Full list of Ashok Chakra Award Winners (1952-2022)

The Ashok Chakra is awarded to civilians and military personnel alike who have demonstrated extraordinary acts of bravery and selflessness in the face of danger. It is specifically a peacetime gallantry award. In this article, we will be looking at the names of the winners of the Ashok Chakra.

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Full list of Ashok Chakra Award Winners (1952-2022)

The Ashok Chakra is awarded to civilians and military personnel alike who have demonstrated extraordinary acts of bravery and selflessness in the face of danger. It is specifically a peacetime gallantry award. In this article, we will be looking at the full list of Ashok Chakra Award winners . ASI Babu Ram of the Jammu and Kashmir Police was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra in 2022 by the President of India for his outstanding performance, courage under fire, and commitment to his job.

About Ashok Chakra Award

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

History of Ashoka Chakra (Medal)

Soldiers and civilians alike, both in life and after death, are eligible to receive the Ashoka Chakra (Medal). The Ashoka Chakra has been given out to many people since independence. The award was first bestowed on January 4, 1952. Back then, people referred to it as the "Ashoka Chakra, Varga-1." In 1967, three of these awards were declared without regard to social standing. Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra were their given names. In 1999, the Central Government set the Ashok Chakra monthly allowance at Rs 1400.

List of Ashok Chakra Winners (1952-2022)

No.	Award Year	Recipient
1	1952	Suhas Biswas
2	1952	Bachittar Singh *
3	1952	Narbahadur Thapa
4	1956	Sundar Singh
5	1957	Joginder Singh *
6	1957	P. M. Raman *
7	1957	J. R. Chitnis *
8	1958	Jem Bajirao Sakpal
9	1958	Eric James Tucker *
10	1962	Man Bahadur Rai
11	1962	Kharka Bahadur Limbu
12	1965	Jia Lal Gupta
13	1969	Jas Ram Singh
14	1972	Ummed Singh Mahra *
15	1974	Gurnam Singh
16	1981	Cyrus Addie Pithawalla
17	1984	Yury Malyshev
18	1984	Gennadi Strekalov
19	1985	Rakesh Sharma
20	1985	Bhukant Misra
21	1985	Jasbir Singh Raina
22	1985	Ram Prakash Roperia
23	1985	Bhawani Datt Joshi
24	1985	Nirbhay Singh *
25	1985	Chhering Mutup
26	1987	Neerja Bhanot *
27	1991	Randhir Prasad Verma *
28	1992	Sandeep Sankhla *
29	1993	Rakesh Singh *
30	1994	Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair *
31	1995	Harsh Uday Singh Gaur *
32	1995	Sujjan Singh *
33	1995	Rajiv Kumar Joon *
34	1996	Arun Singh Jasrotia *
35	1997	Shanti Swarup Rana *
36	1997	Puneet Nath Datt *
37	2000	Sudhir Kumar Walia *
38	2001	Kamlesh Kumari *
39	2002	Rambeer Singh Tomar *
40	2002	Surinder Singh *
41	2004	Sanjog Chhetri *
42	2004	Triveni Singh *
43	2007	Vasanth Venugopal *
44	2007	Chuni Lal *
45	2007	Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan *
46	2008	Dinesh Raghu Raman *
47	2009	Pramod Kumar Satapathy *
48	2009	R. P. Diengdoh *
49	2009	Jojan Thomas *
50	2009	Mohan Chand Sharma *
51	2009	Sandeep Unnikrishnan *
52	2009	Gajender Singh Bisht *
53	2009	Tukaram Omble *
54	2009	Ashok Kamte *
55	2009	Vijay Salaskar *
56	2009	Hemant Karkare *
57	2009	Bahadur Singh Bohra *
58	2010	Mohit Sharma *
59	2010	D. Sreeram Kumar
60	2010	Rajesh Kumar *
61	2011	Laishram Jyotin Singh *
62	2012	Navdeep Singh *
63	2014	K. Prasad Babu *
64	2014	Neeraj Kumar Singh *
65	2014	Mukund Varadarajan *
66	2016	Mohan Goswami *
67	2017	Hangpan Dada *
68	2018	Jyoti Prakash Nirala *
69	2019	Nazir Ahmad Wani *
70	2022	Asi Babu Ram

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