The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established in memory of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel Prize. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Roc…
2011 - The Sense of an Ending (Barnes) 2010 - The Finkler Question (Jacobson) 2009 - Wolf Hall (Mantel) 2008 - The White Tiger (Adiga) 2007 - The Gathering (Enright) 2006 - The Inheritance of Loss (Desai) 2005 - The Sea (Banville) 2004 - Th…
Padma and Bharat Awards constituted in 1954. 41 Bharat Ratnas has been conferred so far. Eleven out of 41 were awarded posthumously. 3598 Padma Awards has been conferred till 2010. No Padma Awards in 1978, 1979,1993,1994,1995,1996 and 1997. Bhar…
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal …
The Bharat Ratna (or, very roughly translated, "Jewel of India") is India's supreme decoration and honor, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievement, as well…
From 1912 to 1947, the following Indian soldiers were awarded the Victoria Cross: 4050 Sepoy Khuda Dad Khan, 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis - 31 October 1914 - Hollebeke, Belgium/Franc Jemadar Mir Dost, I.O.M., Bahadur, 55th Coke…
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest recognition for valour "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces of any rank in any service, and civilians under military command. It is also…
Awarded to military personnel for services outside of India. Personnel assigned to diplomatic missions are excluded from awards. In many cases, the clasps are awarded either for service with the United Nations or other multi-national missions or for d…
Awarded for special service at high altituides along India's norther border. For police recipients, these medals have not normally been officially manufactured and issued, but were, instead, made locally by independent manufacturers and the police…
Awarded for service during the 1971/72 war with Pakistan. The medal could be given to all categories of personnel who served in the military, paramilitary forces, police, and civilians in service in the operational areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, …
Awarded for combat service in the western theater during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Established: 1973, by the President of India. Obverse: A five-pointed 40-mm bright bronze star. In the domed circular center, the national emblem with the surrounding leg…
Awarded for combat service in the eastern theater during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Established: 1973, by the President of India. Obverse: A five-pointed 40-mm bright bronze star. In the domed circular center, the national emblem with the surrounding lege…
Instituted on 04 Jan 1952 and renamed on 27 Jan 1967 to recognize the most conspicuous bravery or some act of daring or pre-eminent act of valor or self-sacrifice otherwise than in the face of the enemy. Design of the Medal and Ribbon Medal: Circular…
Instituted on 26 Jan 1950 to recognise the act of gallantry in the presence of the enemy. Design of the Medal and Ribbon Medal: Circular in shape and is made of standard silver, and is embossed on the obverse a five pointed heraldic star with the po…
Awarded to officers and enlisted personnel of all military branches for the highest degree of valor or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It may be awarded posthumously and, indeed, most of the awards have been posthumous. In many ways, the…
British rule over India came to an end on 14 August 1947 and with it also ended the old institution of British honours and awards. The new Indian awards could come into being only with the dawn of the Republic on 26 January 1950. But on …
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzarji Tarapore was born on 18 August 1923 in Bombay , Maharashtra . He joined the Hyderabad State Force in 1942 and saw active service in West Asia during World War-II. He was commissioned in Poona Horse on 01 April 195…
Lance Naik Albert Ekka, was born on 27 December 1942 in Ranchi , Bihar . He was enrolled in the 14 Guards on 27 December 1962. During the 1971 Indo-Pak War, the 14 Guards was asked to capture a Pakistani position at Gangasagar, 6½ km west of …