Two Indian sisters will be given cash awards from the state government after fighting back against three alleged molesters on a bus.
The young women were widely praised after footage of their actions was posted on YouTube.
Their fellow passengers, however, were criticised as they made no moves to help fend off the men. Some were even shown sniggering during the dispute.
Arti and Pooja Kumar, aged 22 and 19, were on the crowded bus in Haryana, a largely rural state that borders New Delhi, last week.
Using their belts and their hands they fought back against the men, who themselves retaliated.
Pooja Kumar told NDTV news channel in India that the men had "made obscene gestures, touched us and abused us".
She added: "We could not take it any more and started beating them.
"One of the men grabbed my sister's hand and the other held me by the neck. That is when my sister took out her belt and started beating them.
"We fought the assaulters all alone. No one came forward to help us as the youth hit us and even pushed us out of the moving bus."
The girls' father, Rajesh Kumar, a clerk in the state electricity department, said: "I am proud of them and expect other girls to follow them in the future."
Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto added her voice to the praise for the sisters, tweeting: "Go brave girls! #girlrising and wake up bystanders! Its shameful, the only one who intervened was a pregnant woman!"
The Haryana government has said it will honour the girls' brave actions on Republic Day.
Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar announced a cash reward for the women of 31,000 rupees (£317) each, saying he hoped the publicity would sensitise others to the issue.
India has a poor record of sexual harassment, with perhaps the worst example being the gang rape of a 23-year-old female student on a bus in 2012.
She later died, sparking outrage, street protests and soul-searching among India's leaders about the country's treatment of women.
The three men who allegedly molested the two sisters have been arrested.
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