Israel plans to name Sandra Samuel, who saved the life of two-year-old Moshe Tzvi Holtzberg from the terrorist attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, as a person who is "Righteous among the Nations," – a Righteous Gentile It is the highest Israeli award that may be presented to a non-Jew.

Samuel will be the first citizen of India to be honored with the title. Other recipients of the honor, which is bestowed by a special commission headed by a Supreme Court Justice, include Oskar and Emilie Schindler, and Raoul Wallenberg. It has generally been awarded to people -- 22,000 to date -- who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.