The martyrdom of over 40 CRPF soldiers has shaken the nation to the core and amid the cries for revenge, the individual stories of the martyrs have left our eyes wet. But this is not the first time; India is mourning its martyrs as last three years have seen many young officers and soldiers of the armed forces martyred in the valley fighting the terrorists.

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Majority of them were either the single child of their parents who didn’t even think once before sending their child to the force or they were fathers to the children who were barely months old. The stories of these soldiers who laid their lives for the nation certainly evoke of a barrage of emotions and here are 10 such martyr stories which would leave us with teary eyes.