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The Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards.
Charukesi scale with Shadjam at C. It is the 2nd rāgam in the 5th chakra Bana.The mnemonic name is Bana-Sri.The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gu ma pa dha ni. [1] Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
Captain (later Lieutenant General) Joginder Singh Gharaya and other 11 persons were first recipients of the Kirti Chakra. B.B.L. Datt was the first civilian recipient of the Kirti Chakra. Gloria Eva Berry, flight attendant of the ill-fated Air India's Kashmir Princess was the first woman to be awarded the Kirti Chakra (then, Ashok Chakra Class II).
Major Vijay Rattan Choudhry (9 July 1939 – 11 December 1971), was a soldier who served in the 9 Engineers Regiment of the Indian Army. He is an alumnus of The Lawrence School, Sanawar. He was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra for bravery displayed in the Indo-Pak war of 1971. [1]
Lexically, chakra is the Indic reflex of an ancestral Indo-European form *kʷékʷlos, whence also "wheel" and "cycle" (Ancient Greek: κύκλος, romanized: kýklos). [10] [3] [4] It has both literal [11] and metaphorical uses, as in the "wheel of time" or "wheel of dharma", such as in Rigveda hymn verse 1.164.11, [12] [13] pervasive in the earliest Vedic texts.
Neerja (2016) film is a biopic of First female recipient of Ashoka Chakra Neerja Bhanot. [19] Major (2022) film is based on the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. [20] Rakshak: India's Braves (2023) shortfilm which was aired on Amazon miniTV is based on Lieutenant Triveni Singh. [21] Amaran (2024) is a biopic of Major Mukund Varadarajan. [22]
The ragas within the chakra differ only in the dhaivatam and nishadam notes (D and N), as illustrated below. The name of each of the 12 chakras suggest their ordinal number as well. [1] [4] Indu stands for the moon, of which we have only one – hence it is the first chakra. Nētra means eyes, of which we have two – hence it is the second.
A graphic novel titled Param Vir Chakra by Amar Chitra Katha, a comic book released in 2015 featuring 21 dedicated and concise stories. [54] A series of 14 graphic novels titled Param Vir Chakra Name of Awardees by Roli Books written by Ian Cardozo and drawn by Rishi Kumar in 2019. [55]