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Mary Kom becomes first Indian woman athlete to be recommended for Padma Vibhushan
MC Mary Kom from Manipur has become the first Indian woman athlete to be recommended for Padma Vibhushan by the Sports Ministry. She is the only woman to become World Amateur Boxing champion for a record six times, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the seven world ..
Topics: Awards • Cricket World Cup • KOM • Mary Kom • Orders, decorations, and medals of India • Padma Bhushan • Padma Shri • Padma Vibhushan • Sachin Tendulkar
Gallantry Awards of India
On the occasion of India’s 73rd Independence Day President Ram Nath Kovind has signed-off on awards to armed forces personnel and members of paramilitary forces. The recipient’s list includes two Kirti Chakras, one Vir Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras, eight Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 90 Sena Medals (Gallantry), five Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), seven Vayu ..
Topics: Ashoka Chakra • Awards • Brigade of The Guards • Gurkhas • Kirti Chakra • Military • Military units and formations • Orders, decorations, and medals of India • Param Vir Chakra • Rifle regiments • Shaurya Chakra
Fali S. Nariman honoured with 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration
On October 22, renowned jurist Fali S. Nariman has been honoured with the 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration for year 2018 by the Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu. The award was instituted by the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management in 1995 in the field of Public ..
Topics: Government of India • Indian people • Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award • Orders, decorations, and medals of India
Zorawar Chand Bakshi, one of India’s most highly decorated generals passes away
Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi (97), one of India’s most highly decorated generals, has passed away at New Delhi on May 24, 2018. He hailed from Gulyana village near Rawalpindi in Pakistan, where he was born in 1921. Gen Bakshi was most known as one of the commanders of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (Operation Ablaze). ..
Topics: Hanut Singh • Maha Vir Chakra • Military • Military personnel • Orders, decorations, and medals of India • Raj Mohan Vohra • Vir Chakra • Zorawar Chand Bakhshi
Indo-Pak 1971 war veteran Brigadier Francis Regis Campos passes away
Indo-Pak 1971 war veteran Brigadier Francis Regis Campos, VSM, AVSM, passed away at Secunderabad on April 23, 2018. During the 1971 Indo-Pak War, his meticulous planning and foresight as Adjutant Quarter Master General (AQMG) of 54 Infantry Division, led to effective logistic support during a critical phase of the Battle of Basantar in the Shakargarh ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Commandant of the National Defence College • Indian Air Force • Indian Army • Military • Orders, decorations, and medals of India • Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal • Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal • Vishisht Seva Medal