The KirtiChakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra. It is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards, comes after Ashoka Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra. Before 1967, the award was known as the Ashoka Chakra, Class II.
Kirti Chakra
Kirti Chakra and its ribbon, the second highest peacetime decoration of India
Officers, men and women of all ranks of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, of any of the Reserve Forces, of the Territorial Army, Militia and of any other lawfully constituted forces.
Members of the Nursing Services of the Armed Forces.
Civilian Citizens of either sex in all walks of life and members of Police Forces including Central Para-Military Forces and Railway protection Force.[2]
Established as the "Ashoka Chakra, Class II" by the President of India, 4 January 1952 (with effect from 15 August 1947). The statutes were revised and the decoration renamed on 27 January 1967.
To understand the award better, a sample recipient would be No. 18161 Naik Mukhtiar Singh, 4 J. & K. Infantry (to date from 19 March 1956).
"On the night of 18/19 March 1956, the position occupied by our troops on the Bela at Hussainiwala Headworks, near Ferozepore on the Indo-Pakistani Border was attacked. Approximately one platoon of attackers managed to secure a foothold on the Bela from the left flank. On being ordered by his platoon commander to take his section to the threatened flank and stem the advance, No. 18161 Naik Mukhtiar Singh personally led his section through heavy automatic fire. He inflicted two casualties on the attackers, captured their rifles and led his section up to the right Guide Bund and secured his objective. Whilst his section was securing the objective on the Bund, a hand grenade landed near him in the midst of his section. To save his section, he lifted the grenade with his left hand and tried to throw it back on the attackers. The grenade exploded in the meantime and his left elbow was blown off. Though seriously wounded he continued to exhort his men to fight on and refused to be evacuated. No. 18161 Naik Mukhtiar Singh by his high example of personal leadership, courage and complete disregard for his personal safety averted a disaster to his section and to the Bela Position."[6]
Design
Medal: It is circular in shape and is made of standard silver, one and three eight inches in diameter.
Obverse: On the obverse of the medal shall be embossed a replica of Ashoka Chakra in the centre, surrounded by a lotus wreath.
Reverse:On its reverse shall be embossed the words KIRTI CHAKRA both in Hindi and in English the versions being separated by two lotus flowers.For pre-1967 awards, the medal is blank in the centre, with "Ashoka Chakra" in Hindi along the upper edge on the medal and the same name in English along the lower rim, "ASHOKA CHAKRA". On either side is a lotus design. The centre is blank, perhaps with the intent that details of the award be engraved there. There is no indication of the class on the pre-1967 awards. For the post-1967 awards, the, names are changed to "Kirti Chakra" in Hindi above and "KIRTI CHAKRA" below.
Ribbon: 30 mm, dark green with two 2 mm saffron stripes. Dark green 8.5 mm, saffron 2 mm, dark green 9 mm, saffron 2 mm, dark green 8.5 mm.
Bar:If a recipient of the Chakra again performs such an act of gallantry as would have made him or her eligible to receive the Chakra, such further act of bravery shall be recognised by a Bar to be attached to the riband by which the Chakra is suspended. For every Bar awarded, a replica of the Chakra in miniature shall be added to the riband when worn alone.
Eligibility
Personnel Eligible: The following categories of personnel shall be eligible for the Chakra :-
Officers, men and women of all ranks of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, of any of the Reserve Forces, of the Territorial Army, Militia and of any other lawfully constituted Armed Forces.
Members of the Nursing Services of the Armed Forces.
Civilian citizens of either sex in all walks of life and members of Police Forces including Central Para-Military Forces and Railway Protection Force.
Conditions of Eligibility: The medal is awarded for conspicuous gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded posthumously. Monetary Allowance. Rs. 1050/- pm and each bar to the decoration will carry the same amount of monetary allowance as admissible to the original award with effect from 01.02.1999.
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This article is about the Indian Gallantry award For the 2006 Malayalam film see Keerthi Chakra film This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kirti Chakra news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour courageous action or self sacrifice away from the field of battle It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel including posthumous awards It is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra It is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards comes after Ashoka Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra Before 1967 the award was known as the Ashoka Chakra Class II Kirti ChakraKirti Chakra and its ribbon the second highest peacetime decoration of IndiaTypeMedalAwarded forAwarded for conspicuous gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy 1 CountryRepublic of IndiaPresented byRepublic of IndiaEligibilityOfficers men and women of all ranks of the Army the Navy and the Air Force of any of the Reserve Forces of the Territorial Army Militia and of any other lawfully constituted forces Members of the Nursing Services of the Armed Forces Civilian Citizens of either sex in all walks of life and members of Police Forces including Central Para Military Forces and Railway protection Force 2 Post nominalsKCStatusCurrently AwardedEstablished1952 71 years ago 1952 First awarded1952Last awarded2019 3 Total awarded posthumously198Total recipients496 As of 2021 4 PrecedenceNext higher Param Vishisht Seva Medal 5 EquivalentMaha Vir Chakra 5 Next lower Padma Shri 5 Contents 1 History 2 Design 3 Eligibility 4 Recipients 5 Trivia 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditEstablished as the Ashoka Chakra Class II by the President of India 4 January 1952 with effect from 15 August 1947 The statutes were revised and the decoration renamed on 27 January 1967 To understand the award better a sample recipient would be No 18161 Naik Mukhtiar Singh 4 J amp K Infantry to date from 19 March 1956 On the night of 18 19 March 1956 the position occupied by our troops on the Bela at Hussainiwala Headworks near Ferozepore on the Indo Pakistani Border was attacked Approximately one platoon of attackers managed to secure a foothold on the Bela from the left flank On being ordered by his platoon commander to take his section to the threatened flank and stem the advance No 18161 Naik Mukhtiar Singh personally led his section through heavy automatic fire He inflicted two casualties on the attackers captured their rifles and led his section up to the right Guide Bund and secured his objective Whilst his section was securing the objective on the Bund a hand grenade landed near him in the midst of his section To save his section he lifted the grenade with his left hand and tried to throw it back on the attackers The grenade exploded in the meantime and his left elbow was blown off Though seriously wounded he continued to exhort his men to fight on and refused to be evacuated No 18161 Naik Mukhtiar Singh by his high example of personal leadership courage and complete disregard for his personal safety averted a disaster to his section and to the Bela Position 6 Design EditMedal It is circular in shape and is made of standard silver one and three eight inches in diameter Obverse On the obverse of the medal shall be embossed a replica of Ashoka Chakra in the centre surrounded by a lotus wreath Reverse On its reverse shall be embossed the words KIRTI CHAKRA both in Hindi and in English the versions being separated by two lotus flowers For pre 1967 awards the medal is blank in the centre with Ashoka Chakra in Hindi along the upper edge on the medal and the same name in English along the lower rim ASHOKA CHAKRA On either side is a lotus design The centre is blank perhaps with the intent that details of the award be engraved there There is no indication of the class on the pre 1967 awards For the post 1967 awards the names are changed to Kirti Chakra in Hindi above and KIRTI CHAKRA below Ribbon 30 mm dark green with two 2 mm saffron stripes Dark green 8 5 mm saffron 2 mm dark green 9 mm saffron 2 mm dark green 8 5 mm Bar If a recipient of the Chakra again performs such an act of gallantry as would have made him or her eligible to receive the Chakra such further act of bravery shall be recognised by a Bar to be attached to the riband by which the Chakra is suspended For every Bar awarded a replica of the Chakra in miniature shall be added to the riband when worn alone Eligibility EditPersonnel Eligible The following categories of personnel shall be eligible for the Chakra Officers men and women of all ranks of the Army the Navy and the Air Force of any of the Reserve Forces of the Territorial Army Militia and of any other lawfully constituted Armed Forces Members of the Nursing Services of the Armed Forces Civilian citizens of either sex in all walks of life and members of Police Forces including Central Para Military Forces and Railway Protection Force Conditions of Eligibility The medal is awarded for conspicuous gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy The decoration may be awarded posthumously Monetary Allowance Rs 1050 pm and each bar to the decoration will carry the same amount of monetary allowance as admissible to the original award with effect from 01 02 1999 Recipients EditSee also List of Kirti Chakra award recipients Year Rank Name Regiment Notes2021 Constable Vinod Kumar CRPF PosthumousConstable Altaf Hussain Bhat Jammu and Kashmir Police PosthumousHead Constable Shyam Narain Singh Yadava CRPF PosthumousInspector Pintu Kumar Singh CRPF PosthumousDeputy Commandant Rahul Mathur CRPFSubedar Sanjeev Kumar 4 Para SF Posthumous2020 Head Constable Abdul Rashid Kalas Jammu and Kashmir Police Posthumous2019 Constable Pradip Kumar Panda CRPF PosthumousConstable Rajendra Kumar Nain CRPF PosthumousDeputy Commandant Harshpal Singh CRPFSapper Prakash Jadhav Indian Army PosthumousSawar Vijay Kumar ARMD 22 RR PosthumousMajor Tushar Gauba Jat Regiment2018 Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh Rajput 44 RR PosthumousMajor Vijayant Bisht Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry2017 Commandant Chetan Kumar Cheeta CRPFCommandant Pramod Kumar CRPF PosthumousLance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar 3 1 Gorkha Rifles Posthumous 7 Havildar Giris Gurung PosthumousMajor Rohit Suri 4 Para SF 7 Major David Manlun THE NAGA REGIMENT 164 INF BN TA HOME amp HEARTH NAGA Posthumous 8 9 Major Preetam Singh Kunwar Garhwal Rifles2016 Head Constable Rajesh Atra Chhattisgarh PoliceConstable Gautam Koch Assam Police PosthumousSepoy Jagdish Chand Defence Security Corps PosthumousSubedar Mahendra Singh SM 9 Para SF 2015 Naib Subedar Rajesh Kumar Mahar Regiment PosthumousLieutenant Colonel Nectar Sanjenbam SC 21 Para SF Naib Subedar Kosh Bahadur Gurung 1 Gorkha RiflesSubedar Ajay Vardhan Garhwal Rifles PosthumousCaptain Jaidev Dangi 10 Para SF 10 2014 Constable Bhrigu Nandan Choudhary CRPF PosthumousNaib Subedar Bhupal Singh Chhantel Magar 5 Gorkha RiflesWing Commander Darryl Castelino Indian Air Force Posthumous 11 2013 Inspector Lohit Sonowal Assam Police PosthumousLieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy Indian NavyMajor Mahesh Kumar SM Punjab RegimentMajor Anup Joseph Manjali Bihar Regiment2012 Lieutenant Sushil Khajuria Army Service Corps PosthumousCaptain Ashutosh Kumar Rajputana RiflesLieutenant Colonel Kamaldeep Singh Rajputana Rifles2011 Naik Rajinder Singh Rajputana RiflesLieutenant Vikas Sharma Parachute RegimentLieutenant Vikram Ajit Deshmukh Madras RegimentMajor Rahul Gurung The Corps of EngineersCaptain Deepak Sharma The Corps of Signals Posthumous2010 Kumari Rukhsana Kosser Indian CivilianShri Ajaz Ahmed Indian CivilianShri Bhopal Singh SSB PosthumousConstable Rel Deo Sangma Meghalaya Police PosthumousSuperintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Choubey Indian Police Service Posthumous 12 Captain Davinder Singh Jass 1 Para SF PosthumousMajor Suresh Suri Kumaon Regiment PosthumousMajor Pushpendar Singh Rajputana Rifles2009 Paratrooper Shabir Ahmad Malik Para SF PosthumousMajor Deepak Tewari EMEMajor Amit Oscar Fernandes Maratha Light InfantryNaik Rishikesh Gurjar Rajput RegimentSapper V Sathish The Corps of EngineersNaik Tape Yajo Assam RiflesHavildar Rale Santosh Tanaji Maratha Light InfantrySubedar Indra Bahadur Pun Para SFCaptain Paras Limboo Assam RiflesCaptain Zala Ajitkumar Arshibhai Para SFLieutenant Colonel Osiris Das Kumaon RegimentLieutenant Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat Para SF 13 2008 Constable Roop Singh ITBP PosthumousConstable Ajay Singh Pathania ITBP PosthumousShri V Venkateswara Rao Indian Foreign Service PosthumousCaptain Sunil Kumar Choudhary SM 11 Gorkha Rifles PosthumousMajor Rajinder Kumar Sharma SC GrenadiersMajor Sushil Kumar Singh Bihar RegimentMajor Nungleppam Buddhimanta Singh SM Rajput RegimentLieutenant Colonel Manish Shashikant Kadam Punjab Regiment PosthumousBrigadier Ravi Datt Mehta Intelligence PosthumousSepoy Suresh Jat Regiment PosthumousMajor Subhash Chand Punia Para SFMajor Kumandur Prabhakar Vinay Artillery PosthumousMajor Shatrujeet Kotwal Jat Regiment2007 Sub Inspector Dhirendra Nath Pratap Singh CISF PosthumousShri Dyanand Pandey Bashkari Sub Post Office PosthumousShri Tarun Kumar Dutta Intelligence Officer PosthumousShri Mohd Shan Ahmed Jhansi Head Post Office PosthumousNaik Radhakrishnan C Madras Regiment PosthumousCaptain Abhinav Handa Maratha Light InfantryLieutenant Colonel Pankaj Kumar 11 Gorkha RiflesHavildar Manjit Singh Sikh RegimentLieutenant Natarajan Parthiban Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry PosthumousCaptain Vishal Bhandral Garhwal Rifles PosthumousMajor Manish Hiraji Pitambare Para SF PosthumousColonel Gurbir Singh Sarna Grenadiers Posthumous2006 Fireman Vijay Pal Singh Uttar Pradesh Fire Service PosthumousBank Guard Rugha Ram Punjab and Sindh Bank PosthumousSub Inspector Sanjeev Andaman and Nicobar Police PosthumousMajor James Thomas Sikh Light Infantry PosthumousSubedar Jagat Bahadur Ghale 5 Gorkha Rifles Posthumous2005 Captain Sajjan Singh Malik 10 Para SF PosthumousWing Commander Balakrishna Pillai Sreebhavan Krishna Kumar Indian Air ForceWing Commander Sudhir Kumar Sharma Indian Air Force2004 Second In Command Narindra Nath Dhar Dubey Border Security ForceConstable C Stanly Border Security Force PosthumousLieutenant Dheerendra Singh Atri Army Service Corps PosthumousLieutenant Kanavdeep Singh Sikh Regiment PosthumousMajor Ajay Kothiyal Garhwal Rifles 14 2003 Sub Inspector Ravi Jee Fotedar Jammu and Kashmir Police PosthumousCommandant Virendra Prasad Purohit Border Security Force PosthumousRifleman Surjan Singh Bhandari National Security Guards PosthumousGrenadier Anil Kumar The Grenadiers PosthumousSepoy Sarwan Kumar Dhukiya Infantry PosthumousLance Naik Sohanvir Infantry PosthumousSubedar Dil Bahadur Thapa InfantryCaptain Dilip Kumar Jha Infantry PosthumousMajor Inderjeet Singh Babbar Artillery PosthumousNaik Tarlok Singh Mahar RegimentHavildar Rudal Prasad Bihar Regiment Posthumous2002 Head Constable Bijender Singh Delhi Police PosthumousHead Constable Ghan Shyam Delhi Police PosthumousHead Constable Om Prakash Delhi PoliceAssistant Sub Inspector Ram Pal Delhi Police PosthumousAssistant Sub Inspector Nanak Chand Delhi Police PosthumousNaib Subedar Dev Bahadur Thapa 4 Gorkha Rifles PosthumousNaib Subedar Ishwar Singh Parachute RegimentMajor Ushnisha Jaitly 11 Gorkha Rifles PosthumousLance Havildar Jora Singh Sikh Light Infantry PosthumousHavildar Lashkar Singh Sikh Regiment PosthumousMajor Avinash Singh Bhadauria Madras Regiment Posthumous 15 Major Subhash Chand Rana Sikh Regiment2001 Captain Pankaj Dhyani Dogra RegimentLieutenant Mayekar Narendra Atmaram EME PosthumousLieutenant Ravinder Chhikara The Grenadiers PosthumousCaptain R Subramanian Para SF PosthumousMajor Pradeep R Tathawade Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry PosthumousCorporal Akhilesh Kumar Mishra Indian Air ForceWing Commander Rajiv Kothiyal Indian Air Force2000 Captain Amit Semwal Dogra Regiment PosthumousMajor Deepak Mehra 5 Gorkha RiflesLance Naik Ram Chander Bhatt 9 Gorkha Rifles PosthumousSubedar Daljit Singh Dogra Regiment PosthumousMajor Shushil Aima AD Artillery PosthumousMajor Joginder Singh Tanwar 3 Gorkha Rifles1999 Sepoy Balbir Singh Punjab Regiment PosthumousNaik Tikaram Thapa Assam Rifles PosthumousNaik Narayan Das Assam Rifles PosthumousHavildar Raksh Paul Dogra Regiment 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RegimentFlight Lieutenant Sankara Iyer Chandrasekhar Indian Air Force1981 Shri S Bhaga Panickar Mechanical EngineerPioneer Ram Adhir GREFShri Tsangu Khemnungan Village Guards PosthumousHavildar Pukhu Khemnungan Village GuardsShri Sanjay Chopra Indian Civilian PosthumousKumari Geeta Chopra Indian Civilian PosthumousRifleman Parshotam Dass Jammu and Kashmir Rifles PosthumousFlight Lieutenant Anil Kumar Mathur India Air Force1980 Major Sukhdev Singh Punjab Regiment Posthumous1979 Sub Overseer Ram Dulare Lal General Reserve Engineer Force PosthumousShri Nathan Singh Indian CivilianShri Kayum Khan Bus DriverKumari K Bina Indian CivilianNaik Pratap Singh Intelligence PosthumousSubedar Bakhtawar Singh Punjab Regiment PosthumousGroup Captain Denzil Keelor Indian Air Force1978 Shri Kanwar Lal Sareen Pipeline EngineerShri Kurpati Indian CivilianSquadron Leader Deepak Yadav Indian Air Force PosthumousSepoy Dhan Singh Army Medical Corps PosthumousSignalman Rama Rao Dattatarya Deshmukh Signals 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Jitendra Biswas Army Service CorpsCaptain Sreeram Raju Kosuri Assam Rifles1968 Shri Bishal Singh Indian Civilian PosthumousSubedar Chalhnuna Lushai Assam RiflesCaptain Allah Noor Kathat Assam Rifles PosthumousCorporal Sukumar Ghosh Indian Air Force1966 Shri Tilak Raj Khanna Indian CivilianShri Satish Sood Indian CivilianShri Preet Pal Singh Indian CivilianShri Arun Khanna Indian CivilianShri Kirpal Singh Dhingra Indian CivilianShri Jia Lal Gupta Electrical EngineerShri Partapa Indian RailwaysSquadron Leader Vishwanath Balkrishna Sawardekar Indian Air Force1965 Shri Patric Edward Crizzle Indian Railways PosthumousSubedar Zhevishe Sema Village GuardShri Angami Indian Civilian1964 Shri Samiran Kumar Roy India Steamship PosthumousShri Alan Fredrick Richtor India SteamshipShri Abdul Razakali India Steamship PosthumousShri Haran Chandra Misra India Steamship PosthumousShri Medandra Krishna Kumar India Steamship PosthumousShri Sureshwar Datta India Steamship PosthumousShri Razo Sopu Angami Village GusrdMajor Dwarka Nath Kanwarpal Assam RiflesLance Naik Karna Bahadur Gurung Assam RiflesNaik Karna Bahadur Rai Assam Rifles PosthumousSecond Lieutenant Preminder Singh The Corps of Engineers Posthumous1963 Shri Allika Venkata Rao Indian Railways PosthumousNaik Ranjit Singh Dogra Regiment Posthumous1962 Flight Lieutenant Jagannath Vijayaraghavan Indian Air Force PosthumousFlight Lieutenant Karan Sher Singh Kalsia Indian Air Force PosthumousFlight Lieutenant Madhusudan Ray Indian Air Force PosthumousFlying Officer Vaidyanathan Ganesan Indian Air Force PosthumousFlight Lieutenant Balkrishan Desoares Indian Air ForceFlight Lieutenant Raj Kumar Mehta Indian Air Force PosthumousOrdinary Seaman Bechan Singh Indian Navy PosthumousSenior Commissioned Gunner Noel Kelman Indian NavyOrdinary Seaman VijendraI Pal Singh Tomar Indian Navy PosthumousRifleman Bir Singh Negi Garhwal Rifles1961 Shri Imti Mayang Village GuardsShri Percival Douglas Carroll Indian Railways PosthumousSquadron Leader Ayappan Sudhakaran Indian Air Force PosthumousRifleman Hans Raj Jammu and Kashmir Rifles PosthumousMajor Parayil Bhaskaran Madras Regiment1960 Subedar Pfudilhu Angami Village GuardsCaptain Sampuran Singh Grewal Indian AirlinesLieutenant Colonel Jamshed Bhurjorji Dorabji Assam RiflesSepoy Chuhar Singh Sikh Light InfantrySubedar Sat Lal Pun 8 Gorkha RiflesSecond Lieutenant Raj Mohan Sharma Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry1959 Sepoy Ayomo Lotha Village GuardShri Makhimong Indian CivilianSquadron Leader Reginald Azariah Rufus Indian Air ForceRifleman Jut Bahadur Thapa 8 Gorkha Rifles PosthumousRifleman Madho Singh Negi Garhwal Rifles PosthumousNaik Lal Singh Rajput RegimentCaptain Graman Kastrurirangam Krishna Iyengar The Corps of EngineersCaptain Harbans Singh Assam RiflesRifleman Bhim Bahadur Khattri 9 Gorkha RiflesRifleman Jaman Singh Gusain Garhwal RiflesMajor Danchand Singh Pratap 3 Gorkha Rifles1958 Wing Commander Nedyam Bhaskar Menon Indian Airforce 16 Wing Commander Edul Jahangir Dhatigara Indian Air ForceRifleman Dan Singh Pun 3 Gorkha RiflesRifleman Tara Prasad Gurung 3 Gorkha RiflesRifleman Jailal Adhikari 9 Gorkha RiflesSepoy Suraj Singh Rajput RegimentSepoy Ram Deva Rajput Regiment PosthumousLance Naik Ran Bahadur Gurung 5 Gorkha RiflesNaik Karnail Singh Punjab Regiment PosthumousSubedar Sohan Singh Punjab Regiment PosthumousLieutenant Colonel Jaswant Singh Rajput Regiment1957 Shri Manasser Johannes Indian Railways PosthumousCFN Jaikaran EMELance Naik Pandit Mane Maratha Light InfantryMajor Amar Sen Assam RiflesMajor Inder Singh Rawat Assam RiflesMajor Denzil Herbert D Cruz Assam RiflesSepoy Mohinder Singh Sikh Light InfantrySepoy Parmal Singh Rajput Regiment PosthumousJemadar Kulwant Singh Sikh Regiment PosthumousSubedar Nasib Singh Sikh Light InfantryCaptain Mehta Singh Sikh Light Infantry PosthumousNaik Mukhtar Singh Jammu and Kashmir RiflesSepoy Babu Lal Rajput Regiment Posthumous1956 Jemadar Sheopujan Singh Bihar RegimentJemadar Sham Bahadur Singh Bihar Regiment Posthumous1955 Flight Attendant Glori Berry Air India PosthumousHavildar A Somiah EME1954 Major General Shankarrao Pandurung Patil Thorat Indian Army1953 Flight Lieutenant Raizada Harbans Chawdhry Indian Air Force1952 Shri B B L Datt Indian CivilianFlight Sergeant O Sundaressiya Indian Air ForceSergeant Dev Raj Singh Indian Air ForceSergeant Ram Chandra Dua Indian Air ForceFlight Lieutenant Ulrich Anthony D Cruz Indian Air ForceSowar Prithi Singh Armoured Corps 3rd Cavalry 17 Major Gurcharan Singh Artillery 26 Light A A Regiment 17 Sepoy Daryao The GrenadiersSepoy Sewa Singh Sikh RegimentNaik Hardial Singh Sikh Regiment PosthumousHavildar Amar Singh Punjab RegimentCaptain Joginder Singh Gharaya Bihar RegimentTrivia EditCaptain later Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Gharaya and other 11 persons were first recipients of the Kirti Chakra B B L Datt was the first civilian recipient of the Kirti Chakra Glori Berry a flight attendant of Air India was the female recipient of the Kirti Chakra Wing Commander Ravish Malhotra is the first astronaut to be awarded with the Kirti Chakra Only one Soldier Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair has been awarded both the Kirti Chakra and the Ashok Chakra making him the most decorated soldier for bravery in India Outline Ashoka Chakra Class II 1952 67 Kirti Chakra 1967 References Edit Official Website of Indian Army Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 3 October 2014 Official Website of Indian Army Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 3 October 2014 President Kovind presents Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations YouTube YouTube Gallantry Awards Ministry of Defence Government of India a b c Precedence Of Medals indianarmy nic in Indian Army Retrieved 9 September 2014 No 4 Pres 57 of 26 January 1957 in Gazette of India part I section 1 26 January 1957 p 22 a b List of Awardees 2017 PDF Pibphoto nic in Retrieved 25 July 2018 DAVID MANLUN Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Retrieved 25 July 2018 President honours Major David Manlun of the Naga Regiment with Kirti Chakra YouTube 27 March 2018 Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 Retrieved 25 July 2018 Gazette of India No 14 page 228 PDF 4 April 2015 Retrieved 13 September 2022 WING COMMANDER DARRYL CASTELINO Gallantry Awards Archived from the original on 11 July 2019 Press Information Bureau Pib nic in Retrieved 25 July 2018 LT COL SAURABH SINGH SHEKHAWAT SC SM VSM AJAY KOTHIYAL SC Gallantryawards gov in Retrieved 12 December 2017 MAJ AVINASH SINGH BHADAURIA Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Retrieved 2 March 2019 http www bharat rakshak com IAF Database 2994 a b Gazette of India No 17 page 126 PDF 26 January 1952 Retrieved 11 October 2022 External links EditKirti Chakra at Indian Army website Kirtichakra Medal Bharat Rakshak Article on Kirti Chakra Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kirti Chakra amp oldid 1119044548, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
