India Honours and decorations

Gallantry Param Vir Chakra Ashoka Chakra Maha Vir Chakra Kirti Chakra Vir Chakra Shaurya Chakra Download high resolution version (993x664, 4 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Andhra Pradesh Dacoity Haryana Himachal Pradesh India Karnataka Maharashtra Punjab (India) Rajasthan Tamil Nadu West Bengal Delhi Wikipedia:Wikipedians/India Chhattisgarh Andaman and Nicobar Islands Madhya Pradesh Lakshadweep Jammu and Kashmir Freedom House Gujarat... The Param Vir Chakra is an Indian military decoration given for valour in combat operations. ... This article is about Ashoka Chakra, an award. ... Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. ... Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battle field. ... Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. ...

Civilian National Service Bharat Ratna Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shri Literary Jnanpith Award Sports Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Arjuna Award Dronacharya Award Movies Dadasaheb Phalke Award Others Gandhi peace prize Bharat Ratna is Indias highest civilian award. ... The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian honor of India. ... The Padma Bhushan is a decoration established on the January 2, 1954 by the President of India. ... Padma Shri (variously spelled Padma Shree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India (generally to Indian citizens). ... Jnanpith Award (pronounced Gyanpeeth Award) is the highest literary honour presented by the Government of India. ... Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is India’s highest sporting honour. ... The Arjuna awards were instituted in 1961 to recognize outstanding achievement in Indian sports. ... Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. ... The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. ...

The Maha Vir Chakra medal

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the second highest military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. It may be awarded posthumously. Image File history File links Second highest gallantry award of the Indian armed forces, the mahavir chakra. ... A Medal can mean three things: a wearable medal awarded by a government for services to a country (such as Armed force service); strictly speaking this only refers to a medal of coin-like appearance, but informally the word also refers to an Order (decoration); a table medal awarded by... This is the highest award available in the British Empire or Commonwealth. ... Posthumous means after death. ...

The medal is made of standard silver and is circular in shape. Embossed on the obverse is a five pointed heraldic star with circular center-piece bearing the gilded state emblem of India in the center. The words "Mahavir Chakra" are embossed in Devanagari and English on the reverse with two lotus flowers in the middle. The decoration is worn on the left breast with a half-white and half-orange riband about 3.2 cm in width, the organ being near the left shoulder. General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... Embossing is the process of creating a three-dimensional image or design in paper. ... In logic (and usually without being paired with reverse), obverse has a meaning close to contrapositive. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing of coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ... An emblem consists of a pictorial image, abstract or representational, that epitomizes a concept - often a concept of a moral truth or an allegory. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) Devanāgarī (देवनागरी — in English pronounced ) (ISCII – IS13194:1991) [1] is an abugida alphabet used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Nepali from Nepal. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Binomial name Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. ... A pair of female breasts The term breast, also known by the Latin mamma in human anatomy, refers to the upper ventral region of an animals torso, particularly that of mammals, including human beings. ... A ribbon is a thin band of flexible material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying. ... In human anatomy, the shoulder joint is composed of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) (see diagram). ...

More than 155 acts of bravery and selfless courage have been recognized since the inception of the medal. The most number of MVCs awarded in a single conflict was in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, when eleven were given to the Indian Air Force. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan. ... The Indian Air Force (भारतीय वायु सेना : Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air arm of the Military of India. ...

External Links

• Official list of Mahavir chakra recipients
• Writeups on Mahavir chakra winners