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Q144 (NDA-II/2023) Miscellaneous & General Knowledge › Sports, Games & Awards Official Key

Consider the following statements about gallantry awards in India : 1. Post-independence, first three gallantry awards were instituted on 26th January, 1950 2. The first three gallantry awards were Ashoka Chakra Class-I, Ashoka Chakra Class-II and Ashoka Chakra Class-III Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: Post-independence, the first three gallantry awards—the Param Vir Chakra, the Maha Vir Chakra, and the Vir Chakra—were instituted by the Government of India on 26th January 1950. According to official records from the Ministry of Defence, these awards were deemed to have come into effect from 15th August 1947.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The other three gallantry awards, namely the Ashoka Chakra Class-I, the Ashoka Chakra Class-II, and the Ashoka Chakra Class-III, were instituted subsequently on 4th January 1952 (also with retrospective effect from 15th August 1947). These were later renamed as the Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra, respectively, in January 1967. Since they were not the first three awards instituted on 26th January 1950, Statement 2 is false.

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