Ashok Chakra Current Affairs, GK & News
Ambedkar Jayanti celebrated throughout the country
On April 14, 2020, India celebrated the 129th birth anniversary of Bhimarao Ramji Ambedkar. Amidst the lock down, his birth anniversary is being celebrated digitally by the whole of India. The Indian Constitution was prepared under the leadership of Ambedkar. About Ambedkar Ambedkar was born in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. It was a small cantonment in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Ambedkar • Ambedkar Jayanti • Ashok Chakra • Bharat Ratna • Buddhism • Constituent assembly • Indian Constitution
IAF Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala posthumously conferred with Ashok Chakra
President Ram Nath Kovind awarded India’s highest peacetime military decoration Ashok Chakra (31) posthumously to Indian Air Force (IAF) Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala. He had laid down his life after gunning down two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. He is the third Ashok Chakra for the IAF and its first for ground combat. ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Ashok Chakra • Awards • Defence • Indian Air Force • Jyoti Prakash Nirala • Persons in News • President Ram Nath Kovind
Gallantry awards 2016
President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami posthumously. On the eve of 67th Republic Day celebrations President has approved 365 Gallantry awards and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others. It includes one Ashoka Chakra, 4 Kirti Chakras and 11 Shaurya ..
Topics: Ashok Chakra • Awards • Current Affairs 2016 • Defence • Gallantry awards 2016 • Kirti Chakra • Shaurya Chakra
Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously
Two army personnel, Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were awarded the highest peacetime military honour, the Ashok Chakra posthumously by President Pranab Mukherjee. The awards were received by their wives at the 66th Republic Day celebrations. Both the army men had laid down their lives while battling groups of militants in separate ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Topics: 66th Republic Day • Ashok Chakra • Current Affairs - 2017 • Current Affairs 2016 • Major Mukund Varadarajan • Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh • President Pranab Mukherjee