These awards comprised of Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra. All these awards are given for showing noticeable gallantry/bravery but away from Battlefield. Wartime Gallantry Awards ...

India has several types of gallantry awards, each designed to honour different levels of bravery. These include the Ashoka Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra, and the Shaurya Chakra, among others.

Ashok Chakra Awardee Tukaram , a sub-inspector in Mumbai police, held onto terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s rifle, ensuring his arrest ...

March 21 marked the 16th death anniversary of Major Mohit Sharma, one of India's bravest military officers who died fighting ...

The Maharashtra government has sanctioned ₹13.46 crore for constructing a memorial in honour of Ashok Chakra awardee and 26/11 hero Tukaram Omble in his native, according to a government resolution.

Tukaram Omble, a Mumbai Police sub-inspector, was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, for his bravery during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.