{Updated} India Top Award - Civilian award, Gallantry award and Sport award
India's top most highest award which conferred to civilian and military personnel.
Introduction
Award is a prize or other mark of object which represent honor of an achievement. Every country has their own awards like wise India also have our own Award. So here we will only discuss the most and top in rank national award which give to civilian and military personal.
In this blog we will discuss only three type of award i,e,
- Civilian award
- Gallantry award
- Sport award
Civilian Award
Civilian Award start since 1954, which is two type i,e,
- Bharat Ratna
- Padma Award
- Padma Vibhushan
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Shri
Bharat Ratna
- It is the highest civilian award of India.
- Person who is done extra-ordinary work in the field of Science, Literature, Arts, Public Services. In 2013, Sports were also included in the award category.
- Prime Minister of India nominated 3 person in a year.
- 1st awardees are Dr. Sarvapalli Rashakrishnan, Dr. CV Raman and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1964.
Padma Award
It is also divided into 3 type as follows
1. Padma Vibhushan
- It is second highest civilian award of India
- Person who is done extra-ordinary work in the field of Science, Literature, Art, Public Services and government service but exclude who are work in undertaking public sector.
2. Padma Bhushan
- 3rd most highest award of India
3. Padma Shri
- 4th most highest award of India
Gallantry award
This awards are presented to the military forces for bravery and velour. Below are the awards as per the rank as follows. It is divided into two type i,e,
- War Time award
- Param Vir Chakra
- Mahavir Chakra
- Vir Chakra
- Piece Time Award
- Ashoka Chakra
- kirti Chakra
- Shaurya Chakra
Some Facts of Gallantry Awards
- First 3 award Param vir chakra, Maha vir Chakra, and Vir Chakra are came into after independence.
- These awards are conferred two times a year which is on Republic day and Independence day
Selection Process
- First select by the Unit of Armed Forces
- Then sent to service Headquarters under supervision of Commanders
- final verifies and approved by Chiefs before send to Ministry of Defense.
War Time Awards
This awards are give to the military personnel for the bravery at the time of war. Their are 3 type of awards as follows.
1. Param Vir Chakra
- Highest award in military. It is also referred as "Wheel of the Ultimate Brave".
- 1st awardee Maj. Somnath Sharma
2. Mahavir Chakra
- Second-most highest military honorary award
- 1st awardee Nk Raju
3. Vir Chakra
- third-highest most awards
Piece Time award
This award is give at piece time. It is three type as follows
- Ashoka Chakra
- Kirti Chakra
- Shaurya Chakra
Sports Award
This award is give to those person who play extra ordinary in the field of sport. It also have tree type which is as follows.
- Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
- Arjuna Award
- Dronacharya Award
- Dhyan Chand Award
Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award rename as Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.
- It is most Highest Sport award in India
- It is start in 1992
- awardee get 25 lacks of money.
- Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand get 1st award in 1991-92.
Arjuna Award
- Second Highest sports award
- 1st arjuna award awardee is Aparna Ghosh
Dronacharya Award
- Give to Retire Outstanding Coaches in sports and Games.
- 15 lacks price money
Dhyan Chand Award
- It is a life time achievement award after retirement.
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