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The Shaurya Chakra (lit. ' Wheel of Gallantry ' ) is the third highest peacetime Indian military decoration . This list comprises List of Shaurya Chakra award recipients (2020–2029).
On either side is a lotus design. The centre is blank, perhaps with the intent that details of the award be engraved there. There is no indication of the class on the pre-1967 awards. For the post-1967 awards, the, names are changed to "Shauryua Chakra" in Hindi above and "SHAURYA CHAKRA" below.
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Award Name Ribbon 1 Bharat Ratna [a] 2 Param Vir Chakra: 3 Ashoka Chakra: 4 Padma Vibhushan [a] 5 Padma Bhushan [a] 6 Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal: 7 Param Vishisht Seva Medal: 8 Maha Vir Chakra: 9 Kirti Chakra: 10 Padma Shri [a] 11 Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak [b] 12 Uttam Yudh Seva Medal: 13 Ati Vishisht Seva Medal: 14 Vir Chakra: 15 Shaurya ...
It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra. It is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards; it comes after Ashoka Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra. Before 1967, the award was known as the Ashoka Chakra, Class II. [6]
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The medal was originally established on 4 January 1952 as the "Ashoka Chakra, Class I" as the first step of a three-class sequence of non-combatant bravery decorations. In 1967, these decorations were removed from the "class-based" system and renamed as the Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra.
1 Award winners from Rajasthan. 2 Gallantry honors. ... 2.4 Kirti Chakra. 2.5 Shaurya Chakra. 2.6 Vir Chakra. 2.7 Sena Medal. 2.8 Vishisht Seva Medal. 3 Business and ...