List of Awards in India

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Here is the List of Highest Indian Awards. Best awards that is presented to the suitable peoples in India. Bharat Ratna Award is considered to be the Highest Civilian Award in India. Chakra Awards are given to the Military Peoples who shows brave for the country. Padma Awards are given to the various fields people like music, arts, medicine, economics, welfare and many more.

Find the List of Awards in India

Sl.No	Award
1	The Bharat Ratna
2	Padma Vibhushan
3	Padma Bhushan
4	The Padma Shri
5	Param Vir Chakra
6	Maha Vir Chakra
7	Vir Chakra
8	Ashok Chakra
9	Arjuna Award
10	Dronacharya Awards
11	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
12	R. D. Birla Award
13	Dhanvantri Award
14	Jawaharlal Nehru Award
15	KALIDAS SAMMAN
16	Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize
17	Saraswati Samman
18	Tansen Awards
19	Vyas Samman
20	Jnanpith award
21	Magsaysay Awards
22	Indira Gandhi Award for International Peace
23	Disarmament and Development
24	Sahitya Academy Awards
25	Murtidevi Award
26	Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Bharat Ratna

·         It is the highest civilian award of India. It is presented by the Government of India.

·         It is presented for exceptional public service and rarest achievements in the field of art, literature and science.

·         It was instituted in 1954 and the first recipient was Dr. Radhakrishnan.

Padma Vibhushan

·         It is the second highest civilian honour for distinguished services in any field including Government service.

·         This award is given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants. It is classified into three kinds:

1.       Pehla Varg;

2.       Dusra Varg;

3.       Tisra Varg.

Padma Bhushan

·         It is a decoration established on 2 January 1954 by the president of India. It is the third highest civilian awards

·         This award is given for distinguished service of high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants.

The Padma Shri

This award is given for distinguished service in any field including service rendered by the Government servants.

Param Vir Chakra

·         It is India's highest award for bravery for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the highest degree of velour of self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea, or in the air.

·         It was introduced on 26th January 1950.

Maha Vir Chakra

It is the second highest decoration and is awarded for the act of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea, or in the air.

Vir Chakra

It is the third highest gallantry award.

Ashok Chakra

·         It is the highest peace-time gallantry award.

·         It is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

·         It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra.

Arjuna Award

·         The Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961 as the highest national recognition for outstanding performance in sports and games in the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World cup, World Championship and Cricket.

·         Only international level performance of sportspersons will be taken into account when deciding the awards.

Dronacharya Awards

·         These were instituted in 1985 and given by Sports Ministry, Government of India.

·         These are given to sports coaches. Every award is given a cash prize of Rs. 2.50 lakhs.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

It was instituted in 1962 and is presented for commendable display by the players.

R. D. Birla Award

These awards are given in the field of medical sciences.

Dhanvantri Award

These awards are given for the extra ordinary performance in medical sciences.

Jawaharlal Nehru Award

·         Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is an international award presented by the Government of India founded in 1965.

·         This award is presented for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding.

·         Goodwill and friendship among peoples of the World. The money for this award is 2.5 million rupees.

Man Booker Prize

·         The Man Booker Prize for fiction also known in short as the Booker Prize.

·         It is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written in English Language by a citizen of either the Common wealth of Nations or Ireland.

Pulitzer prize

·         The Pulitzer Prize is an American award established by Joseph Pulitzer and regarded as the highest national honour in Newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition.

·         It is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

KALIDAS SAMMAN

·         The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh.

·         This award is named after Kalidasa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language.

·         It was first awarded in 1980.

·         It was awarded in the fields of Classical Music, Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts.

·         The award is presented for outstanding achievement in one of the four categories.

Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize

·         It was instituted in 1995 by the Government of India.

·         It is presented for international peace on the lines of Nobel Prize.

·         UNESCO Human Right Award

·         It is also presented by UNESCO for contributions in the field of Human Rights Awareness.

·         It is given every alternate year.

Saraswati Samman

It was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation and is given for any distinguished literary work made during last 10 years in any of the Indian language.

Tansen Awards

These awards are given by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for the outstanding contribution in the field of music.

Vyas Samman

It was instituted in 1992 by K. K. Birla Foundation for outstanding contribution to Hindi literature.

Jnanpith award:

The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961. Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.

Magsaysay Awards

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel Prize. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government.

UNESCO Peace Prize

It is presented by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for extraordinary contributions for international peace.

World Food Prize

It is presented by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one of the branches of UNO, for the cause of agriculture and food development.

Olympic Gold Order

It is presented by the International Olympic Committee for distinguished services in the development of the Olympic Movement.

Indira Gandhi Award for International Peace, Disarmament and Development

It is presented by Indira Gandhi Memorial Fund for specialized contribution in the field of international disarmament and development.

Sahitya Academy Awards

It was instituted in 1955 and is given for any exclusive writing in any of the 22 languages including English literature during last 5 years.

Murtidevi Award

It was constituted in 1948 and is given in any Indian language or in English literature, for distinguished contribution to Indian values.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

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