- National Bravery Award
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National Veerta Award Award Information Type Civilian Category children below age 16 Instituted 1957 Last Awarded 2011 Total Awarded 800 children (568 boys and 232 girls)[1] Awarded by Government of India National Bravery Award for Indian Children is given each year by Government of India[2] and Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW), to Indian children for meritorious acts of bravery against all odds.
The award is given to around 24 children below the age of 16. One of two coveted awards in this category are the Sanjay Chopra Award and Geeta Chopra Award instituted in 1978, in the memory of Chopra children who laid their lives while confronting their kidnappers, and are given to a boy and a girl respectively for acts of bravery.[3] The highest award in the category is the Bharat Award, constituted in 1987, and the Bapu Gayadhani Award was instituted in 1988. This award is equal to the highest Military awards (equal to Chakra awards).
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The Award
The award includes a medal, a certificate and cash award, the Bharat Award winner gets a gold medal, while the rest get a silver medals.[4] Further they are also given financial assistance to complete their schooling, as a part of ICCW's sponsorship programme and professional courses such as medical and engineering, under the Indira Gandhi scholarship scheme.[5][6]
In 2009, the Government of India announced reservation of some seats in Medical and Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics for the winners of the award[7]
List of Awards
- Bharat Award, since 1987
- Sanjay Chopra Award, since 1978
- Geeta Chopra Award, since 1978
- Bapu Gayadhani Award, since 1988
- National Bravery Award, since 1957
Ceremony
The awards are usually announced on 14 November, Children's Day or in January following year, and later given by the Prime Minister of India, on the eve of the Republic Day, and prior to this the President hosts a reception in their honour, where the children meet the media.[8] On 26 January, the awardees take part in Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi.[3][9]
History
The origin of the award dates back to 2 October 1957, when India's first Prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was watching a performance at Delhi's Ramlila grounds, at the Red Fort, and a fire broke out in a shamiana (decorated tent) through a short circuit. Subsequently, Harish Chandra, a 14-year old scout, promptly took out his knife, and ripped open the burning shamiana, saving lives of hundreds of trapped people; this incident inspired Pt. Nehru initiate the awards, he asked the authorities to constitute an award to honour brave children from all over the country, and the tradition has continued hence,[10] and later Harish Chandra became the first recipient of the award.[11] In 2001, a commemorative book titled 'Brave Hearts' was released featuring, features winners of the 1999 National Bravery Awards.[11]
The 2008 awards were given by Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari instead of the PM,[12] and for the first time the real name of a 2008 award winner, 12-year-old Balloon seller 'Rahul' was withheld, as he identified the men who planted bombs on Barakhamba Road in New Delhi, during 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings, and helped police make sketches of the suspects.[5] Amongst 21 bravery awards for 2009, included two posthumous awards; awards to three girls, Rekha Kalindi, 11, Sunita Mahato, 11 and Afsana Khatun, 12, who revolted against child marriage as they wanted to pursue education, resulting in their parents eventually respecting their wishes, and Thoi Thoi Khumanthem, a class II student of Manipur, who jumped into a five-foot-deep pond and rescued four-year-old Maison Singh from drowning.[13][14]
Selection
The selection for the award are made from the applications received from sources like the central/state government departments, panchayats, zilla parishads (district level govt. bodies), school authorities as well as state and Union territory councils for child welfare.
Jury
The selection of the awardees is made by a committee constituted by the ICCW, comprising representatives from the secretariats of the President and the Vice- President, various several Government Ministries and Departments, as well as the Central Social Welfare Board, the Indian Police, All India Radio, Doordarshan and leading NGOs such as the National Bal Bhavan, SOS Children's Villages of India, Ramakrishna Mission and senior ICCW members.[6]
List of awardees
Bharat Award
Year Name Notes Age Indian state of origin 1995 Subash kumar save 4 year old from drowing 11 year Gaya Bihar 1996 vardhana assboy Confronted armed robber and helped police. 8 years Bihar 2000 Sunil Singh Confronted armed militants who had attacked their village. 11 years Jammu & Kashmir 2000 Robert Cruiser Confronted armed militants who had attacked their village.[15] 13 years Jammu & Kashmir 2001 Surjeet Singh Fought a night-long battle with a group of 40 militants who had surrounded their village. 18 years Jammu & Kashmir 2001 Amrik Singh Fought a night-long battle with a group of 40 militants who had surrounded their village.[16] 20 years Jammu & Kashmir 2002 Chinmay Sharma Foiled a robbery on a Mumbai train. 7 years Maharashtra 2002 Charu Sharma Sustained knife injuries, while trying to foil a robbery on a Mumbai train. 11 years Maharashtra 2002 Shambhavi Ray Fought two men on a motorcycle, and foiled their attempt to rob her mothers purse. 13 years Delhi 2003 C. Vanlalhruaia (posthumously) Lost his life fighting the dacoits. 17 years Mizoram 2005 Ratul Chandra Rabha For chasing the militants who killed their school teacher, subsequently one of the militants was caught. 17 years Assam 2005 Rituparna Boro For chasing the militants who killed their school teacher, subsequently one of the militants was caught. 15 years Assam 2007 Babita For saving several school mates from drowning, when their school bus fell into the Western Yamuna canal. 17 years Haryana 2007 Amarjeet For saving several school mates from drowning, when their school bus fell into the Western Yamuna canal. 15½ years Haryana 2008 No Award 2009 Gaurav Singh Saini Saved 50-60 people in the 2008 stampede at the Naina Devi temple[17] 13 years Haryana 2010 No award Sanjay Chopra Award
Year Name Notes Age Indian village of origin 2000 Prince Kumar and Ashish Kumar Confronted armed robbers _12 years 2001 Rajput Hirani Saved building fire _9 years Hariyana 2002 Moneesh Mohan Saved two children from drowning. 10 years Dubai 2003 Riyaz Ahmed Lost his hands and a foot in an effort to save a child from a train accident. 9 years Uttar Pradesh 2004 Harry Chaudhry Received several stab wounds on his stomach, while trying to save his sister from assailants knife. 13 years Delhi 2005 Vinay Sadan Pillai For saving his sister from drowning in Dubai. 13 years Doha 2006 V Teeja Sai (posthumously) Lost his life while trying to rescue some fellow students in river Munneru in Vijaywada district _ years Andhra Pradesh 2006 C V S Durga Dondieswar (posthumously) Lost his life while trying to rescue some fellow students in river Munneru in Vijaywada district _years Andhra Pradesh 2007 Yuktarth Shrivastava For saving his 11-month old sister from stray dogs, who attacked them. 6 years Chhattisgarh 2008 Saumik Mishra For single-handedly fighting with two goons who entered his home for theft 15 years Uttar Pradesh 2009 Karan Nishad Saved five people from drowning. 11 years Uttar Pradesh 2010 Priyanshu Joshi For single-handedly fighting off a leopard which attacked his sister on their way to school. 10 years Uttarakhand Geeta Chopra Award
Year Name Notes Age Indian state of origin 2000 Heena Bakshi Foiled robbery attempt. 13 years Haryana 2001 Prem Kanwar Lost life while trying to rescue four other children from drowning. 13 years Rajasthan 2002 Guddiben Kalubhai Masher Saved an infant’s life by fighting a wild animal. 13 years _ 2003 Ramseena R.M. Lost her leg, while trying to save a child from a speeding car. 12 years Kerala 2004 Boya Geethanjali For fighting seven armed Naxalites at Ananthapuram village, securing the release of a woman Member of Legislative Assembly they were trying to abduct, and forcing the Naxalites to flee. 12 years Andhra Pradesh 2005 Seidalyne Mawtyllup For saving her three month old sister from a blazing house. 10 years Meghalaya 2006 Vandana Yadav For fighting three local goons single-handedly, suffering 17 stab wounds, and later turning up to identify culprits in the police station. 13 years Uttar Pradesh 2007 Lalrempuii For resisting her rapist even though she lost her life in the bargain. 14 ½ years Mizoram 2008 Prachi Santosh Sen For saving four children from getting electrocuted, in which her left hand had sternly burnt. 10 years Madhya Pradesh 2009 Maibam Prity Devi For saving several lives when she rushed and threw away a grenade hurled at her family-owned shop by miscreants, herself hit by exploding splinter. 10 years Manipur[18] 2010 Jismi PM For saving lives of a nine-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl from drowning in a river. 13 years Kerala Bapu Gayadhani Award
Year 2001 Name Notes Age Indian state of origin 2001 Reshma Mohapatra _years Orissa Lalmunsanga _ years Mizoram 2002 Sweety Pandey 10 years Dhanajay Ramrao Ingole 13 years Rinku Burman 13 years 2003 Vivek Purkayastha[19] Bravely fought with the dacoits. 14 years Assam Asit Ranjal Sama (posthumously) Lost life while trying to save other children from drowning. 17 years Orissa Lalramdinthara (posthumously) Lost life while trying to save other children from drowning. 15 years Mizoram 2004 N. Kandha Kumar (posthumously) Saved two of his schoolmates by pulling them off the school van, stuck at a level-crossing, died while trying to save another one. 11 years Tamil Nadu Master Lalthanzawna 11 years Mizoram Majda alias Babli Saved several children between age 3–6 years, from drowning in Ganga canal. 11 years Uttarakhand 2005 Dugi alias Minati For revolting against child marriage 14 years Orissa C Susheela For revolting against child marriage. 14 years Orissa Mahesh Kumar For saving an 11 year old girl from the jaws of a tiger. 15 years Uttarakhand 2006 Asma Ayyub Khan For helping move 35-40 children of her institution to a safe place, during 2005 Mumbai floods. 13½ years Maharashtra Sushila Gurjar For fighting against the social evil of child marriage. 13 years Rajasthan Shilpa Janbandhu For participating in an anti-naxalite movement, SALWA JUDUM, despite threats. 15 years Chhattisgarh 2007 Raipalli Vamsi For saving five girls from drowning, by diving into the in Nagavali river thrice. 12 years Andhra Pradesh Boney Singh For saving two boys from drowning in a water tank near Sagolband Meino Leirak,Imphal West-I. 16½ years Manipur Amol Aghi (posthumously) Lost his life in chasing robbers in Geeta colony, Panipat. 15 years Haryana 2008 Asu Kanwar For displaying amazing courage in standing up against child marriage. 14 years Rajasthan Kavita Kanwar (posthumously) and Seema Kanwar For saving their friends from an accidental fire; Kavita lost her life in this accident. 16 years Chhatisgarh 2009 Ranu Mishra (posthumously) Lost her life while saving her brother and his friend from drowning[20] 10 years Uttar Pradesh Deepak Kumar Kori (posthumously) Died while trying to save a girl from drowning, as villagers looked on 12 years Uttar Pradesh Vijith V Saved four children from drowning in river Kallada 16 years Kerala Narendrasinh Solanki Saved his father from a crocodile in Dhadhar river 17 years Gujarat 2010 Vishnudas K. For saving two children from drowning 17 years Kerala Moonis Khan For saving an old man from a railway accident 15 years Madhya Pradesh Ipi Basar For rescuing his paralysed 70-year-old aunt and 7-year-old cousin after her village caught fire. 16 years Arunachal Pradesh .
References
- ^ "23 children selected for bravery awards". The Hindu. Jan 18, 2011. http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/18/stories/2011011856481500.htm.
- ^ National Bravery Award ‘Govt. of India Portal.
- ^ a b National Bravery Awards for 24 kids Rediff.com, 18 January 2007.
- ^ R-Day honour for 26 brave children Indian Express, 14 November 2003.
- ^ a b National bravery awards for 20 The Hindu, 18 Jan 2009.
- ^ a b "21 children to get bravery awards". Deccan Herald. 18 Jan 2010. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/47547/21-children-get-bravery-awards.html.
- ^ Govt reserves seats for National Bravery Award winners /indiaedunews.net, 19 January 2009.
- ^ Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi President of India Official website
- ^ National Bravery Awards-2005 Press Release, Press Information Bureau (PIB), Govt. of India.
- ^ Special Feature: Meet India’s Braveheart Rediff.com, January, 2005.
- ^ a b Ideas and thoughts The Hindu, 3 March 2001.
- ^ Vice President Presents National Bravery Awars to Brave Children Press Information Bureau (PIB), Govt. of India, 23 January 2009.
- ^ "National Bravery Award Winning Children meet the President of India including girls called by her last year for resisting child marriage". Press Information Bureau. 19 January 2010. http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57082.
- ^ "FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE - These are real bravehearts". Hindustan Times. 19 Jan 2010. http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Default.aspx?Id=362F6F58785274657530336F6E33736842396C6F524878386C75356C31434F394F567859347364316F4E413D.
- ^ Bravery Award for 23 The Hindu, 20 January 2001.
- ^ The winners of this year's National Bravery Award The Hindu, 20 Jan 2002.
- ^ "21 children to get National Bravery Awards for 2009". Press Trust of India (PTI). 18 Jan 2010. http://www.ptinews.com/news/474070_21-children-to-get-National-Bravery-Awards-for-2009.
- ^ "6-year-old girl plunged into pond to save 4-year-old boy". The Hindu. 18 January 2010. http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article81970.ece.
- ^ Annual Report 2003-2004 - List of National Bravery Award Winners 2003 Ministry of Women and Child Development, Annexure-XVII. Page 36.
- ^ 21 children chosen for National Bravery Awards 2009 NetIndian News Network, 18 January 2010.
Atanu roy choudhury got National Bravery Award in 1968
External links
- National Bravery Award ‘Govt. of India Portal.
- Special Feature: Meet India’s Braveheart, a detailed profile of 19 awardees, of year 2004 Rediff.com
- Awardees of previous years at Govt. of India website.
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