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National Veerta Award
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Award Information
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Type
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Civilian
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Category
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children below
age 16
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Instituted
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1957
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Last
Awarded
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2011
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Total
Awarded
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800 children (568
boys and 232 girls)
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Awarded
by
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Government of
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National Bravery
Award for Indian Children is given each year by Government of India 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 Awardinstituted 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.
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).
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. 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.
In 2009, the
Government of India announced reservation of some seats in Medical and
Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics for the winners of the award
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. On 26 January, the awardees take part in Republic Day
Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi.
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, and later Harish Chandra
became the first recipient of the award. In 2001, a commemorative book titled
'Brave Hearts' was released featuring, features winners of the 1999 National
Bravery Awards.
The 2008 awards
were given by Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari instead of the PM, 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.
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.
List of awardees
Bharat Award
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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1995
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Subash kumar
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save 4 year old
from drowing
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11 year
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Gaya Bihar
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1996
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vardhana assboy
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Confronted armed
robber and helped police.
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8 years
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Bihar
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2000
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Sunil Singh
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Confronted armed
militants who had attacked their village.
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11 years
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Jammu &
Kashmir
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2000
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Robert Cruiser
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Confronted armed
militants who had attacked their village.
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13 years
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Jammu &
Kashmir
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2001
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Surjeet Singh
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Fought a
night-long battle with a group of 40 militants who had surrounded their
village.
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18 years
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Jammu & Kashmir
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2001
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Amrik Singh
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Fought a
night-long battle with a group of 40 militants who had surrounded their
village.
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20 years
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Jammu &
Kashmir
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2002
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Chinmay Sharma
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Foiled a robbery
on a Mumbai train.
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7 years
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Maharashtra
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2002
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Charu Sharma
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Sustained knife
injuries, while trying to foil a robbery on a Mumbai train.
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11 years
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Maharashtra
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2002
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Shambhavi Ray
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Fought two men on
a motorcycle, and foiled their attempt to rob her mothers purse.
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13 years
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Delhi
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2003
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C. Vanlalhruaia
(posthumously)
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Lost his life
fighting the dacoits.
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17 years
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Mizoram
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2005
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Ratul Chandra
Rabha
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For chasing the
militants who killed their school teacher, subsequently one of the militants
was caught.
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17 years
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Assam
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2005
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Rituparna Boro
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For chasing the
militants who killed their school teacher, subsequently one of the militants
was caught.
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15 years
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Assam
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2007
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Babita
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For saving
several school mates from drowning, when their school bus fell into the
Western Yamuna canal.
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17 years
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Haryana
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2007
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Amarjeet
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For saving
several school mates from drowning, when their school bus fell into the
Western Yamuna canal.
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15½ years
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Haryana
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2008
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No
Award
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2009
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Gaurav Singh
Saini
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Saved 50-60
people in the 2008 stampede at the Naina Devi temple
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13 years
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Haryana
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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Sanjay Chopra Award
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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2000
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Prince Kumar and Ashish Kumar
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Confronted armed robbers
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_12 years
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2001
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Rajput Hirani
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Saved building fire
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_9 years
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Hariyana
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2002
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Moneesh Mohan
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Saved two children from drowning.
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10 years
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Dubai
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2003
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Riyaz Ahmed
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Lost his hands and a foot in an
effort to save a child from a train accident.
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9 years
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Uttar Pradesh
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2004
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Harry Chaudhry
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Received several stab wounds on
his stomach, while trying to save his sister from assailants knife.
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13 years
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Delhi
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2005
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Vinay Sadan Pillai
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For saving his sister from
drowning in Dubai.
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13 years
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Doha
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2006
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V Teeja Sai (posthumously)
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Lost his life while trying to
rescue some fellow students in river Munneru in Vijaywada district
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_ years
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Andhra Pradesh
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2006
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C V S Durga Dondieswar
(posthumously)
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Lost his life while trying to
rescue some fellow students in river Munneru in Vijaywada district
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_years
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Andhra Pradesh
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2007
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Yuktarth Shrivastava
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For saving his 11-month old sister
from stray dogs, who attacked them.
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6 years
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Chhattisgarh
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2008
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Saumik Mishra
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For single-handedly fighting with
two goons who entered his home for theft
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15 years
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Uttar Pradesh
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2009
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Karan Nishad
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Saved five people from drowning.
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11 years
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Uttar Pradesh
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2010
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Priyanshu Joshi
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For single-handedly fighting off a
leopard which attacked his sister on their way to school.
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10 years
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Uttarakhand
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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Geeta Chopra Award
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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2000
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Heena Bakshi
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Foiled robbery
attempt.
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13 years
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Haryana
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2001
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Prem Kanwar
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Lost life while
trying to rescue four other children from drowning.
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13 years
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Rajasthan
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2002
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Guddiben Kalubhai
Masher
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Saved an infant’s
life by fighting a wild animal.
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13 years
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2003
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Ramseena R.M.
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Lost her leg,
while trying to save a child from a speeding car.
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12 years
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Kerala
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2004
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Boya Geethanjali
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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.
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12 years
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Andhra Pradesh
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2005
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Seidalyne
Mawtyllup
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For saving her
three month old sister from a blazing house.
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10 years
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Meghalaya
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2006
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Vandana Yadav
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For fighting
three local goons single-handedly, suffering 17 stab wounds, and later
turning up to identify culprits in the police station.
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13 years
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Uttar Pradesh
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2007
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Lalrempuii
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For resisting her
rapist even though she lost her life in the bargain.
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14 ½ years
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Mizoram
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2008
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Prachi Santosh
Sen
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For saving four
children from getting electrocuted, in which her left hand had sternly burnt.
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10 years
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Madhya Pradesh
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2009
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Maibam Prity Devi
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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.
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10 years
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Manipur
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2010
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Jismi PM
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For saving lives
of a nine-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl from drowning in a river.
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13 years
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Kerala
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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Bapu Gayadhani Award
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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2001
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Reshma Mohapatra
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_years
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Orissa
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Lalmunsanga
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_ years
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Mizoram
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2002
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Sweety Pandey
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10 years
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Dhanajay Ramrao
Ingole
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13 years
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Rinku Burman
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13 years
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2003
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Vivek Purkayastha
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Bravely fought
with the dacoits.
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14 years
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Assam
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Asit Ranjal Sama
(posthumously)
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Lost life while
trying to save other children from drowning.
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17 years
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Orissa
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Lalramdinthara
(posthumously)
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Lost life while
trying to save other children from drowning.
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15 years
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Mizoram
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2004
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N. Kandha Kumar
(posthumously)
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Saved two of his
schoolmates by pulling them off the school van, stuck at a level-crossing,
died while trying to save another one.
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11 years
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Tamil Nadu
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Master
Lalthanzawna
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11 years
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Mizoram
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Majda alias Babli
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Saved several
children between age 3–6 years, from drowning in Ganga canal.
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11 years
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Uttarakhand
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2005
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Dugi alias Minati
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For revolting
against child marriage
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14 years
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Orissa
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C Susheela
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For revolting
against child marriage.
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14 years
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Orissa
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Mahesh Kumar
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For saving an 11
year old girl from the jaws of a tiger.
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15 years
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Uttarakhand
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2006
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Asma Ayyub Khan
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For helping move
35-40 children of her institution to a safe place, during 2005 Mumbai floods.
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13½ years
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Maharashtra
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Sushila Gurjar
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For fighting
against the social evil of child marriage.
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13 years
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Rajasthan
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Shilpa Janbandhu
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For participating
in an anti-naxalite movement, SALWA JUDUM, despite threats.
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15 years
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Chhattisgarh
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2007
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Raipalli Vamsi
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For saving five
girls from drowning, by diving into the in Nagavali river thrice.
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12 years
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Andhra Pradesh
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Boney Singh
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For saving two
boys from drowning in a water tank near Sagolband Meino Leirak,Imphal West-I.
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16½ years
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Manipur
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Amol Aghi
(posthumously)
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Lost his life in
chasing robbers in Geeta colony, Panipat.
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15 years
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Haryana
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2008
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Asu Kanwar
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For displaying
amazing courage in standing up against child marriage.
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14 years
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Rajasthan
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Kavita Kanwar
(posthumously) and Seema Kanwar
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For saving their
friends from an accidental fire; Kavita lost her life in this accident.
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16 years
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Chhatisgarh
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2009
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Ranu Mishra
(posthumously)
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Lost her life
while saving her brother and his friend from drowning
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10 years
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Uttar Pradesh
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Deepak Kumar Kori
(posthumously)
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Died while trying
to save a girl from drowning, as villagers looked on
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12 years
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Uttar Pradesh
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Vijith V
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Saved four
children from drowning in river Kallada
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16 years
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Kerala
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Narendrasinh
Solanki
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Saved his father
from a crocodile in Dhadhar river
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17 years
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Gujarat
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2010
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Vishnudas K.
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For saving two
children from drowning
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17 years
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Kerala
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Moonis Khan
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For saving an old
man from a railway accident
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15 years
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Madhya Pradesh
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Ipi Basar
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For rescuing his
paralysed 70-year-old aunt and 7-year-old cousin after her village caught
fire.
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16 years
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Year
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Name
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Notes
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Age
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Indian state of origin
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Other recipients
- 1985: Abdhesh Kumar Gupta, (Etah, Uttar Pradesh)
- 2001: Aakash Sabharwal (Delhi), Ashwini Kamath, Andy Tenita Fernandes, Shruti Ullal, Sridevi Damodar, K.J. Kamaraju and Shilpa Satish Tamadaddi (Karnataka); Katta Trinadh and Putta Someshwar (Andhra Pradesh); Sanath (Kerala), Lalitha Devi Yadav, Mehul Sanyal (jabalpur) , and Ritu Singh Tomar (Madhya Pradesh), Nijal Omprakash Patil, Narendra Shantaram Bithale, Sharvari Sudhir Mali, Mitali Khanapurkar of Maharashtra, Bhoopendra Singh Bainiwal (Rajasthan), Johny Lalnunfela (Mizoram)
- 2002: Prithi Singh (10), Aparajit Singh (11), Swapnali Harishchandra Ghag (13), Rukaiya Begum (14), Nikky Maria Jacob (14),Jessamma George (16), Ashok Kumar Choudhary (18), Abdul Razak CM (16), Mumthaz TM (12), Balkrishna Upadhyay (17), Shreshthi Amrit Gorule (17), Naseer Khan (13) and Justin K Tom (19).
- 2003: Chuneshwari Kothalis, Ramsadharan (Chattisgarh), Nitin Uttamrao Kakde, Dyaneshwar Manikrao Kakade, Raju Namdev Kakde, Satyam Mahendra Khandekar, Skiewtidaris Lyngkhoi (Meghalaya), Pratap Vikubhai Khachar (Gujarat), Neelam Rani, Sarita Tyagi, Sunita Devi Sighdoya, Swati Tyagi, Sushma Rani (Haryana), G. Kranthi Kumar, Thotakura Mahesh (Andhra Pradesh) Ram Nayan Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Harish Rana (Uttaranchal), Ajith Kumar P.T, Saneesh K.S, Suramya U.R. (Kerala).
- 2004:Hotilal, Km Mahima Tiwari both from Uttar Pradesh, Master Ramandeep Singh and Master Pawan Kumar of Punjab (Joint Deed), Master RK Rahul Singh of Manipur, Km Shiney TA, Master Sajan Antony, Master TP Krishna Prasad and Master Johncy Samuel all from Kerala, Master Khiangdingliana of Mizoram, Km Priyanka of Haryana, Master Gopal Singh Sondia of Madhya Pradesh, Master B Sai Kushal of Andhra Pradesh and Master Vinod R. Jain of Karnataka.
- 2005:Master Sarath sabu, Km. Divya TV, Late Master Shibu T (all from Kerala), Master Laxman (Chattisgarh), Master Mukesh Kumar Tanwar (Madhya Pradesh), Master Puttijungshi (Nagaland), Master Nelson Karam, Km L. Pusparani Devi (both from Manipur), Master Nagarani Venkateswara Rao (Andhra Pradesh), Master Santosh Ramesh Dahe (Maharashtra).
- 2006: Km. Deepa Kumari, Master Sudhir Jakhar, Master Pawan Kumar Parashar, Master Rajender Kumar (all from Rajasthan), Kumari Anita Singh Lodh (Madhya Pradesh), Master David Kino (Arunachal Pradesh), Master Michael N.George (Delhi), Master Joel Salim Jacob (Kerala), Master Parth S Sutaria, Kum. Antara Raju Srivastava, Kum Ankita Ashok Bhosle (all from Maharashtra),Km.Paonam Babyrose Devi (Manipur), Km. Pooja Kabadwal (Uttaranchal), Master Rahul Chaurasia (Uttar Pradesh).
- 2007: Master Raveendra Halder, Master Ravi Kumar Jhariya, Master Awadhesh Kumar Jhariya , Master Manas Nishad (all from Chhattisgarh), Master Vishnu C.S., Master Bijin Babu (both from Kerala), Master Kavvampalli Rajkumar, Master Pinjari Chinigi Sab (both from Andhra Pradesh), Km. Meher Legha (Noida, UP), Master Ankit Rai, Late Master Abhishake and Late Master Suraj (all from Haryana), Master Subhash Kumar (U.P.), Km. Congress Kanwar (Rajasthan) and Master Sunil Kumar P.N. (Karnataka).
- 2008: Master Gagan J. Murthy, Km. Bhoomika J. Murthy (Karnataka), Km. Silver Kharbani (Meghalaya), Master Yumkhaibam Addison Singh (Manipur), Master Vishal Suryaji Patil (Maharashtra), Master Shahanshah (Uttar Pradesh), Km. Dinu K.G. (Kerala), Master M. Marudu Pandi (Tamil Nadu), Km. Anita Kora, Km. Rina Kora (West Bengal), Km. Manjusha A (Kerala), Km. Kritika Jhanwar (Rajasthan), Km. Hina Quereshi (Rajasthan), Master Manish Bansal (Haryana) and Master Rahul (New Delhi).
- 2009: Uddesh R. Ramnathkar (Goa); Zonunsanga and Lalrammawia (Mizoram); Sujith R., Amal Anthony, Krishnapriya K. and Sujith Kumar P. (all from Kerala); Dijekshon Syiem (Meghalaya); Thoi Thoi Khumanthem (Manipur); Vaishaliben Sambhubhai Solanki (Gujarat); Rekha Kalindi, Sunita Mahato and Afsana Khatun, (all from West Bengal); and Yogesh Kumar Jangid (Rajasthan).
- 2010: Kalpana Sonowal and Rekhamoni Sonowal (Assam), Rahul Kurrey and Parvati Amlesh (Chhattisgarh), Anoop. M. and Raj Narayanan (Kerala), Rohit Maruti Mulik (Maharashtra), Md. Nurul Huda (Manipur), Freedy Nongsiej and Lovelystar K. Sohphoh (Meghalaya), Lalmawizuali (Mizoram), Gurjeevan Singh (Punjab), Late Km. Chhampa Kanwar and Shrawan Kumar (6yrs) (Rajasthan), Bibek Sharma (Sikkim), Uttam Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Late Km. Shruti Lodhi (Uttarakhand) and Sunita Murmu (West Bengal).
in 2011 it is done
Many others who
have received these awards are not listed in this due to the unavailability of
the complete information about them.
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