INDIAN GALLANTARY AWARDS

Indian Gallantry Awards are Six type …

• 1

  Param Vir Chakra

• 2

  Maha Vir Chakra

• 3

  Vir Chakra

• 4

  Ashoka Chakra

• 5

  Kirti Chakra

• 6

  Shaurya Chakra

The Param Vir Chakra is the highest Military decoration award for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or prominent act of valour or self – sacrifice in the presence of the enemy on land, sea or air (Wartime Gallantry Awards).

Since

1947

1st Person

Major Somanath Sharma

For 1999

Vikram Batra

• •The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest Military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra.
• •It is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallery in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air (Wartime Gallantry Awards).

• ➢1st Person : Given to 6 Persons in 1947
• ➢For 2001 : Colonel B. Santhosh Babu [2020 Operation Snow Leopard]

It is the third in the order of awards for acts of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land, sea or air (Wartime Gallantry Awards).

Since

1947

1st Person (1947)

Nadikerianda Bheemaiah R Kanikasamy

For 2019

Abhinandan Varthaman

The Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self – sacrifice away from the battlefield (the highest peace time gallantry award)

Since

1952

1st Person

Suhas Biswas Bachitter Singh Narbahadur Thapa

For 2019

Nazir Ahmed Wani

• •The 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. (Peacetime gallantry award).

Since

1952

1st Person

For 2019

Tushar Gauba + Prakash Jadhav

• •The Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self – sacrifice while not engaged in direct action with the enemy.
• •It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, sometimes posthumously (Peacetime gallantry award)

Since

1952

For 2019

Given to 14 persons