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The Ashoka Chakra (alternative spelling: Ashok Chakra, lit. ' Wheel of Ashoka ' ) is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action, or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.
Pages in category "Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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] The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre of the Flag of India (adopted on 22 July 1947), where it is rendered in a navy blue colour on a white background, replacing the symbol of ...
Major Mukund Varadarajan AC (12 April 1983 – 25 April 2014) was an Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.Mukund, a commissioned officer in the Indian Army's Rajput Regiment, was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra for his actions during a counterterrorism operation while on deputation to the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Medal for Gallantry formally replaced the Cross of Valour as the top military award in 1974, but it has never been conferred. Cross of Valour: 1913: Hungary: Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary: 1764-1918, 1938–1946, 2011-India: Param Vir Chakra: 3 November 1947: 21: Highest wartime military decoration. Ashoka Chakra: 1952: 86: Highest ...
Paratrooper Sanjog Chhetri, AC (26 June 1982 – 22 April 2003) was an Indian soldier and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peace time military decoration.He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra for his actions during an Indian Army counterterrorism operation on 22 September 2002 while serving with the 9 Para (Special Forces).
Ashoka Chakra Second Lieutenant Pollur Mutthuswamy Raman , AC (4 December 1934 - 3 June 1956) was an Indian Army officer who was posthumously awarded India's highest peace time military decoration Ashoka Chakra for his gallant act in Nagaland .
Hangpan Dada's widow receives the Ashok Chakra from president Pranab Mukherjee on 26 January 2017. On the night of 26 May 2016, Dada, as Sabu Post Commander of 35 Rashtriya Rifles, while establishing a stop along with his section at 12,500 feet, led a charge on hiding terrorists in the Shamshabari Ranges in Naugam, Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the neutralisation of four heavily armed ...