ASHOK CHAKRA (NAZIR AHMAD WANI)

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• The awards include one Ashoka Chakra, 4 Kirti Chakras, 11 Shaurya Chakras, 28 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, 3 Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, 51 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, one Bar to Yudh Seva Medal, 9 Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Vishisht Seva Medals. 
  
  

Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani:

• Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani has been posthumously awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’, India’s highest peace time gallantry award for his role in a counter-insurgency operation in Kashmir last year. 
  
  
• He is Kashmir’s first Ashok Chakra awardee and was also awarded Sena Medal for gallantry twice in 2007 and 2018 for his acts of valour. 
  
  

Ashok chakra: 

• It is India’s highest peace time gallantry award. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra. 
  
  
• It is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. 
  
  
• The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel.