Important Gallantry Awards
PARAM VIR CHAKRA :
It is the highest
decoration of valour awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or
prominent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy on land,
sea or air.
The first awardee of this award was Somnath Sharma.
The first awardee of this award was Somnath Sharma.
MAHA VIR CHAKRA :
It is the second
highest decoration. It is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the
presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.
The
first awardee of this award this was Dewan Ranjit Rai.
VIR CHAKRA :
It is the third in
the order of awards for acts of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land,sea
or air. The first awardee of this award this was Nadikerianda Bheemaiah.
ASHOK CHAKRA:
Awarded for the most
conspicuous bravery or some daring act of valour or self-sacrifice on land, at
sea or in the air. The first awardees of this were Naik Nar Bahadur Thapa,
Havildar Bachittar Singh, Flt Lt Suhas Biswas.
Some Important Awards
in the World
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Awards
and Honours
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Prize
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Field
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Nobel
Prize
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Peace,
Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry (From 1901) and Economics (From
1969)
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Pulitzer
Prize
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Journalism
(From 1917)
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Academy
(Oscar) Awards
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Film
(From 1929)
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Booker
Prize
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Literature
(From 1929)
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Grammy
Award
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Music
(From 1958)
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Ramon
Magasaysay Award
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Government
(Public) Service, Social Service, Journalism, Literature, Communication and
International Understanding (From 1957)
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Bourlog
Award
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Agriculture
(From 1992)
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Some Important Awards
in the India
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Dada
Saheb Phalke Award
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Film
(From 1969)
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Jnanpith
Award
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Literature
(From 1965)
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Saraswati
Samman
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Literature
(From 1991)
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Vachaspati
Samman
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Sanskrit
Literature (From 1992)
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Shankar
Award
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Indian
Philosophy, Culture and Art
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Vyasa
Samman
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Literature
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Kabir
Samman
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Socio
– communal Harmony
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Dronacharya
Award
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Sports
Coaching/Training (From 1985)
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Arjuna
Award
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Sports
(From 1961)
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Kalinga
Award
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Science
(From 1952)
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First Awardees..
1. Firsts in India
(Male)
1. First Indian to get Bharat
Ratna Award: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
2. First Indian to get
Jnanpeeth Award: G. Shankar Kurup
3. First Person to get Paramvir
Chakra : Major Somnath Sharma
4. First Indian Scientist to
get Nobel Prize: C.V. Raman (Physics)
5. First Scientist of Indian
origin, to get Nobel : Dr. Hargovind Khurana
Prize in the field of
Medical Science
6. First Scientist of Indian
origin to win Nobel : Subrahmanium Chandrashekhar
Prize in Physics
7. First Indian to win
Magsayasay Award : Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1958)
8. First foreign recipient of
Bharat Ratna : Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
9. First Indian recipient of
Nobel Prize in Economics : Dr. Amartya Sen
2. Firsts in
Indian (Female)
1. First Woman to get Ashok
Chakra: Nirja Bhanot
2. First Indian Woman to get
the Noble Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)
3. First Indian Woman to get
Bharat Ratna : Smt. Indira Gandhi
4. First Woman to get Jnanpith
Award : Ashapurna Devi
5. First Indian Woman to win
the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
6. First Woman Musician to get
‘Bharat Ratna’ : M.S. Subbulakshmi
3. Firsts in the
world (Male & Female)
1. First man to win Nobel Prize
for Literature: Rena F.A. & Sulli Pradhom (France)
2. First man to win Nobel Prize
for Peace: Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland) & Frederic Peiry (France)
3. First man to win Nobel Prize
for Physics: W.K. Roentgen (Germany)
4. First man to win Nobel Prize
for Chemistry:J.H. Wenthoff (Howlland)
5. First man to win Nobel Prize
for Medicine: A.E. Wonn Behrig (Germany)
6. First man to win Nobel Prize
for Economics: Rangar Fish (Norway) & John Tinbergen
(Holland)
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