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Havildar Bachittar Singh and Naik Narbahadur Thapa were the first recipients of the Ashoka Chakra. Subsequent awards of the Ashoka Chakra are recognized by a bar to the medal ribbon. A recipient can be awarded the Kirti Chakra or Shaurya Chakra in addition to separate acts of gallantry.
The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka's wheel) ... It is also shown in the Ashoka Chakra medal, which is the highest award for gallantry in peacetime. Symbolic history
For her bravery, the Government of India posthumously awarded Bhanot the Ashoka Chakra Award, India's highest gallantry award for bravery in the face of the enemy during peacetime. She was the youngest recipient at the time and the first female recipient of this award. [1] [18] [19] In 2004 the Indian Postal Service released a stamp ...
Major Mukund Varadarajan AC (12 April 1983 – 25 April 2014) was an Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.Mukund, a commissioned officer in the Indian Army's Rajput Regiment, was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra for his actions during a counterterrorism operation while on deputation to the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir.
On 26 January 2019 on Republic Day, President Ram Nath Kovind posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra to Nazir Ahmad Wani. The award was accepted by his wife Mahajabeen at an official ceremony during the Delhi Republic Day parade. [20] He was the first recipient of the Ashok Chakra award from the Kashmir region of the Indian state of Jammu and ...
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Awards Ashoka Chakra Havildar Bachittar Singh , AC (10 January 1917 - 13 September 1948) was a soldier in Indian Army who was posthumously awarded the highest peacetime military decoration Award " Ashoka Chakra ", for conspicuous bravery, indomitable spirit and supreme sacrifice; becoming the first Indian to receive this gallantry award.
Ashoka Chakra Kamlesh Kumari was an Indian constable who served with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra , the highest possible award conferred during peacetime by the Republic of India.