Ashoka Chakra
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Speed News: Republic Day 2026 parade ends with military flypast at Kartavya Path
Originals | Jan 26, 2026, 05:13 PM ISTRepublic Day 2026 parade ends with military flypast at Kartavya Path. IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla awarded Ashoka Chakra for space mission. President Murmu, guests ride traditional buggy at Republic Day parade. UP CM Yogi Adityanath unfurls tricolour in Lucknow on Republic Day.
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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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Maldives's ex-minister disdains Indian flag in latest 'India-out' campaign, apologises after outrage
World | Apr 08, 2024, 11:13 AM ISTThe latest development came ahead of the Parliamentary elections wherein Mariyam Shiuna "deliberately" replaced MDP's poll campaign poster with the Ashok Chakra. However, she later apologised.
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Independence Day 2023: 10 interesting facts about Ashoka Chakra of National Flag | CHECK HERE
India | Aug 10, 2023, 11:51 PM ISTThe Ashok Chakra is actually a representation of the Dharma chakra -- a wheel with 24 spokes.
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National Emblem Controversy: 'Shows man-eater tendency,' Oppn slams Centre over new structure
India | Jul 13, 2022, 06:42 AM ISTNational Emblem Controversy: The Opposition has accused the government of distorting the national emblem seeking an immediate change. Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra, and others have reacted.
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Army school named after Kashmiri Ashoka Chakra awardee
India | Jun 20, 2019, 08:15 PM ISTAn army goodwill school in the Kashmir Valley was on Thursday named after Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the country's highest peacetime military award.
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Lance Naik Nazir Wani, Kashmiri terrorist-turned-soldier, to get Ashoka Chakra posthumously
India | Jan 24, 2019, 11:35 AM ISTThe highly-decorated soldier had already received the Sena Medal twice for his gallantry against terrorists.
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Two fallen bravehearts awarded Ashoka Chakra on Republic Day
India | Jan 26, 2015, 12:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh posthumously awarded the nation's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashoka Chakra, at the Republic Day parade today.Both of them laid down their lives while fighting
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Major Varadarajan to get Ashoka Chakra posthumously, President approves 55 gallantry awards
India | Aug 15, 2014, 06:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: India's highest peacetime gallantry award Ashoka Chakra will be conferred on Major Mukund Varadarajan posthumously, the defence ministry has said.The officer from the 44th battalion of Rashtriya Rifles laid down his life in