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Which one of the following is a peacetime Gallentry Award?

Which one of the following is a peacetime Gallentry Award? Correct Answer Shaurya Chakra 

The correct answer is Shaurya Chakra.

Key Points

  • Peacetime Gallantry Awards
    • It recognizes courage or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield and includes Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra which are first, second, and third respectively in order of precedence. Hence, Option 1 is correct.
    • While Param Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra are Wartime Gallantry Awards and recognize self-sacrifice at the battlefield.
    • Yudh Seva Medal is a military decoration for service during wartime.
    • Indian Army’s elite Para Special Forces’ commando Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami has been awarded the country’s highest peacetime gallantry honor, Ashok Chakra, posthumously for saving two colleagues during an encounter with militants in Kashmir last year.
    • The Ashok Chakra is awarded for valor, courageous action, or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.
    • It is the peacetime gallantry award i.e. awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valor or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy.
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