Chandrashekar Jangam with his wife

Former soldier Chandrashekar Jangam has lost the final battle — the 98-year-old died yesterday at his Satara home, heartbreakingly, before he could get the land he had paid for in 1968, for which he fought till the end. His son who stays in Mumbai was on his way to Satara. What's more anguishing is that 54 years on the state had woken up after mid-day's reports, with Satara district officials on Friday showing his family an alternative parcel of land in Satara.