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Gallantry Award Winners 2024
January 28 , 2024
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- President Droupadi Murmu announced 80 gallantry awards, including six Kirti Chakra and 16 Shaurya Chakra, for India's armed forces.
- Kirti Chakra is India's second-highest peacetime gallantry award after Ashok Chakra.
- The Shaurya Chakra is the third-highest peacetime award.
- Six Kirti Chakra awards were announced, out of which three were conferred posthumously.
- Two out of the total 16 Shaurya Chakra awards were conferred posthumously.
- The awards also included 53 Sena Medal (seven posthumous), one Nao Sena Medal (gallantry) and four Vayu Sena Medals (gallantry).
- Apart from this, President Murmu approved 311 defence decorations to armed forces and other personnel.
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