabir Coalmine of Raniganj Are of West Bengal from 13th to 16th November 1989 was awarded Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak by Honorable President of India R. Venkataraman in 1991.
A chowk in Amritsar is named in his memory.
People are demanding that the government of Punjab must honour his bravery as recently he was awarded the prestigious Banga Gaurav Samman in Kolkata.
It is also worth mentioning here that recently a Bollywood film was also released on this incident in which Akshay Kumar played role of Er. Jaswant Singh Gill.
Listen to audio click link:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5yqh?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile