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List of Gallantry Awards in for Banking & SSC Exams

Gallantry Awards are meant for exceptional , valour and dignity. In India, the Gallantry Awards are given to the personnel of the forces for their exceptional bravery. This article will help you know and remember the Gallantry Awards, its types and its recipients and prepare well for the competitive Exams.

You should know about the key facts before going through the recipients of the Gallantry Awards.

• After Independence, the three Gallantry Awards came into existence namely the Param , the and the Vir Chakra. • These awards were instituted by the Government of India on 26th January 1950. • These awards were deemed to have effect from the 15th August 1947. • On 4th January 1952, other three Gallantry Awards i.e. Ashoka Chakra Class-I, Ashoka Chakra Class-II and Ashoka Chakra Class-III were instituted. • Later, these awards were renamed as Ashoka Chakra, and respectively in . • All the Gallantry Awards may be awarded posthumously.

These Gallantry Awards are announced twice in a year - first on the occasion of the Republic Day and then on the occasion of the Independence Day. The of precedence of these awards is as follows:

1. 2. Ashoka Chakra 3. Mahavir Chakra 4. Kirti Chakra 5. Vir Chakra 6. Shaurya Chakra

Awards

Paramvir Chakra

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Mahavir Chakra

Vir Chakra

Ashoka Chakra

Kirti Chakra

Shaurya Chakra

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Selection Process for Gallantry Awards

The selection process for giving out Gallantry Awards is as follows:

1. The Ministry of Defence invites recommendations twice in a year from the Armed Forces and Union Ministry of Home Affairs for Gallantry Awards. 2. These recommendations are invited normally in the month of August for the awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day. 3. Moreover, for the awards to be announced on the occasion of the Independence Day, the recommendations are invited in the month of March.

The main process is as follows:

1. In respect of the Armed Forces, a case for the Gallantry Award is initiated by the Unit. 2. If the recommendations are found suitable then it is forwarded to respective Services HQrs duly recommended by in the chain immediately after the act of gallantry is performed. 3. All these proposals are then considered by the Awards Committee at Services HQs before recommending the proposals to the Ministry of Defence with the approval of the respective Chiefs. 4. However, recommendations in respect of civilian citizens other than Defence personnel are received from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Selection Criteria for Gallantry Awards Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra & Vir Chakra

• Param Vir Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valor or self-sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea, or in the air. • Maha Vir Chakra is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy whether on land, at sea or in the air. • Vir Chakra is awarded for acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land or at sea or in the air.

Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra & Shaurya Chakra

• Ashoka Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some act of daring or pre-eminent act of valor or self-sacrifice otherwise than in the face of the enemy. • Kirti Chakra is awarded for conspicuous gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy. • Shaurya Chakra is awarded for gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy. List of Gallantry Awards in India #1. Paramvir Chakra

Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the displaying distinguished acts of valor during the war. The name of the award means the "Wheel of the Ultimate

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Brave". Moreover, PVC is equivalent to the of Honor in the United States and the in the United Kingdom.

Medal: The medal is circular in shape, made of bronze, one and three-eighth inches in diameter. On its reverse, it shall have embossed “PARAM VIR CHAKRA” both in Hindi and in English with two lotus flowers between the inscriptions.

Ribbon: Plain purple colored ribbon.

Some important Recipients

• Somnath Sharma- 1947 • Jadu Nath Singh- 1948 • Yogendra Singh Yadav- 1999 • Sanjay Kumar- 1999 • Vikram Batra-1999

#2. Mahavir Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is literally called a great warrior medal. It is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, This is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. Also, it replaced the British Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The medal may be awarded posthumously.

Medal: The medal is circular in shape and of standard silver, one and three-eighth inches in diameter. On the reverse, it shall have embossed “MAHA VIR CHAKRA” both in Hindi and in English with two lotus flowers between the inscriptions.

Ribbon: The ribbon is of a half-white and half-orange color.

Some important Recipients

• LT. Dewan Ranjit Rai - 1947 • - 1971 • Anuj Nayyar - 1999 • Captain Gurjinder Singh Suri - 2001

#3. Vir Chakra

Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the wars. It is third in precedence in the war time Gallantry Awards and comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra. Moreover, it replaced the British Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).

Medal: The medal is Circular in shape and of standard silver, one and three-eighth inches in diameter. On the reverse, it shall have embossed “VIR CHAKRA” both in Hindi and in English with two lotus flowers between the inscriptions.

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Ribbon: The ribbon is half blue and half orange in color.

Some important Recipients

• Subedar Nadikerianda Bheemaiah - 1947 for Kashmir War • Vice Adm Arun Prakash - 1971 for Operation Cactus Lily • Air Kuldeep Singh Sahota - 1972 for Pakistan war of 1971 • Colonel Lalit Rai - 1999 for Operation Vijay (1999), • Capt. Baleyada Muthanna Cariappa - 2000 for Operation Vijay, Kargil War

#4. Ashoka Chakra

Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra. It is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valor or self- sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to a military or civilian personnel. This award is equivalent to US Army's peacetime Medal Of Honor and the British George Cross.

Medal: Circular in shape, one and three-eighth inches in diameter, with rims on both sides. The medal will be of gold gild. On its reverse shall be embossed the words “Ashok Chakra” both in Hindi and English the two versions being separated by two lotus flowers.

Ribbon: Green color ribbon divided into two equal segments by an orange vertical line.

Some important Recipients

• Suhas Biswas - 1952 • Cyrus Addie Pithawalla - 1981 • - 1985 • Shanti Swarup Rana - 1997 • - 2016

#5. Kirti Chakra

Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards. Moreover, it is the peacetime equivalent of Maha Vir Chakra. Therefore, it is second in order of precedence of peacetime Gallantry Awards; it comes after Ashoka Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra. the award was known as the Ashoka Chakra, Class II V before 1967.

Medal: The medal is circular in shape and of standard silver, one and three-eighth inches in diameter, with rims on both sides. Also, on its reverse shall be embossed the words “KIRTI CHAKRA” both in Hindi and English, the two versions being separated by two lotus flowers.

Ribbon: Green color ribbon divided into three equal parts by two orange vertical lines.

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Some important Recipients

• ORD S/M Bachan Singh - 1962 • PO TAS I Gur Iqbal Singh (P) - 1974 • IPS Ajit Doval - 1988 • SP Vinod Kumar Choubey - 2009 • Mahesh Kumar - 2013

#6. Shaurya Chakra

Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self- sacrifice while not engaged in direct action with the enemy. Moreover, it may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel. This is awarded for Counter-Insurgency operations and actions against the enemy during peace-time. Moreover, this is the peacetime equivalent of the Vir Chakra. This is third in order of precedence of peacetime Gallantry Awards. It comes after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra and precedes the . The award was known as Ashoka Chakra, Class III before 1967.

Medal: The medal is circular in shape and made of bronze, one and three-eighth inches in diameter, with rims on both sides. On its reverse shall be embossed the words “SHAURYA CHAKRA” both in Hindi and English, the two versions being separated by two lotus flowers.

Ribbon: Green color ribbon divided into four equal parts by three vertical lines.

Some important Recipients

• Colonel Neeraj Sood - 2011 • Major Shalender - 2012 • Captain Dinesh Kumar - 2013 • Major Gaurav Thakur - 2014 • Lt Col Sankalp Kumar - 2015 List of Gallantry Awards and other Decorations – 2019

Kirti Chakra Name of Person Field Sapper Prakash Jadhav, The Corps Of Engineers/First Battalion The Army (posthumous) Shri Harshpal Singh, Dy Commandant - CRPF. Vir Chakra Air Wing Abhinandan Varthaman, Flying (Pilot) Force.

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Shaurya Chakra Army Colonel Ajay Singh Kushwah, The /3rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles

Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, The Corps Of Electronic And Mechanical Army Engineers/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Army Captain Maheshkumar Bhure, The Corps Of Engineers/34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles

Army Lance Naik Sandeep Singh, 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment () (posthumous)

Sepoy Brajesh Kumar, The /22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Army (posthumous) Hari Singh, /55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous Army Rifleman Ajveer Singh Chauhan, 6th Battalion The Army . Rifleman Shive Kumar, The Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry/31st Battalion The Army. Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Amit Singh Rana Navy Shri Sable Dnyaneshwar Shriram, Constable CRPF Shri Zaker Hussain, Constable CRPF Shri Ashiq Hussain Malik, Special Police Official (posthumous) MHA J&K Shri Subash Chander, Head Constable MHA Shri Imran Hussain Tak, Sub Inspector (posthumous) MHA

Bar To Sena Medal (gallantry) Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Sena Medal Army Brigade Of The Guards/21st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major K Naveen Reddy, Sena Medal The Army Corps Of Engineers/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Sagar Prakash Pardeshi, Sena Army Medal The Armoured Corps/22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Tasou Prao, Sena Medal The Army Jammu And Kashmir Rifles/3rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles . Major Md Sahwaj Alam, Sena Medal The Army /42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Kaustubh Prakashkumar Rane, Army Sena Medal The Garhwal Rifles/36th 7 | P a g e

Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) . Major Manish Kumar Singh, Sena Medal Army The Engineer Regiment/53rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Sunil Kumar, Sena Medal 20th Army Battalion The Sena Medal(gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel Rajesh Choudhary 3rd Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) . Lieutenant Colonel Bhagwan Singh Army Bisht The Parachute Regiment/31st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles . Lieutenant Colonel Punyabachi Mohanty Army 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Raza Army Israil 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Lieutenant Colonel Amrendra Prasad Army Dwivedi The Assam Regiment/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles . Lieutenant Thaiba Simon First Battalion Army The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Major Sandeep Washisht The Parachute Army Regiment/31st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles 6. Major Jaswinder Singh, The Punjab Army Regiment/53rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Vikas Katoch, The Jammu And Army Kashmir Rifles/52nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Revinder Bhakher, 9th Battalion Army The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Major Udayan Thakur, The Army Service Army Corps/50th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Vijesh Kumar, The Mahar Army Regiment/first Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Sachin Kumar Agarwal, The Mahar Army Regiment/30th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Chitresh Bisht, The Corps Of Army Engineers/55th Engineer Regiment (posthumous)

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. Major Kh Shem, The Jat Regiment/5th Army Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Ashish Kumar, 4th Battalion The Army Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Major Happy Charak, 9th Battalion The Army Major Yogesh Pandey, The Corps Of Army Engineers/9th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Laxman Singh, The Mechanized Army Infantry/9th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Patharkar Anand Sharad, Brigade Army Of The Guards/50th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Javalkar Vaibhav Pramod, The Army Armoured Corps/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Soham Bhattacharjee, The Corps Army Of Engineers/first Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Major Shakti Singh, 23rd Battalion The Army Parachute Regiment Major Inder Preet Singh, The Armoured Army Corps/22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Captain Shiv Kumar Sharma, 9th Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Captain Kunal Kumar, 21st Battalion The Army Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Captain Prateek Ranjangaonkar, The Army Assam Regiment/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Captain Saurabh Patni, The Corps Of Army Signals/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Captain Ashish Gedion Paudel, 3rd Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Subedar Trilok Singh, 3rd Battalion The Army Jammu And Kashmir Rifles Naib Subedar Tara Chand, 16th Battalion Army The Naib Subedar Ravinder Singh, First Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces)

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Naib Subedar Jai Dev 9th Battalion The Army Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Battery Major Hans Raj, The Army Corps Of Artillery/66th Medium Regiment Havildar Sandeep Malik, 12th Battalion Army The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Havildar Balinder Singh, 4th Battalion Army The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Havildar Baljeet, The Mechanised Army Infantry/50th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Havildar Bhupendra Singh, 23rd Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment Havildar Ajay Kumar Rana, The Punjab Army Regiment/53rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Havildar Sheo Ram, The Grenadiers/55th Army Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Havildar Rakesh Kumar, The Jat Army Regiment/34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Havildar Javid Ahmad Chopan, 9th Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Lance Havildar Vijay Kumar, 23rd Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (posthumous) Lance Havildar Sandeep Kumar, 23rd Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment Naik Ashwani Kumar, 9th Battalion The Army Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Naik Jankar Singh, The Jammu And Army Kashmir Rifles/3rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Naik Sunny Thakur, The Mechanized Army Infantry/42nd Battalion Mechanished Naik Ramesh Kumar, 20th Battalion The Army Jat Regiment Naik Narendra Kumar, The Jat Army Regiment/5th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Naik Santosh Singh, 9th Battalion The Army Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Lance Naik Sombir, 23rd Battalion The Army Parachute Regiment

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Lance Naik Jagtar Singh, The Punjab Army Regiment/22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Lance Naik Surendra Singh, 4th Battalion Army The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Lance Naik Anuj Kumar, The Mahar Army Regiment/first Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Kulwinder Singh, The Mechanized Army Infantry/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Jagmohan Singh, The Mechanized Army Infantry/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Samaresh Dey, The Mechanized Army Infantry/50th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Suhail Singh Saini, The Army Mechanized Infantry/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy S Vigi Bhaskar, 12th Battalion The Army Grenadier Tawseef Yousuf, The Army Grenadiers/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Grenadier Ajay Kumar, The Army Grenadiers/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Sepoy Penta Nithin Paul, 24th Battalion Army The Sepoy Sunil, The Jat Regiment/34th Army Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Rinku, The Jat Regiment/34th Army Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Sushil Singh Kalakoti, The Kumaon Army Regiment/50th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Rajveer Singh Yadav, The Kumaon Army Regiment/50th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Pankaj Boro, The Assam Army Regiment/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles.

Sepoy Rahul Das, The Assam Army Regiment/42nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles

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Sepoy Gulshan Singh, The Sikh Light Army Infantry/19th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Happy Singh, The Sikh Light Army Infantry/19th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Sepoy Yogendra Kumar, The Mahar Army Regiment/first Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman Ramesh Singh Dhami, 3rd Army Battalion The Jammu And Kashmir Rifles Rifleman Rupen Pradhan, 3rd Battalion Army The Jammu And Kashmir Rifles Rifleman Surinder Kumar, The Jammu Army And Kashmir Rifles/3rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman Pradeep Kumar, The Rajputana Army Rifles/9th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman Mandeep Singh Rawat, The Army Garhwal Rifles/36th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Rifleman Preetam Singh, 6th Battalion Army The Garhwal Rifles Rifleman Rayees Ah Lone, The Jammu Army And Kashmir Light Infantry/50th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman Ningthoujam Subhachandra Army Singh, 31st Battalion The Assam Rifles (posthumous) Grenadier Karam Chand, 5th Battalion Army The Grenadiers Paratrooper Vikram Singh Mehta, 3rd Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Paratrooper Rajendra Singh, 9th Army Battalion The Parachute Regiument (special Forces) Paratrooper Naseeb Kumar, 10th Army Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Paratrooper Gopal Singh, 10th Battalion Army The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Paratrooper Tarung Sitang, 9th Battalion Army The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) Sowar Kishan Singh, The Armoured Army Corps/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous)

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Signalman Manvendra Singh, The Corps Army Of Signals/3rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sapper P Madhu, The Corps Of Army Engineers/first Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sapper P Babu, The Mahar Army Regiment/first Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Sapper Rahul Chavan, The Engineer Army Regiment/first Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Nao Sena Medal (gallantry) Group Captain Saumitra Tamaskar, Air Force Flying (pilot) Pranav Raj, Flying Air Force (pilot) Wing Commander Amit Ranjan, Flying Air Force (pilot) Squadron Leader Rahul Basoya, Flying Air Force (pilot) Squadron Leader Pankaj Arvind Bhujade, Air Force Flying (pilot) Squadron Leader B Karthik Narayan Air Force Reddy, Flying (pilot) Squadron Leader Shashank Singh, Flying Air Force (pilot) Sunil Kashinath Vidhate, Air Force AVSM VM Flying (pilot) Group Captain Yeshpal Singh Negi, VM Air Force. VSM Flying (pilot) Group Captain Hemant Kumar, Flying Air Force (pilot) Group Captain Hansel Joseph Sequeira, Air Force Flying (pilot) Squadron Leader Minty Aggarwal, Air Force Administration/fighter Controller In addition, President Ram Nath Kovind has also awarded one President's Tatrakshak Medal (Distinguished Service), five Tatrakshak Medals (Gallantry) and two Tatrakshak Medal (Meritorious Service) to the following Indian Coast Guard personnel for their act of conspicuous gallantry and distinguished/meritorious service.

The detailed list of the awardees is as follows:

(a) President's Tatrakshak Medal (Distinguished Service)

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(i) IG Thekkumpurath Prabhakaran Sadanandan, TM (4017-D).

(b) Tatrakshak Medal (Gallantry)

(i) DIG Yoginder Dhaka (0420-D).

(ii) Comdt Anurup Singh (0620-J).

(iii) Dy Comdt Utkersh Sharma (1189-C).

(iv) Satish, P/Adh(RP), 2816-Z.

(v) Trinatha Behera, U/Adh(R), 03608-Z.

(c) Tatrakshak Medal (Meritorious Service)

(i) IG Maneesh Vishal Pathak (0241-V).

(ii) DIG Neeraj Tiwari (0269-L).

These awards are being given to the personnel of Indian Coast Guard on Republic Day and Independence Day every year, since , 1990 onwards.

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