INDIAN HONOURS SYSTEM

Contents Leadership Awards Literature Awards Civilian Awards Patriotic Awards Particular Awards

Leadership Awards

Gandhi Peace Prize Awarded annually Tribute to ideas espoused by Gandhi 125th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi Individuals/institutions  social economic political transformation Open to all

Gandhi Peace Prize 10 years of work 10 million a plaque a citation

Gandhi Peace Prize

Gandhi Peace Prize

Award Information

Category International

First awarded 1995

Total awarded 12

Awarded by Government of India

Cash award  10 million

First awardee(s) Julius Nyerere

Gandhi Peace PrizeJURY: Prime Minister Opposition leader  Chief Justice   Two other eminent persons

Indira Gandhi Prize

 annually  individuals or organizations  creative efforts toward promoting : international peace development new international economic order

Indira Gandhi Prize

Indira Gandhi Prize

Award Information

Category International

First awarded 1986

Total awarded 27

Awarded by Government of India

Cash award  25 lakhs

First awardee(s) Parliamentarians for Global Action

Indira Gandhi Prize

Panel: Constituted by  Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust prominent national and international personalities previous recipients

Literature

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award

a literary honour Awarded by Sahitya Akademi  India's National Academy of Literature Must not be a translation Rs.100,000

Sahitya Akademi Award

Award Information

Category Literature (Individual)

Description Literary award in India

Instituted 1954

First awarded 1955

Last awarded 2014

Awarded by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India

Other literature awards Sahitya Akademi Fellowships Bhasha Samman Translation Awards Anand Coomarswamy Fellowships Premchand Fellowships Jnanpith Award

CIVILIAN AWARDSCivilian Awards are a souvenir of honour which is awarded to the common people for showing acts of bravery .

CATEGORIES OF CIVILIAN AWARDS

Bharat Ratna Padma Awards

Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shri

BHARATH RATNA Bharat Ratna is the premier civilian

award, to serve the nation. The various fields are scientific

achievements literary, scientific accomplishment, as well as the gratitude of community service of the highest category.

BHARATH RATNA

PADMA VIBHUSHAN Ranking wise the second award is the Padma Vibhushan in the Indian Republic.

It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India.

It contains a quotation and a medal.  

PADMA VIBHUSHAN

PADMA BHUSHAN The Padma Bhushan  is the highest civilian award third in rank in the Indian Republic,and comes after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan. The award was established on 2 January

1954 by the President of India

PADMA BHUSHAN

PADMA SHREE Padma Shri or Padmashree is the fourth award high in order in the Indian Republic, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.

It is awarded by the Government of India.

PADMA SHREE

PATRIOTIC AWARDS

CATEGORIES Wartime Peacetime Wartime /Peacetime service & gallantry Wartime distinguished service Peacetime distinguished service

Wartime Awards

Param Vir Chakra Maha Vir Chakra Vir Chakra

Param Vir Chakra

India's highest military decoration highest degree of valor or self-sacrifice in the

presence of the enemy right to use P.V.C. as post nominal abbreviation replaced the former British colonial Victoria Cross

Maha Vir Chakra

second highest military decoration in India May be awarded posthumously replaced the British Distinguished Service Order  the right to use M.V.C. as a post nominal

abbreviation

Vir Chakra

third in precedence in the war time gallantry awards award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefield replaced the British DSC, MC and DFC the right to use Vr.C. as a post nominal abbreviation

Peacetime Awards Ashoka Chakra Kirti Chakra Shaurya Chakra

Ashoka Chakra

awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield

peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra replaced the British George Cross

Kirti Chakra

peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra second in order of precedence of peacetime

gallantry awards awarded to civilians as well as military personnel

Shaurya Chakra

peacetime equivalent of the Vir Chakra third in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry

awards award was known as the Ashoka Chakra, Class III

Wartime/Peacetime Service & Gallantry

Sena Medal Nao Sena Medal Vayu Sena Medal

Sena Medal

awarded to members of the Indian army for such individual acts of exceptional devotion to

duty or courage as have special significance for the Army

Nao Sena Medal

a gallantry award for servicemen in the Indian Navy established by the President of India, 17 June 1960

Vayu Sena Medal

awarded in peacetime for a job well done Award for servicemen in Indian Air Force classified into two categories

Wartime Distinguished Services Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal Uttam Yudh Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal

-awarded for the highest, higher & high degree of distinguished services in an operational context. "Operation context" include times of war, conflict, or hostilities

Peacetime Distinguished Services

Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

-given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces

Particular Awards• National Sports Awards• Police Awards• Bravery Awards

National Sports Awards• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna Award• Arjuna Award• Dronacharya Award• Dhyan Chand Award

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna Award

India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The words "Khel Ratna" literally mean "sports gem"

In Hindi. The award was instituted in the year 1991 The award is named after the late RajivGandhi,former Prime

Minister of India. The cash amount given by this award is 5,00,000.

Awardeesyear Name Sport Discipline

1991-1992 Viswanathan Anand Chess

1992-1993 Geet Sethi Billiards

1994-1995 Homi D.Motivala,Garg Yathcing

1995-1996 Karnam Malleshwari Weight lifting

1996-1997 Leander Paes Tennis

1997-1998 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket

1998-1999 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athlets

1999-2000 Thanraj Pillai Hockey

2000-2001 Pullela Gopichand Badminton

2001-2002 Abinav Bindra Shooting

2002-2003 Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat

Shooting

2004-2005 Anju Bobby George Athletics

Year Name Sport Discipline

2005-2006 Rajyavardhan SinghRathore Shooting

2006-2007 Pankaj Advani Billiards and Snooker

2007-2008 Manavjit Singh Sandhu

Shooting

2008-2009 Vijender Singh,sushil Kumar

Boxing,Wrestling

2009-2010 Saina Nehwal Badminton

2010-2011 Gagan Narang Shooting

2011-2012 Vijay Kumar,Yogeshwar Dutt

Shooting,Wrestling

2012-2013 Ronjan Sodhi Shooting

Arjuna Awards The Arjuna Awards were

instituted in 1961 by the government of India.

This Award Is given for the Outstanding Achiever for National Sports.

From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:

Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket.

Sports for the Physically Challenged.

In 2012 ,25 Sport persons got that Award.

ARCHERYS.No. Year Name

1 1981 Krishna Das

2 1989 Shyam Lal

3 1991 Limba Ram

4 1992 Sanjeev Kumar Singh

5 2005 Tarundeep Rai

6 2005 Dola Banerjee

7 2006 Jayanta Talukdar

8 2009 Mangal Singh Champia

9 2011 Rahul Banerjee

10 2012 Deepika Kumari

11 2012 Laishram Bombayla Devi

12 2013 Chekrovolu Swuro

IN ATHLETICS,There are 92 Members Got Arjuna Award.

IN BADMINTON,There are 30 People Got Arjuna Award.

IN BALL BADMINTON There are 6 People Got Arjuna Award.

IN BILLIARDS & SNOOKER There are 8 People Got Arjuna Award.

IN BOXING, There are 35 People Got Arjuna Award.

Dronacharya Award This is an award presented by the

government of India for excellence in sport coaching.

The award was instituted in 1985. The award comprises

a bronzestatuette of Dronacharya The award carries a cash prize

of  5,00,000. B.I. Fernandez is the First foreign

Coach who was awarded by Dronacharya Award in 2012.

This Award instituted in 1985. The cash prize for this Award is 5,00,000. From 1985 to 2013, there are 85 coachers got Dronacharya

Award. The name Dronacharya Came ,bacause he is a ‘GURU’ of

Arjuna.

Dhyan Chand Award  India's highest award for lifetime

achievement in sports and games, given by the Government of India.

The award is named after the legendary Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand.

The award was initiated in 2002.  The award carries a cash prize of 

5 lakhs. In August 2013, 4 individuals were

awarded the Dhyan Chand Award: Syed Ali (Hockey), Mary D'Souza (Athletics), Anil Maan (Wrestling) and Giriraj Singh (Para-Sports).[

From 2002 upto 2013, there are 39 sports person got this award for the sports such as,

Athletics,wrestling, Cricket,Basket ball,volley ball,swimming and Para-sports.

NATIONAL BRAVERYAWARDS

Categories  Bharat Award Sanjay Chopra Award  Geeta Chopra Award

BHARAT AWARDS

Awarded annually Tribute to all brave students Introduced by Nehru Open to all

ELIGIBILITY Given to children between the ages of six

to eighteen.

The award includes a medal, a certificate, and a cash prize.

The Bharat Award winner gets a gold medal, while the rest get a silver medal.

Each child is also given financial assistance to complete his or her schooling.