Indian peacekeeper to be honoured posthumously with prestigious UN medal for sacrifice in line of duty
Indian peacekeeper Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh serving with MONUSCO will be posthumously honored with the prestigious Dag..
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Dag Hammarskjöld
UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. As of 2023, he remains the youngest person to have held the post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed. He was a son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.
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