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Gallantry Awards — 2009

A verified archive of gallantry awards announced by the Government of India during Republic Day and Independence Day 2009.

VERIFIED PARTIAL DATABASE: The official Government of India records establish 297 military gallantry awards across the two 2009 award cycles covered by this archive. The page is intentionally marked partial because the complete individual Sena Medal (Gallantry) lists have not all been transcribed into recipient cards here. No unverified recipient names have been added merely to make the database appear complete.

297 Military Gallantry Awards

154 Republic Day 2009

143 Independence Day 2009

2 Award Cycles

All Awards Ashoka Chakra Kirti Chakra Bar to Shaurya Chakra Shaurya Chakra Bar to Sena Medal Sena Medal Bar to Nao Sena Medal Nao Sena Medal Bar to Vayu Sena Medal Vayu Sena Medal All Cycles Republic Day Independence Day

Verified Individual Recipients

Official Sources

Republic Day 2009 — Ministry of Defence, PIB
The Government of India release dated 25 January 2009 records 9 Ashoka Chakras, 13 Kirti Chakras, 1 Bar to Shaurya Chakra, 30 Shaurya Chakras, 91 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 1 Bar to Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), 4 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), 1 Bar to Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) and 4 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

View Official PIB Record

Independence Day 2009 — Ministry of Defence communiqué
The 2009 Independence Day gallantry announcement recorded 2 Ashoka Chakras, 4 Kirti Chakras, 26 Shaurya Chakras, 2 Bars to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 100 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 4 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 5 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

The three Tatrakshak Medal (Gallantry) awards are not included in this military gallantry database.

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