Gallantry Award
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Govt announces lifetime free train travel for gallantry award winners and eligible family members
India | Mar 26, 2026, 01:59 PM ISTThe central government has introduced lifetime free train travel for gallantry award winners from all three armed forces and their eligible family members. The benefit covers First Class, Second AC and AC Chair Car travel and will also allow a companion.
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Shubhanshu Shukla gets Ashoka Chakra, Col Sofiya Qureshi awarded Vishisht Seva Medal
India | Jan 25, 2026, 11:52 PM ISTIndian Air Force Group Captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will be awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, for exemplary courage and outstanding service.
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Centre issues gallantry award notification for defence personnel, including Operation Sindoor heroes
India | Oct 21, 2025, 11:32 PM ISTThe Central government has issued a gazette notification in which the citations of the gallantry awardees of defence forces from different operations, including Operation Sindoor, have been notified. The gallantry award citations included in the gazette are mainly of the Air Force and Army.
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17 UP Police personnel to receive gallantry medals for exceptional bravery | Check full list
Uttar Pradesh | Aug 14, 2025, 07:33 PM ISTUttar Pradesh: On January 5, 2024, in Gorakhpur’s Gulriha police station area, an STF team led by DSP Deepak Kumar Singh cornered and engaged Vinod Kumar Upadhyay, a hardened criminal carrying a Rs 1 lakh reward and wanted in multiple cases of murder, robbery, and extortion.
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Nine IAF officers awarded Vir Chakra for daring strikes on Pakistani terror camps during Op Sindoor
India | Aug 14, 2025, 05:54 PM ISTThe Indian Air Force successfully shot down at least six Pakistani aircraft during Operation Sindoor to avenge the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. The Vir Chakra, awarded for acts of exceptional bravery, is the nation's third-highest wartime gallantry honour.
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16 BSF personnel awarded gallantry medals for Op Sindoor on Independence Day | Check full list
India | Aug 14, 2025, 06:11 PM ISTUnder Operation Sindoor, India targeted terrorist and military facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir from May 7 to 10 in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.
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President Droupadi Murmu Honours Armed Forces With 6 Kirti Chakras And 33 Shaurya Chakras
News | May 24, 2025, 06:51 PM ISTPresident Droupadi Murmu awarded 6 Kirti Chakras and 33 Shaurya Chakras to brave soldiers, recognizing their exceptional courage and sacrifice in service to the nation during various operations.
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President Murmu approves 93 gallantry awards, including 2 Kirti Chakras, 14 Shaurya Chakras
India | Jan 25, 2025, 11:52 PM ISTNaik Dilwar Khan, who was killed in action in an anti-terror operation in Lolab Valley of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir in July last year has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, India's second-highest peacetime gallantry award.
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Historic feat: First mother-son duo to receive Presidential Awards in same year
India | Jan 25, 2025, 11:54 PM ISTLt Gen Sadhna S Nair, awarded AVSM, and Sqn Ldr Tarun Nair, awarded Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry), scripted history as the first mother-son duo to be honoured with Presidential Awards in the same year.
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CRPF bags highest number of gallantry medals, including 5 Shaurya Chakras, on 78th Independence Day
India | Aug 14, 2024, 11:48 PM ISTGallantry awards are prestigious honours given to recognise acts of bravery, courage, and exceptional valour in the face of danger. These awards are presented to members of the armed forces, police, and other paramilitary forces for their acts of heroism.
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President Murmu approves Gallantry awards on Independence Day | Check full list of honourees
India | Aug 14, 2024, 11:49 PM ISTOn the eve of Independence Day, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards for personnel across various services. These awards recognize acts of bravery and exceptional service. Here are the details of the recipients.
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President Droupadi Murmu approves 80 gallantry awards to Armed Forces personnel | DETAILS
India | Jan 25, 2024, 09:11 PM ISTThe defence decorations also included eight Bar to Sena Medals (devotion to duty), 38 Sena Medals (devotion to duty), 10 Nao Sena Medals, 14 Vayu Sena Medals, five Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal and 130 Vishisht Seva Medals.
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Republic Day 2024: 1,132 security personnel awarded gallantry and service medals | Check full list
India | Jan 25, 2024, 11:51 AM ISTA total of 1,132 personnel of police, fire service, home guard and civil defence and correctional service have been awarded gallantry and service medals on the occasion of the Republic Day, 2024.
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Centre merges four existing President's Gallantry Medals into 'President’s Medal for Gallantry'
India | Oct 17, 2023, 04:15 PM ISTThe Central government has merged four existing President's Gallantry Medals into one medal namely "President’s Medal for Gallantry" with immediate effect.
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President approves 76 gallantry awards, including 4 Kirti Chakras posthumously, 11 Shaurya Chakras
India | Aug 15, 2023, 06:44 AM ISTKirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra are India's second-highest and third-highest peacetime gallantry awards after the Ashok Chakra.
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Republic Day: President approves 412 Gallantry awards, other defence decorations to Armed Forces
India | Jan 25, 2023, 10:04 PM ISTRepublic Day 2023: Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) will be awarded to 140 personnel while President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPM) will be conferred on 93 personnel. The Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PM) will be awarded to 668 Police personnel.
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Independence Day 2022: Maximum police gallantry medals to CRPF, JKP for counter-terrorist ops in J&K
India | Aug 15, 2022, 06:37 AM ISTIndependence Day 2022: The maximum gallantry medals at 109 have been received by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) followed by 108 to the J&K Police, 19 to the Border Security Force (BSF) and six each to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
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President Kovind presents Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations in Delhi | IN PICS
India | Jun 01, 2022, 12:07 AM ISTPresident Ram Nath Kovind Presented the Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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Republic Day 2022: 939 police medals including 189 for gallantry declared
India | Jan 25, 2022, 11:51 PM ISTAmong the 189 gallantry awards, 134 personnel are being awarded for their gallant action in Jammu and Kashmir region.
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Galwan hero Col Santosh Babu accorded Mahavir Chakra posthumously
India | Nov 23, 2021, 02:49 PM ISTColonel Santosh Babu's wife B Santoshi and mother Manjula received the award at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the top military brass of the country.