Ashoka Chakra (Medal):
The Ashoka Chakra (Medal) is India's highest peacetime gallantry award. This honor is given to soldiers and civilians for exceptional valor, bravery or sacrifice. It can also be given posthumously. The Ashok Chakra is for all, soldiers and civilians, for gallantry in a non-war context. The award is given at three levels of excellence. From the year 1960, the order of awarding Sena Medal was started. It was ensured to give this medal separately for the Army, Air Force and Navy.
Quick Info About Ashok Chakra Award:
| Category of award | Valor |
| Establishment year | 1952 |
| Prize money | Monthly allowance of Rs 1400 |
| First winner | Suhas Biswas, Bachitar Singh, Narbahadur Thapa (1952) |
| Winner of the Year 2022 | ASI Babu Ram |
| Description | The Ashok Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry medal |
Ashok Chakra (Medal) 2022:
The President of India posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra to ASI Babu Ram of the Jammu and Kashmir Police for his excellence, bravery, devotion to duty and dedication. ASI Baburam's wife Reena Rani and son Manik were presented with the award by the President of India on Republic Day 2022.
History of Ashoka Chakra (Medal):
The Ashoka Chakra (Medal) is awarded to an army soldier, a civilian, living or posthumously. Since independence, 67 people have been awarded the Ashoka Chakra. This honor was established on 04 January 1952. Then its name was 'Ashoka Chakra, Varga-1'. In 1967, the condition of class was removed from this honor and three of its honors were declared. They were named 'Ashoka Chakra', 'Kirti Chakra' and 'Shaurya Chakra'. From 01 February 1999, the Central Government fixed a monthly allowance of Rs 1400 for the Ashok Chakra.
List of persons honored with Ashoka Chakra since 1952 till date:
| Year | Name of the honoree |
| 2022 | ASI Babu Ram |
| 2019 | Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani |
| 2017 | Jyoti Prakash Nirala |
| 2016 | Havaldar Hangpan Dada |
| 2015 | Mohan Goswami |
| 2014 | Mukund Varadarajan |
| 2014 | Neeraj Kumar Singh |
| 2013 | LK Prasad Babu |
| 2012 | Navdeep Singh |
| 2011 | Laishram Jyotin Singh |
| 2010 | Rajesh Kumar |
| 2010 | D. Shriram Kumar |
| 2009 | Mohit Sharma |
| 2009 | Bahadur Singh Bohra |
| 2009 | Hemant Karkare |
| 2009 | Vijay Salaskar |
| 2009 | Ashok Kamte |
| 2009 | Tukaram Omble |
| 2009 | Gajendra Singh Bisht |
| 2009 | Sandeep Unnikrishnan |
| 2009 | Mohan Chand Sharma |
| 2009 | Joanne Thomas |
| 2009 | R. P. Diengdoh |
| 2009 | Pramod Kumar Satpathy |
| 2008 | Dinesh Raghu Raman |
| 2007 | Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan |
| 2007 | sardine red |
| 2007 | Vasant Venugopal |
| 2004 | Triveni Singh |
| 2004 | Sanjog Chhetri |
| 2002 | Surinder Singh |
| 2002 | Rambir Singh Tomar |
| 2001 | Kamlesh Kumari |
| 2000 | Sudhir Kumar Walia |
| 1997 | Puneet Nath Dutt |
| 1997 | Shanti Swaroop Rana |
| 1996 | Arjun Singh Jasrotia |
| 1995 | Rajeev Kumar June |
| 1995 | Sujjan Singh |
| 1995 | Harsh Uday Singh Gaur |
| 1994 | Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair |
| 1993 | Rakesh Singh |
| 1992 | Sandeep Sankhla |
| 1991 | Randhir Prasad Verma |
| 1987 | Neerja Bhanot |
| 1985 | Tshering Motup |
| 1985 | Nirbhay Singh |
| 1985 | Bhavani Dutt Joshi |
| 1985 | Ram Prakash Roperia |
| 1985 | Jasbir Singh Raina |
| 1985 | Bhukant Mishra |
| 1985 | Rakesh Sharma |
| 1984 | Gennady Strekalov |
| 1984 | Yuri Malyshev |
| 1981 | Cyrus Addi Peethawala |
| 1974 | Gurunam Singh |
| 1972 | Umaid Singh Mehra |
| 1969 | Jas Ram Singh |
| 1965 | Jia Lal Gupta |
| 1962 | Kharka Bahadur Linibu |
| 1962 | Man Bahadur Rai |
| 1958 | Eric James Tucker |
| 1958 | Jaish Bajirao Sakpal |
| 1957 | J R Chitnis |
| 1957 | P M Raman |
| 1957 | Joginder Singh |
| 1956 | Sundar Singh |
| 1952 | Suhas Biswas |
| 1952 | Bachitter Singh |
| 1952 | Narbahadur Thapa |
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Ashoka Chakra FAQs:
The Ashoka Chakra (medal) is India's highest peacetime gallantry award. This honor is given to soldiers and civilians for extraordinary heroism, bravery or sacrifice. The first Ashok Chakra winners were Suhas Biswas, Bachittar Singh, Narbahadur Thapa.
Jyoti Prakash Nirala was awarded the K Ashoka Chakra in the year 2017. He was a member of the Garud Commando Force of the Indian Air Force. He was the third person from the Indian Air Force to receive this honor after Suhas Biswas and Rakesh Sharma.
The Ashok Chakra (medal) is awarded to military personnel, civilians, whether alive or posthumously. Since independence, 67 people have been awarded the Ashok Chakra. This honor was established on 04 January 1952.
Rakesh Sharma was awarded the 1885 Ashoka Chakra. On retirement from the rank of Wing Commander, Rakesh Sharma worked as a test pilot in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
The first Indian woman to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra was Neerja Bhanot. Neerja was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, by the Government of India for this amazing bravery and courage.