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Indian honours systemclassified in five typesLeadership, Literature, Civilian, Patriotic, and Particular.Leadership awardsGandhi Peace PrizeIndira Gandhi PrizeGandhi Peace PrizeInternational Gandhi Peace Prizeawarded annuallyby the Government of India.First awarded1995Category InternationalFirst awardee(s) Julius NyerereA jury consisting of the Prime Minister of India, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the Chief Justice of India and two other eminent persons decides the awardeeLast awardee(s) Chandi Prasad Bhatt Environmentalist, social activist and pioneer of the Chipko movementPopular AwardeesNelson MandelaBaba AmteRamakrishna MissionIndira Gandhi PrizeAwarded for Outstanding contributions in peaceFirst awarded1986Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development accorded annuallyby India to individuals or organizationsin recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger good of humanity, and enlarging the scope of freedom.First award presented to Parliamentarians for Global ActionFirst Person to receive Mikhail GorbachevRecently awarded to Indian Space Research Organisation (2014)Literature awardsSahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi FellowshipBhasha SammanTranslation AwardsAnand Coomarswamy FellowshipsPremchand FellowshipJnanpith AwardCivilian awardsBharat RatnaPadma awardsPadma Shri is awarded for ‘distinguished service’.Padma Bhushan for ‘distinguished service of a high order’.Padma Vibhushan for ‘exceptional and distinguished service'.Padma Vibhushan — Second degree honour.Padma Bhushan — Third degree honour.Padma Shri — Fourth degree honour.Bharat Ratnahighest civilian award of the Republic of India.Instituted on 2 January 1954award is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order"The award was originally limited to achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavour" in December 2011. Recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President, with a maximum of three nominees being awarded per year. no monetary grant associated with the awardBharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence, but are constitutionally prohibited from using the award name as a title.the award has been bestowed on 43 individuals including 11 who were awarded posthumously.former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first individual to be honoured posthumously.In 2013, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, aged 40, became the youngest recipient while social reformer Dhondo Keshav Karve was awarded on his 100th birthday.Though usually conferred on Indian citizens, the Bharat Ratna has been awarded to one naturalised citizen, Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Pakistan national Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in 1987 and former South African President Nelson Mandela in 1990. The most recent recipients are C. N. R. Rao and Sachin Tendulkar who were honoured in 2013.First awardee(s)C. RajagopalachariSarvepalli RadhakrishnanC. V. RamanRecent awardee(s)C. N. R. RaoSachin TendulkarPadma awardPadma Vibhushansecond highest civilian award in the Republic of Indiaestablished on 2 January 1954It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any field, including government service.Padma Bhushanthird highest civilian award in the Republic of IndiaIt is announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.Padma Shrifourth highest civilian award in the Republic of IndiaPatriotic AwardsWartime gallantry awardsParam Vir Chakra Maha Vir ChakraVir ChakraParam Vir ChakraIndia's highest military decorationawarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.The majority of the recipients, fourteen out of twenty one, were awarded posthumously.equivalent to the Medal of Honor in the United States, and the Victoria Cross in the United Kingdomestablished on 26 January 1950 (Republic Day of India), by the President of IndiaIt can be awarded to officers or enlisted personnel from all branches of the Indian military.Maha Vir Chakrasecond highest military decoration in India, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. The medal may be awarded posthumously.Vir ChakraIndian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefieldIt is third in precedence in the war time gallantry awards and comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir ChakraPeacetime gallantry awardsAshok Chakra Kirti ChakraShaurya ChakraAshoka ChakraIndia's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefieldIt 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. It replaced the British George CrossKirti ChakraThe Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battleIt may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awardsIt is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra.It is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards; it comes after Ashoka Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra. Shaurya ChakraIt is the peacetime equivalent of the Vir Chakra.It is generally awarded for Counter-Insurgency operations and actions against the enemy during peace-time. It is third in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards and comes after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti ChakraIt precedes the Sena Medal.Wartime/Peacetime service and gallantry awardsSena MedalNao Sena MedalVayusena MedalWartime Distinguished ServiceSarvottam Yudh Seva MedalUttam Yudh Seva MedalYudh Seva MedalPeacetime Distinguished ServiceParticular awardsParam Vishisht Seva MedalAti Vishisht Seva MedalVishisht Seva MedalNational sports awardsRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.Dronacharya award.Arjuna award.Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaIndia’s highest honour given for achievement in sports, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of IndiaThe award was instituted in the year 1991–92Predating the RGKR are the Arjuna awards that have always been given to outstanding sportspersons in each of many sporting disciplines every year.The Khel Ratna was devised to be an overarching honour, conferred for outstanding sporting performance, whether by an individual or a team, across all sporting disciplines in a given year.Dronacharya AwardDronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India for excellence in sports coachingAs the best sportsperson award is named Arjuna Award, it is appropriate that the coaching award is named after DronacharyaArjuna AwardThe Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports.Police awardsPresident's Police Medal for GallantryPresident's Fire Services Medal for GallantryBravery awardsNational Bravery AwardBharat AwardSanjay Chopra AwardGeeta Chopra Award ................
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