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Listen to an excerpt from a news telecast on a national channel carefully and complete the table given below.
| S. No. | Name of the Brave-heart | Place they belong to | Reason for Award |
| 1 | Saumik Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | foiled theft |
| 2 | Prachi Santosh Sen | saved a child | |
| 3 | Kavita Kanwar | Chhattisgarh | |
| 4 | Jodhpur | dodged marriage to 40 year old | |
| 5 | Rahul-balloon seller | Delhi/ National Capital |
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| 6 | M. Marudu Pandi | Tamil Nadu | averted rail disaster |
| 7 | Bangalore | saved a baby caught in bull fight | |
| 8 | Silver Kharbani | Meghalaya | |
| 9 | Yumkhaibam Addison Singh | saved an eight year old from drowning | |
| 10 | Uttar Pradesh | saved people from drowning | |
| 11 | Haryana/Jind | helped nab armed miscreants | |
| 12 | Kritika Jhanwar | fought off robbers |
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| S.No. | Name of the Brave-heart | Place they belong to | Reason for Award |
| 1 | Saumik Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | foiled theft |
| 2 | Prachi Santosh Sen | West Bengal | saved a child |
| 3 | Kavita Kanwar | Chhattisgarh | kills a man- eater leopard |
| 4 | Asu Kanwar | Jodhpur | dodged marriage to 40 year old |
| 5 | Rahul-balloon seller | Delhi/ National Capital | gave prompt news about a live bomb |
| 6 | M. Marudu Pandi | Tamil Nadu | averted rail disaster |
| 7 | T. Rama Rao | T. Rama Rao | saved a baby caught in bull fight |
| 8 | Silver Kharbani | Meghalaya | rescued five people during floods |
| 9 | Yumkhaibam Addison Singh | Tripura | saved an eight year old from drowning |
| 10 | A tul Trivedi | Uttar Pradesh | saved people from drowning |
| 11 | Ramaphal Malik | Haryana/Jind | helped nab armed miscreants |
| 12 | Kritika Jhanwar | Bihar | fought off robbers |
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