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  2. Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) - Wikipedia

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    Colonel Yury Malyshev and Flight Engineer Gennadi Strekalov from Russia were the first foreign recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (both were astronauts). Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma is the first Indian astronaut to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra. Neerja Bhanot, a flight attendant of PAN AM was the first female recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.

  3. Neerja Bhanot - Wikipedia

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    For her bravery, the Government of India posthumously awarded Bhanot the Ashoka Chakra Award, India's highest gallantry award for bravery in the face of the enemy during peacetime. She was the youngest recipient at the time and the first female recipient of this award. [1] [18] [19] In 2004 the Indian Postal Service released a stamp ...

  4. Ashoka Chakra - Wikipedia

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    The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the dharmachakra (English: "wheel of dharma"). It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great , [ 1 ] most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka . [ 2 ]

  5. List of Indian Air Force Gallantry Award winners - Wikipedia

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    4 Ashoka Chakra. 5 Kirti Chakra. 6 Shaurya Chakra. 7 Vayu Sena Medal. 8 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Maha Vir Chakra. Wg Cdr Jag Mohan Nath (1962, 1965)

  6. Ashoka - Wikipedia

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    Lion Capital of Ashoka, the capital of one of the pillars erected by Ashoka features a carving of a spoked wheel, known as the Ashoka Chakra. This wheel represents the wheel of Dhamma set in motion by the Gautama Buddha, and appears on the flag of modern India.

  7. List of Kirti Chakra award recipients - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. National Defence Academy (India) - Wikipedia

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    Alumni of the academy have led and fought in every major conflict in which India has participated since the academy was established. They have an illustrious record of numerous gallantry awards and achieving 3 Param Vir Chakras, 31 Maha Vir Chakras, 160 Vir Chakra, 12 Ashok Chakras, 40 Kirti Chakras and 135 Shaurya Chakras.

  9. List of people from Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair - most decorated officer of the Indian Army, as the only serviceman to have been awarded both the highest (Ashoka Chakra) and second highest (Kirti Chakra) awards for gallantry. General Sundararajan Padmanabhan – 22nd General of the Indian Army and Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (2000–2002)