Prez approves gallantry awards for 70 including Ashoka Chakra for astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla. Full list

President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 Armed Forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day. These include one Ashok Chakra; three Kirti Chakras; 13 Shaurya Chakras, including one posthumous; one Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry); 44 Sena Medals (Gallantry), including five posthumous; six Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and two Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

Among the awardees include Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla was on Monday awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award. In June last year, Shukla became the second Indian to have gone to space and the first one to set foot on the ISS as part of the Axiom-4 mission.

Shukla's 18-day space odyssey came 41 years after cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma flew aboard a Russian Soyuz in 1984.


As a fighter pilot, Shukla has an impressive record of 2,000 hours of flight experience across various aircraft, including the Su-30 MKI, MiG-21, MiG-29, Jaguar, Hawk, Dornier and An-32.

On the eve of the Republic Day, President Droupadi Murmu approved gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six who would receive the honour posthumously.

These include one Ashoka Chakra, three Kirti Chakra, 13 Shaurya Chakra, including one posthumous, one Bar to Sena Medal (gallantry) and 44 Sena Medals (gallantry).

The Kirti Chakra award winners are Major Arshdeep Singh, Naib Subedar Doleshwar Subba and Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair.

The President also approved 301 military decorations to Armed Forces and other personnel. These include 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals; four Uttam Yudh Seva Medals; 56 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals; 09 Yudh Seva Medals; two Bar to Sena Medals (Distinguished); 43 Sena Medals (Distinguished); eight Nao Sena Medals (Distinguished); 14 Vayu Sena Medals (Distinguished); and 135 Vishisht Seva Medals.

Here's the full list of Gallantry awards

ASHOKA CHAKRA
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla

KIRTI CHAKRA
Major Arshdeep Singh
Naib Subedar Doleshwar Subba
Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair

SHAURYA CHAKRA
Lieutenant Colonel Ghatage Aditya Shrikumar
Major Anshul Baltoo
Major Shivkant Yadav
Major Vivek
Major Leishangthem Deepak Singh
Captain Yogender Singh Thakur
Subedar P H Moses
Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand (Posthumous)
Rifleman Manglem Sang Vaiphei
Rifleman Dhurba Jyoti Dutta
Lieutenant Commander Dilna K
Lieutenant Commander Roopa A
Assistant Commandant Vipin Wilson

BAR TO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)
Lance Havildar Satya Pal Singh

SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)
Colonel Amit Dadhwal
Lieutenant Colonel Mudigere Rajagopal Suhas
Lieutenant Colonel Pradeep Shoury Arya
Major Kulbir Singh Mohan
Major Aneesh Chandran C
Major Charanjit Singh
Major Nagavignesh KA
Major Rohit Kumar
Major Sivaprasad K
Major Akshay Anand
Major C Sai Vivek
Major Vishwa Prakash Dubey
Major Rohit Kumar
Major Ravi Kumar Singh
Major Tushar Nagraik
Captain Ajinkya Pandit Kanase
Captain Jagdeep Narayan
Captain Prabhat Kumar Singh
Captain Gursharan Singh
Subedar Dharamveer (Posthumous)
Subedar Raj Kumar Manjhi
Subedar Gopal Singh
Subedar Kuldeep Chand (Posthumous)
Subedar Shamas Din
Naib Subedar Mohmad Iqbal Teeli
Naib Subedar Pawan Kumar
Naib Subedar Sariful Mandal
Naib Risaldar Rana Pratap Singh
Havildar Jhantu Ali Shaikh (Posthumous)
Havildar Anand Suman Rana
Havildar Maksood Deen
Havildar Puran Singh Kharayat
Havildar Md Saroj Khan
Havildar Yang Dorjee Lama
Lance Dafadar Bharavad Mehulbhai Mepabhai (Posthumous)
Naik Ranjay Kumar
Lance Naik Ashok Kumar Bhinchar
Sepoy Shabir Ahmad
Sepoy Gyakar Sandip Pandurang (Posthumous)
Sepoy Kadaohum Bellai
Rifleman Waikhom Mohan Singh
Rifleman Thanggoulun Singson
Paratrooper Bringer HK
Paratrooper Deepchand Kargwal

NAO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)
Commander Nardeep Singh
Lieutenant Commander Rishabh Purbia
Commander Rajeshwar Kumar Sharma
Lieutenant Commander Prashant Raj
Commander Harpreet Singh
Captain Piyush Katiyar

VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)
Wing Commander Shobhit Vyas
Junior Warrant Officer Kirpal Singh Salaria