The Ashoka Chakra - Top Indian award
The Ashoka Chakra is awarded to an individual, uniformed or civilian, for the most conspicuous act of bravery, or an act of daring or a pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel and may be awarded posthumously.
PK Satpaty of Orissa Police, RP Diengdoh of Meghalaya Police, Jojan Thomas of Rashtriya Rifles, Maharasthra ATS chief and Mumbai Joint Police Commissioner Hemant Kamlakar Karkare, Mumbai Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Marutrao Kamte, National Security Guards (NSG) Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Delhi Police Special Cell Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma are among the 11 persons selected posthumously for the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award.
While Mr. Sharma has been selected for his fight against "terrorists" at Jamia Nagar in Delhi on September 19 last, the others have been awarded for their sacrifice during the terrorists attacks in Mumbai on November 26 last.
Mumbai Anti-Extortion Cell (Crime Branch) Inspector Vijay Sahahdev Salaskar, Mumbai police Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Gopal Ombale and NSG Havildar Gajender Singh, who too laid down their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks, have been named for Ashoka Chakra.
Kirti Chakra awardees
Thirteen personnel, six of them posthumously, have been named for "Kirti Chakra." Naik Tape Yajo, 1 Assam Regiment; Nitya Nanda Bora, loco-pilot in charge of the pilot special (Railways); constable Arun Raghonath Chitte, Anti-Extortion Cell (Crime Branch), Mumbai police; constable Ambadas Ramchandra Powar, Security Branch, P 1, Maharashtra Police; Inspector Sashank Chandrasen Shinde, Maharashtra Police; and Maharashtra home guard Mukesh Bhikaji Jadhav have been named for Kirti Chakra posthumously.
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PK Satpaty of Orissa Police, RP Diengdoh of Meghalaya Police, Jojan Thomas of Rashtriya Rifles, Maharasthra ATS chief and Mumbai Joint Police Commissioner Hemant Kamlakar Karkare, Mumbai Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Marutrao Kamte, National Security Guards (NSG) Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Delhi Police Special Cell Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma are among the 11 persons selected posthumously for the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award.
While Mr. Sharma has been selected for his fight against "terrorists" at Jamia Nagar in Delhi on September 19 last, the others have been awarded for their sacrifice during the terrorists attacks in Mumbai on November 26 last.
Mumbai Anti-Extortion Cell (Crime Branch) Inspector Vijay Sahahdev Salaskar, Mumbai police Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Gopal Ombale and NSG Havildar Gajender Singh, who too laid down their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks, have been named for Ashoka Chakra.
Kirti Chakra awardees
Thirteen personnel, six of them posthumously, have been named for "Kirti Chakra." Naik Tape Yajo, 1 Assam Regiment; Nitya Nanda Bora, loco-pilot in charge of the pilot special (Railways); constable Arun Raghonath Chitte, Anti-Extortion Cell (Crime Branch), Mumbai police; constable Ambadas Ramchandra Powar, Security Branch, P 1, Maharashtra Police; Inspector Sashank Chandrasen Shinde, Maharashtra Police; and Maharashtra home guard Mukesh Bhikaji Jadhav have been named for Kirti Chakra posthumously.
For more information see here
http://informations24x7.blogspot.com/2009/01/ashoka-chakra-top-indian-military.html
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