AAZIM MUHAMMED ASHRAF

AAZIM MUHAMMED ASHRAF. 8 TH A MH ENGLISH SCHOOL.

GALLANTRY AWARDS. GALLANTRY AWARDS HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO HONOUR THE ACTS OF BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, OTHER LAWFULLY CONSTITUTED FORCES AND CIVILIANS. THIS GALLANTRY AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED TWICE IN A YEAR, FIRST ON THE OCCASION OF THE REPUBLIC DAY AND THEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE INDEPENDENCE..

TYPES OF GALLANTRY AWARDS. PARAM VIR CHAKRA MAHAVIR CHAKRA VIR CHAKRA ASHOKA CHAKRA KIRTI CHAKRA SHAURYA CHAKRA.

CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA. CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA[9 SEP 1974 -7 JULY 1999] WAS AN OFFICER OF THE INDIAN ARMY. HE WAS AFTER DEATH AWARDED THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA, INDIA’s HIGHEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING THE 1999 KARGIL WAR, DURING WHICH HE LED ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MOUNTAIN WARFARE OPERATIONS IN INDIAN MILITARY HISTORY. THE BATTLES HE FOUGHT WERE, KARGIL WAR, OPERATION VIJAY, BATTLE OF POINT 5140, BATTLE OF POINT 4875..

LEGACY. THE HISTORIC CAPTURE OF POINT 4875 LED TO THE MOUNTAIN BEING NAMED BATRA TOP IN HIS HONOUR. GOVERNMENT COLLEGE PALAMPUR WAS LATER RENAMED IN THE MEMORY OF BATRA. NEW DELHI’s MUKARBA CHOWK AND ITS FLYOVER WERE RENAMED IN 2019 AS SHAHEED CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA CHOWK. PUNJAB UNIVERSITY CHANDIGARH DEDICATED STATE OF THE ART INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE IN HONOUR OF CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA. SHAHEED CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA STADIUM AT PALAMPUR WAS NAMED AFTER BATRA. A MEMORIAL FOR WAR VETERANS INCLUDING BATRA STANDS AT HIS ALMA MATER DAV COLLEGE CHANDIGARH HONOURING THE SERVICES OF THE SOLDIERS..

C APTAIN VIKRAM BATRA. S TATUE OF CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA.

COLONEL B. SANTOSH BABU. COLONEL BIKKUMALLA SANTOSH BABU[13 FEB 1983- 15 JUNE 2020] WAS AN INDIAN ARMY OFFICER AND THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 16 BIHAR REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE 2020 CHINA-INDIA SKIRMISHES, THE FIRST INDIAN ARMED FORCES COMMISIONED OFFICER SINCE 1967 AND AMONG THE FIRST INDIAN SOLDIERS TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION AGAINST THE CHINESE PEOPLE’s LIBERATION ARMY . HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED, THE MAHAVIR CHAKRA..

LEGECY. FOLLOWING HIS DEATH, TELENGANA CHIEF MINISTER K.CHANDRASHEKAR RAO ANNOUNCED THE STATE GOVERNMENT WOULD AWARD HIS FAMILY AN EXGRATIA PAYMENT OF 5 CRORE ALONG WITH A RESIDENTIAL PLOT AND A GROUP-1 GOVERNMENT JOB FOR HIS WIFE SANTOSHI..

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MAJOR LAISHRAM JYOTIN SINGH. MAJOR LAISHRAM JYOTIN SINGH, AC WAS AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS OF THE INDIAN ARMY, WHO DIED FIGHTING A SUICIDE BOMBER DURING THE ATTACK ON THE INDIAN EMBASSY IN KABUL. MAJOR SINGH WAS AWARDED THE ASHOKA CHAKRA, THE HIGHEST PEACETIME GALLANTRY AWARD IN THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 JANUARY, 2011..

MAJOR LAISHRAM JYOTIN SINGH. MAJOR SINGH CONFRONTED THE TERRORIST UNARMED AND FORCED HIM TO DETONATE HIS VEST, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH. HE WAS AWARDED THE ASHOKA CHAKRA FOR HIS ACT OF EXEMPLARY COURAGE, GRIT, SELFLESSNESS AND VALOUR IN THE FACE OF A TERRORIST ATTACK, RESULTING IN HIS SACRIFICE AND SAVING 10 OF HIS COLLEAGUES..

M AJOR SINGH’s BROTHER RECEIVING ASHOKA CHAKRA FROM PRESIDENT..

AJAY AHUJA. AJAY AHUJA[22 MAY 1963- 27 MAY 1999] WAS A FIGHTER PILOT OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE WHO WAS KILLED DURING THE KARGIL WAR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN IN 1999. AHUJA’s CAPTURE AND KILLING BY PAKISTANI TROOPS DURING THE CONFLICT SPARKED A MAJOR UPROAR WITHIN INDIA..

AJAY AHUJA. ON 15 AUGUST 1999, INDIA’s 52 nd ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, SQUADRON LEADER AJAY AHUJA WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VIR CHAKRA, ONE OF INDIA’s HIGHEST GALLANTRY HONOURS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL. A STATUE OF AHUJA WAS INSTALLED AT THE NEARBY CROSSING ON THE BHATINDA-MUKTSAR ROAD..

SANJAY KUMAR. SHRI SANJAY KUMAR WAS BORN IN VILLAGE KALOL BAKAIN IN BILASPUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH. PRIOR TO JOINING THE ARMY, HE WORKED AS A TAXI DRIVER IN NEWDELHI. HIS APPLICATION WAS REJECTED THREE TIMES BEFORE HE WAS FINALLY SELECTED TO JOIN THE ARMY..

SUBEDAR SANJAY KUMAR. SUBEDAR SANJAY KUMAR BORN IN 3 MARCH 1976 IS A JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY, AND RECIPIENT OF THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA, INDIA’s HIGHEST MILITARY AWARD..

CAPTAIN MANOJ KUMAR PANDEY. CAPTAIN MANOJ KUMAR PANDEY[25 JUNE 1975- 3 JULY 1999] WAS AN OFFICER OF THE INDIAN ARMY WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED INDIA’s HIGHEST MILITARY HONOUR, THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA, FOR HIS AUDACIOUS COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP DURING THE KARGIL WAR IN 1999..

LEGACY. PANDEY IS ONE OF THE 21 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DECORATED WITH INDIA’s HIGHEST MILITARY HONOUR. AS A PVC AWARDEE, HIS STATUE IS AT THE PARAM YODHA STHAL AT THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL. AFTER HIS DEATH, MULTIPLE PLACES HAVE BEEN NAMED AFTER HIM INCLUDING HIS ALMAE MATRES..

YOGENDRA SINGH YADAV. SUBEDAR MAJOR AND HONORARY CAPTAIN YOGENDRA SINGH YADAV IS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY, WHO WAS AWARDED THE HIGHEST INDIAN MILITARY HONOUR DECORATION, THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA, FOR HIS ACTION DURING THE KARGIL WAR..

LEGACY. HE JOINED THE SHOW KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI IN 2020 ON A SPECIAL INVITATION FROM AMITABH BACHCHAN ALONG WITH HIS FELLOW PARAM VIR CHAKRA WINNER SUBEDAR SANJAY KUMAR. IN 2015, HE WAS AWARDED THE STATE’s HIGHEST AWARD YASH BHARTI BY UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT FOR SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY..

LET’s GIVE A HUGE SALUTE AND RESPECT TO ALL THE GALLANTRY AWARD WINNERS.