National Bravery Award:
Under the National Bravery Award, a medal, certificate and cash amount are given. Financial assistance is also given to them till they complete their schooling. Some state governments also give them financial assistance. Since the year 1957 till now 963 brave children have been given these awards. In which 680 are boys and 283 are girls.
Selection Process of National Bravery Award:
The National Brewery Award is organized by the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). A high level committee is formed for this honor. This committee consists of 36 members. This committee consists of members from Rashtrapati Bhavan, ICCW, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Social Justice, IPS officers, NGOs related to children.
The District Magistrates of all the districts send the stories of the brave children of their respective districts to this committee and this committee selects these children. Information about all children should be available by September 30. Because after that the selection process gets closed.
The National Bravery Award consists of five categories:
- India Award since 1987
- Sanjay Chopra Award since 1978
- Geeta Chopra Award since 1978
- Bapu Gaidhani Award since 1988
- General National Bravery Award since 1957
Winners of National Child Bravery Award 2023:
- Anushka Jolly (Dilili)
- Aditya Surya (Kerala)
- M . Gauravi Randi(cognizable)
- Sambhav Mishra (Odisha)
- Shreya Bhattacharya (Assam)
- Rohan Ramchandra Bahir (Maharashtra)
- Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan (Chhattisgarh)
- Rishi Shiva Prasanna (Karnataka)
- Shauryajit Ranjitkumar Khaire (Gujarat)
- K Meenakshi (State)
- Hanaya Nisar (Jammu and Kashmir)
Winners of National Child Bravery Award 2022:
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has announced the National Child Award winners for the year 2022. A total of 29 children were honored with this award which includes 15 boys and 14 girls from 21 states and union territories. The children honored fall in a variety of categories; Which includes - Innovation, Social Service, Educational, Sports, Art & Culture and Bravery. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself will give this award to everyone with his own hands.
Winners of National Child Bravery Award 2021:
32 children from across the country were honored with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2021. The Government of India is honoring children with exceptional ability and outstanding achievements in the fields of innovation, education, sports, art and culture, social service and bravery with the Prime Minister's National Child Award.
Winners of National Child Bravery Award 2019:
22 children including 10 girls and 12 boys have been nominated for the National Bravery Awards 2019. The award will be given posthumously to one of the 22 children selected by the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW).
- Muhammad Muhsin - A 16-year-old boy from Kerala's Kozhikode district drowned while trying to save three of his friends from rough seas in April last year. He has been posthumously selected for the ICCW Abhimanyu Award.
- Aditya K. - Another 15-year-old Kerala resident was awarded the Bharat Award as he saved over 40 lives when they were setting fire to a bus that was caught in Nepal in May 2019. Aditya later told media personnel that he eventually wanted to join the Indian Air Force.
- Sartaj Mohideen Mughal and Mudasir Ashraf - two youths from Jammu and Kashmir from Kupwara and Budgam respectively - were awarded last year for their display of gallantry in the former state. Ashraf attempted to rescue Kefayet Hussain who had crashed an IAF Mi-17 helicopter in Budgam in February 9.
- Caroline Malaswamlutangi - Malasawmatlungi lives in Mizoram. The girl has been awarded gallantry award for her presence of mind which saved a child from being kidnapped.
- Kamal Krishna Das – In September 2018, Das jumped into the flooded Brahmaputra river in Assam to save his mother, aunt and a stranger.
- Rakhi - 10-year-old Rakhi was given the ICCW Markandeya Award, Ho hailing from Uttarakhand saved her 4-year-old brother from a leopard attack. She was seriously injured in the act.
- Mrs. Badra - 10-year-old Badra was awarded the ICCW Prahlad Award as she saved her friend who lost her right leg and nearly lost her life on a railway track in November 2018.
List of other children selected for the award:
The bravery award recipients include Kanti Paikra and Bhaneshwari Nirmalkar (both from Chhattisgarh), Aarti Kiran Shet and Venkatesh (both from Karnataka), Jane Sadavarte and Akash Machil Khalare (both from Maharashtra), Poornima Giri and Sabita Giri (both from Odisha). Huh. ), Alika, Laurebum Yikhomba Mangang (Manipur), Everbloom's Nongram (Meghalaya), Laliansanga, and Vanlaharitrang (both from Mizoram).
National Child Bravery Award 2018 Winners:
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi presented the National Bravery Awards to 18 children selected from different parts of the country on 24 January 2018. These children were selected by the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) for this honor from across the country. The National Bravery Award Scheme was initiated by the ICCW in 1957 to recognize children who have distinguished themselves by their exceptional gallantry deeds and meritorious service.
This award is given every year to brave children having high spirits and indomitable courage. The age of these children is between 06 years to 18 years. A total of 18 children will be awarded the National Child Bravery Award this year, which includes 7 girls and 11 boys.
National Bravery Award 2018 Winner List:
India Awards:
Geeta Chopra Award (Posthumous):
Sanjay Chopra Awards:
Bapu Gaidhani Award:
List of other children selected for the award:
Winner of National Child Bravery Award 2017:
The recipients of the National Bravery Awards for the year 2017 include 11 boys and 7 girls. This time India award will be given to Nazia of Agra who raised her voice against gambling and betting. Of the 18 children whose names have been shortlisted, three will be awarded posthumously.
On January 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present gallantry awards to everyone in his hands. President Ram Nath Kovind will organize a welcome program for these children. The families of those who received the award posthumously will receive this honour.
National Bravery Award 2017 Winner List:
List of other children selected for Sanjay Chopra Award Award:
Winners of National Child Bravery Award 2015:
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