National Bravery Awards

National Bravery Awards

Is your child courageous? Just encourage them, who know they can even be eligible for the National Bravery Awards. Yeah! Many official organizations appreciate the valor, boldness, and braveness of toddlers.

The Indian government is one on the list and this article elaborates on them in detail. 

For sure, you will discover some tremendous secrets about this accolade and give you goosebumps. Without delay let’s dive in. 

What Is A Bravery Award?

Everyone has courage in their hearts but only a few dare to express it!

Thus, appreciating such people is undeniably significant to inspire and encourage others. Especially, honoring brave acts of children and youth sows the seed of hope and enhances their confidence level.

In that case, the Indian Government and ICCW – Indian Council of Child Welfare bestow awards for children and salute their fearless hearts. Since 1958, they actively recognized 25 Indian children under the age of 18. 

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Stories Behind The Accolades! 

However, the initiative taken by the Government of India and ICCW is highly appreciable and an inspiration. But, have you wondered what pushed them to do it? Let’s unveil the secrets behind the curtains. 

Harish Chandra Mehra (14 years old) was part of a scout performance on Ramilla ground at Red Fort, Delhi in front of respected PM Jawaharlal Nehru. In an instance, a decorated tent (shamiana) caught fire due to a short circuit. Harish rushed to save the hundreds of trapped people immediately; he took his knife and tore the burning tent.  

It made Nehru announce bravery awards and Harish became the first awardee on Feb 4th, 1958. 

Different Categories 

Similar to various types of national awards, this accolade also has different categories. Let’s take a glance along with its interesting history! 

In general, they present honors in the name of bravery awards along with 4 categories. It includes,

  • Bharat Awards – 1987 
  • Sanjay Chopra Award – 1978  
  • Geeta Chopra Award – 1978 
  • Bapu Gaidhani Award – 1980 

Did you notice the names Sanjay and Geeta right here? These two awards are presented to appreciate the courageous act of children in Chopra’s loving memory. Yes, they are the two brave kids who lost their lives while opposing kidnappers. 

Since 1978, ICCW has presented accolades in the name of this young boy and girl. Now, it’s time to explore some of the honorable winners in every category with reasons.  

Bharat Award

Year Name Reasons
1996 Vardhana Opposed Armed Robbers And Helped Police
2000 Sunil Chand Rajan Saved Six Years Old Little Children From Human-Eating Panther
2002 Chinmay Sharma Failed A Robbery On Mumbai Train
2005 Ratul Chandra Rabha Chased The Militants Who Killed Their School Teacher
2016 Tarah Peju – Posthumous Saved Her Friends From Drowning But She Lost Her Life
2022 Azam Quadric Saved A Youtuber During Earthquake

Sanjay Chopra Award

1998 Akash Grover Failed Robbery Attempt
2000 Prince Kumar And Ashish Kumar Confronted Armed Robbers
2003 Riyaz Ahmed Lost His Hands And A Foot While Saving A Child From Train Accident
2010 Priyanshi Joshi Fought Against Leopard Single Handedly That Attacked Her Sister While Going To School
2013 Shubham Santosh Chaudhari Saved Two Children From Their School Van That Caught Fire
2017 Karanbeer Singh Saved 15 Year Old After A Vehicle Plunged Into A Drain

Geeta Chopra Award

1987 Monalisa Saved A Deaf From The Bulls Attack
1996 Harsha shivarakash Helped Two Boys From Drowning
2000 Shubham Padhy Failed Robbery Attempt
2005 Seidalyne Mawtyllup Saved Three Months Old Baby Sister From A Burning House
2014 Kumara Gunjan Sharma Displayed Exemplary Bravery In Saving Her Friends From The Clutched Of An Abductor
2018 Nitisha Negi (Posthumously) Saved Her Classmate From Drowning But She Died

Bapu Gaidhani Award

2003 Vivek Purkayastha Bravely Fought With The Dacoits
2006 Sushila Gurjar Fought Against The Social Evil Of Child Marriage
2008 Asu Kanwar Expressed Amazing Courage In Standing Up Against Child Marriage
2011 Adithya Gopal (Posthumously) Tried To Save His Friends From Drowning But He Died
2013 Sanjay Navasu Sutar Outstanding Bravery In Fighting Leopard
2016 Tushar Verma Rescued An Elder Neighbour Couple With Their Three Cows And Two Bulls From A Burning House

National Bravery Awards Selection Process 

Do you want to nominate children for this event? Then, be concerned about applications. ICCW takes applications from the officially approved agencies including district and local governments, child welfare councils, and school authorities. 

Send your applications before September 30th and the awarding committee will finalize kids as per their eligibility criteria. The ICCW committee encloses members from non-governmental and governmental organizations. It includes higher officials like President Secretariats, Vice-President, The Central Social Welfare Board, All India Radio, Doordarshan, SOS Children’s Village of India, The Indian police, and the National Bal Bhavan. 

About Event 

Every awarding ceremony is unique from others. In that instance, National Bravery awards cheer the courageous souls and applaud the valor act.

It is announced on Children’s Day (November 14th) or in January. On Republic Day, the entire awardees participate in the Parade at Rajpath. Later that evening, the President hosts a reception and the Prime Minister bestows the prize to them. 

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Recent Winners – 2023  

As mentioned above, in this year’s ceremony, many children bagged Bravery awards. Discover who they are here,

Name State
Hanaya Nisar Jammu And Kashmir
K Meenakshi
Shauryajit Ranjitkumar Khaire Gujarat
Aditya Pratap Singh Chuhan Chhattisgarh
Rishi Shiva Prasanna Gujarat
Rohan Ramchandra Bahir Maharashtra
Shreya Bhattacharya Bahir Assam
Sambhav Mishra Odisha
M. Gauravi Randi
Adiitya Surya Kerala
Anushka Jolly

Final Verdict 

Now, you explored the national bravery awards that is offered to many deserving children who don’t even care about their lives. This awarding ceremony is a tribute to the power of human endeavor. So, let’s take an oath to encourage every toddler’s courageous act instead of thinking about consequences. 

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