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Question No: 1

Who won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 2018 ?

2018 में राष्ट्रीय एकता के लिए इंदिरा गांधी पुरस्कार ककसनेे ीीता?A. Arundhati roy

B. Chetan Bhagat

C. Ramachandra gupta

D. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Ans. D

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Question No: 2

Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) was established by ?

A. Dinesh Mishra

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

D. Arvind Ghosh

Ans. C

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Question No: 3

Who among the following was not conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna award in national sports awards 2020?

नेम्ेलिखित में सेन ककसेन राष्ट्रीय िेि पुरस्कार 2020 में राीीव गांधी िेि रत्े पुरस्कार सेन सनम्मानेत ेहीं ककया गया?A. Rohit Sharma

B. Manika Batra

C. Mariyappan Thangavelu

D. Shashi Malik

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Question No: 4

Joshna Chinappa is an Indian professional ......... player.

A. Cricket

B. Squash

C. Boxing

D. Badminton

Ans. B

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Question No: 5

Who won the Indira Gandhi peace prize 2019?

इंदिरा गांधी शांनत पुरस्कार 2019 ककसनेे ीीता?A. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

B. Sir David Attenborough

C. Swarajya Sangh

D. Amanda Parera

Ans. B

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Question No: 6

Equalisation Levy is also known as –

A. Google Tax

B. Amazon Tax

C. Java Tax

D. GAFA Tax

Ans. A

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Question No: 7

The Anantha Padmanabhaswami Temple is located in –

A. Kerala

B. Chennai

C. Bangalore

D. Odisha

Ans. A

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Question No: 8

Dutee Chand is an Indian professional –

ितुी चंि एक भारतीय पेशवेर हैं -A. Sprinter

B. Badminton player

C. Boxer

D. Chess player

Ans. A

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Question No: 9

Which country announced setting up of a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize?

ककसन िेश ेे गांधी ेागररकता लशक्षा पुरस्कार की स्थापेा की ोषणाा की?A. AMERICA

B. INDIA

C. BRAZIL

D. PORTUGAL

Ans. D

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Question No: 10

The ............... is India's highest military decoration, awarded during wartime.

युद्धकाि के सनमय दिया ीाेे वािा सनवोच्च सनैन्य सनम्माे कौे सना है?

A. Param Vir Chakra

B. Ashok Chakra

C. Bharat ratna

D. Padma bhusan

Ans. A

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Question No: 11

Which is India's highest peacetime military decoration?

शांनतकाि के सनमय दिया ीाेे वािा सनवोच्च सनैन्य सनम्माे कौे सना है?

A. Param Vir Chakra

B. Maha Vir Chakra

C. Ashoka Chakra

D. None of them

Ans. C

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Question No: 13

According to the new laws, what is the limit of investment in micro industry?

ेए काेूेों के मुताबिक माइक्रष इंडस्री में नेवेश की सनीमा क्या है?A. 1 crore

B. Greater than 1 crore

C. 50 lakh

D. Less than 1 crore

Ans. D

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Question No: 15

Which new organization has been formed by merging CSO and NSSO?

सनीएसनओ और एेएसनएसनओ कष लमिाकर ककसन ेए सनंगठे का गठे ककया गया है?A. NSCO

B. CSSO

C. NSO

D. CSNSO

Ans. C

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Question No: 16

Vyas Samman 2019 won by –

A. Arundhati roy

B. Nasira Sharma

C. K.k. Mishra

D. G. Gopalan

Ans. B

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Question No: 17

The honour of vyas samman awarded by-

A. K K Birla Foundation

B. Azim Premji Foundation

C. Indian government

D. M.P. government

Ans. A

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Question No: 18

Who got first Vyas Samman ?

A. Harivansh Rai Bachchan

B. Dr Ram Vilas Sharma

C. K Siva Reddy

D. Leeladhar Jagudi

Ans. B

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Question No: 19

Who won 28th Bihari Puraskar ?

A. Ram Shukla

B. Arundhati roy

C. Manoj Bajpai

D. Amitav Ghosha

Ans. D

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Question No: 20

Who wrote the book ‘kagaj ki naav’ ?

A. Nasira Sharma

B. Arundhati roy

C. Amitabh bacchan

D. Smriti Irani

Ans. A

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List of major International Awards conferred upon Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

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1- Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First (2019)

• Russia’s Highest Civilian Award

• PM Modi 17th person who got this award.

• The Order was established in 1698 by Tsar Peter the Great, in honour of Saint Andrew,

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रूस का सर्वोच्च नागरिक पुिस्काि पीएम मोदी 17र्वें व्यक्ति को यह पुिस्काि ममला।

आदेश 1698 में जाि पीटि गे्रट द्वािा सेंट एंड्र यू के सम्मान में स्थामपत मकया गया था,

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2. Zayed Medal(2019)

The Order of Zayed is the United Arab Emirates’ highest civil decoration.

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3. Philip Kotler Presidential Award(2019)

Philip Kotler is a world renowned Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

मिमलप कोटलि नॉथथरे्वस्टनथ यूमनर्वमसथटी, केलॉग सू्कल ऑि मैनेजमेंट में माकेमटंग के मर्वश्व प्रमसद्ध प्रोिेसि हैं ।

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4. Seoul Peace Prize(2018)

• PM Modi is the fourteenth recipient of this award.

• The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 as a biennial recognition with monetary award to commemorate the success of the 24th Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, Korea(1988)

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पीएम मोदी इस पुिस्काि के चौदहर्वें प्राप्तकताथ हैं।

मसयोल शांमत पुिस्काि १९९० में मौमिक पुिस्काि के साथ एक मद्वर्वामषथक मांयता के रूप में स्थामपत मकया गया था मसयोल, कोरिया (१९८८) में आयोमजत 24 र्वें ग्रीष्मकालीन ओलंमपक खेलो ंकी सिलता के पपल्ष्य में

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5. Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen(2019)

• Highest civilian honour of Maldives

6. Champions of the Earth(2018)

• UN’s highest environmental honour.

• International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate single use plastic in India by 2022.

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5. मनशान इजुददीन का मनयम (2019) मालदीर्व का सर्वोच्च नागरिक सम्मान

6. पृथ्वी के चैंमपयंस (2018) संयुि िाष्ट्र का सर्वोच्च पयाथर्विण सम्मान । अंतिाथष्ट्र ीय सौि गठबंधन औि 2022 तक भाित में एकल पपयोग प्लाक्तस्टक को खत्म किने की प्रमतज्ञा।

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7. Grand Collar of the State of Palestine(2018)

8. Amir Amanullah Khan Award(2016)

• Afghanistan’s top civilian honour

9. The King Abdulaziz Sash(2016)

• Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour.

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7. मिमलस्तीन िाज्य का ग्रैंड् कॉलि (2018)

8. आममि अमानुल्लाह खान पुिस्काि (2016) अिगामनस्तान का शीषथ नागरिक सम्मान

9. िाजा अबु्दलअजीज सैश (2016) सऊदी अिब का सर्वोच्च नागरिक सम्मान।

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• राीीव गांधी िेि रत्े जीसेन आधधकाररक तौर पर‘स्पषर्ट्सन एंड गेम्सन में राीीव गांधी िेि रत्े पुरस्कार’के रूप में ीाेा ीाता है, भारत गाराज्य का सनवोच्चिेि सनम्माे है।

• इसन पुरस्कार की शुरुआत वण् 1991–92 में हुई थी।

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, officially known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in Sports & Games, is the highest sports honour of the Republic of India.

The award was started in the year 1991–92.

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यह पुरस्कार भारत सनरकार के युवा एवं िेि मामिों के मंत्रािय (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) द्वारा प्रनतवण ्प्रिाे ककया ीाता है।

Reward : Rs. 25 Lakh

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The award is presented annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

Reward : Rs. 25 Lakh

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The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991–92.

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In 2001, sport shooter Abhinav Bindra, then aged 18, became the youngest recipient of the award.

He is currently India's only individual Olympic gold medalist. His gold in the 10-meter air rifle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was also India's first Olympic gold medal since 1980.

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Pankaj Advani is the only sportsperson to have won the award for two sports disciplines; Billiards and Snooker.

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Karnam Malleswari

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Malleswarilifted 110 kg in the "snatch" and 130 kg in the "clean and jerk" categories for a total of 240 kg.

She won the bronze medal and became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

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कणथम मले्लश्विी

2000 मसड्नी ओलंमपक में मले्लश्विी ने 110 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में सै्नच औि 130 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में कुल 240 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में 130 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में 110 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में 110 मकग्रा भाि पठाया।

पन्ोनें कांस्य पदक जीता औि ओलंमपक पदक जीतने र्वाली पहली भाितीय ममहला बनी।ं

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In 1995, she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna,India's highest sporting honour.(First woman to get this award)

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Deepa Malik, the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympics, was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by President Ram Nath Kovind.

She is the oldest sportsperson to be conferred the award.

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Sahitya Akademi Awards

The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated by the Government of India on 12 March 1954.

Though set up by the Government, the Akademi functions as an autonomous organisation.

It was registered as a society on 7 January 1956, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

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Writer and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was named among the winners for Sahitya Akademi Awards. He won the prestigious literature award for his novel 'An Era of Darkness' in the creative non-fiction category in English literature.

The novel which was published in 2016 describes British rule in India.

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Jnanpith Award (2019 & 2018)

• Eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award for his outstanding contribution to Malayalam language and Poetry.

• Amitab Ghosh is honoured with the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to English Literature and also became the 1st English language writer in the list as all previous winners of the prestigious award have been writers in Indian languages.

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Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization to Indian writers every year.

This was instituted in 1961 and is given only to Indian writers who write in Indian languages and English.

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Facts About Jnanpith Award

• The winner is given a cash prize of Rs. 11 lakh and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning.

• The first recipient of the award was Malayalam writer G Sankara Kurup in 1965 for his novel ‘Odakkuzhal’ (The Bamboo Flute).

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• The first woman writer to be awarded this award was Ashapoorna Devi, a Bengali writer, in 1976.

• The organization which presents this award was founded in 1944 by industrialist and philanthropist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.

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Padma Awards 2020

• The Padma Awards are announced annually on the eve of Republic Day (26th January).

• Instituted in the year 1954, it is one of the highest civilian honours of India.

• The Award seeks to recognize achievements in all fields of activities or disciplines where an element of public service is involved.

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The Awards are given in three categories:

1. Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service),

2. Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher-order)

3. Padma Shri (distinguished service).

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• The total number of awards to be given in a year (excluding posthumous awards and to NRI/foreigners/OCIs) should not be more than 120.

• In 2020, the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one).

• The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards.

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Padma Vibhushan

1. George Fernandes (Posthumous)

2. Arun Jaitley (Posthumous)

3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth

4. M. C. Mary Kom

5. Chhannulal Mishra

6. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)

7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji (Posthumous)

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Chhaya Sharma, a former detective who solved one of Delhi's most notorious crimes, reflects on her work while accepting a 2019 Asia Game Changer award.

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SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE FOR 2019

• Awarded by: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. It was first awarded in 1958.

• Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was the Founder Director (and later first Director General) of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) who is credited with establishing twelve national laboratories.

• He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954 by the President of India.

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PORTUGAL SETS UP GANDHI PRIZE

• Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced setting up of a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize.

• The announcement was made while attending the second meeting of the National Committee for the Commemoration Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary.

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Gandhi Peace Prize

• The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is awarded annually by the Government of India.

• As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Gandhi, the Government of India launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi.

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• Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari for the year 2015 for their contribution in Rural Development, Education, Development of natural resources.

• For 2016 jointly to Akshaya Patra Foundation for its contribution in providing mid-day meals to millions of children across India and Sulabh International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation in India and emancipation of manual scavengers.

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• Ekal Abhiyan Trust for the year 2017 for their contribution in providing Education for Rural and Tribal Children in remote areas pan India, Rural Empowerment, Gender, and Social Equality.

• Shri Yohei Sasakawa for the year 2018 for his contribution in Leprosy Eradication in India and across the world.

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Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development

First awarded:1986

2019: Sir David Attenborough

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Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration

The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is a prestigious award accorded by the Indian National Congress, after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.

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This Award is given annually starting from 1985 to distinguished persons/institutions for promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India and the strengthening, through thought and action of the nation's sense of solidarity

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• 2018: Chandi Prasad Bhatt

• Chandi Prasad Bhatt (born 1934) is an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-organization to the Chipko Movement, in which he was one of the pioneers.

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• He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2005.

• Today he is known for his work on subaltern social ecology, and considered one of India's first modern environmentalist.

• In 2013, he was the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize.

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'Vyas Samman' 2019

• Hindi writer Nasira Sharma was conferred with the prestigious 'Vyas Samman' 2019 for her novel 'Kagaz ki Naav’.

• The honour awarded by K K Birla Foundation comprises of a sum of Rs four lakhs, a citation and insignia

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Vyas Samman:

2018 - Leeladhar Jagudi for Jitne Log Utne Prem.

1991 – Bharat ke Pracheen bhasha parivar aur Hindi in 3 volumes by Dr. Ram Vilas Sharma

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• The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991.

• It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation.

Major Awards:

1. The Saraswati Samman for literary work in any Indian language(22)

2. The Vyas Samman for prose/poetry work in Hindi.

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3.The Bihari Puraskar for prose/poetry work in Hindi/Rajasthani, only authors from Rajasthan are eligible,

4. The G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research

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Manisha Kulshreshtha won 28th Bihari Puraskar Award

• Manisha Kulshreshtha awarded the 28th Bihari Puraskar for 2018 for her novel Swapnapash.

• The award is presented by the KK Birla Foundation for writers of Rajasthani origin. It is given annually to an outstanding work in Hindi or Rajasthani published in the past ten years.

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Saraswati Samman

1991: Harivansh Rai Bachchan

2018: K Siva Reddy("Pakkaki Ottigilite" (Poetry, Telugu)

2019: Vasdev Mohi ("Chequebook" (Short Story Series,Sindhi)

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GALLANTRY AWARDS 2020

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• India’s third-highest gallantry medal in peacetime, Shaurya Chakra, has been awarded to six Army and three police personnel for conspicuous bravery in counter-terror operations.

• Order of precedence of these awards is the Param Vir Chakra, the Ashoka Chakra, the Mahavir Chakra, the Kirti Chakra, the Vir Chakra and the Shaurya Chakra.

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शांमतकाल में भाित का तीसिा सर्वोच्च र्वीिता पदक शौयथ चक्र को आतंकिोधी अमभयानो ंमें मर्वमशष्ट् बहादुिी के मलए सेना के छह औि तीन पुमलस कममथयों को सम्मामनत मकया गया है ।

इन पुिस्कािो ंको र्विीयता देने का क्रम पिमर्वीि चक्र, अशोक चक्र, महार्वीि चक्र, कीमतथ चक्र, र्वीि चक्र औि शौयथ चक्र है।

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• Announcement: These gallantry awards are announced twice in a year - first on the occasion of the Republic Day and then on the occasion of the Independence Day.

• Shaurya Chakra is awarded to the armed forces for instances of extraordinary gallantry.

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घोषणा:

इन र्वीिता पुिस्कािो ंकी घोषणा साल में दो बाि की जाती है-

पहले गणतंत्र मदर्वस के मौके पि औि मिि स्वतंत्रता मदर्वस के मौके पि ।

शौयथ चक्र असाधािण र्वीिता के पदाहिणो ंके मलए सशस्त्र बलों को प्रदान मकया जाता है ।

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1. Naib Subedar Sombir

2. Lt. Col Jyoti Lama

3. Maj. Konjenbham Bijendra Singh

4. Naib Subedhar Narender Singh

5. Naik Naresh Kumar

6. Karmdeo Oraon

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Wartime gallantry awards

Established on 26th January,1950 with effect from 15th August,1947.

Param Vir Chakra —

Highest-military award in India.Awarded For national bravery in the presence of enemy.

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युद्धकामलक र्वीिता पुिस्काि

26 जनर्विी, 1950 को 15 अगस्त, 1947 से स्थामपत।

पिमर्वीि चक्र –

भाित में सर्वोच्च सैन्य पुिस्काि ।

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Maha Vir Chakra –

Maha Vir Chakra is the second-highest military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.

Vir Chakra –

Third in precedence in the awards for wartime gallantry.

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महार्वीि चक्र –

महार्वीि चक्र भाित में दूसिा सबसे अमधक सैन्य सजार्वट है औि दुश्मन की पपक्तस्थमत में मर्वमशष्ट् र्वीिता के कृत्ो ंके मलए सम्मामनत मकया जाता है, चाहे र्वह जमीन पि हो, समुि में हो या हर्वा में ।

र्वीि चक्र –

युद्धकामलक र्वीिता के मलए पुिस्कािो ंमें र्विीयता में तीसिा ।

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Peacetime gallantry awards

Established on 4th January,1952 with effect from 15th August,1947.

Ashoka Chakra –

An Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra.

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शांमतकाल र्वीिता पुिस्काि

15 अगस्त, 1947 से 4 जनर्विी, 1952 को स्थामपत मकया गया।

अशोक चक्र –

युद्ध के मैदान से दूि शौयथ, साहसी कािथर्वाई या आत्म-बमलदान के मलए सम्मामनत मकया गया एक भाितीय सैन्य सजार्वट। यह पिमर्वीि चक्र के बिाबि है।

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Kirti Chakra –

Second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.

Shaurya Chakra –

Third in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.

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कीमतथ चक्र –

शांमतकाल र्वीिता पुिस्कािो ंकी र्विीयता के क्रम में दूसिा ।

शौयथ चक्र - शांमतकाल र्वीिता पुिस्कािो ंकी र्विीयता के क्रम में तीसिा ।

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