President approves four Kirti Chakras, 11 Shaurya Chakras for armed forces and CAPFs
The Hindu
Four personnel of CRPF receive Kirti Chakra, India's second-highest peacetime gallantry award; 11 receive Shaurya Chakra, 76 gallantry awards, including 9 posthumous, for armed forces and CAPF personnel approved by President.
The Kirti Chakra, the second-highest peacetime gallantry award in the country, will be awarded to four personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force who died in action during an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh in April 2021.
Eleven personnel of the security forces will receive the Shaurya Chakra, the third-highest peacetime gallantry award. Of the 11 Shaurya Chakras, five have been named posthumously.
These are among the 76 gallantry awards, including nine posthumous, for armed forces and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel approved by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday, the eve of the 77th Independence Day.
The awards include 54 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), and four Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
“The President has also approved 30 Mention-in-Despatches to the Army, including to Army dog Madhu (Posthumous), and one to Air Force personnel for their significant contributions in different military operations,” it said.
The Kirti Chakra recipients who received it posthumously are Dilip Kumar Das, Raj Kumar Yadava, Bablu Rabha and Sambha Roy.
Of the 11 Shaurya Chakras recipients, nine are from the Army and one each from the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF.
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