Following the standard follow of honouring the Indian armed forces personnel each 25 years with an Independence Day anniversary medal, the Indian Army, on the auspicious event of the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s Independence from British rule, will honour the Indian Armed forces personnel with the seventy fifth Independence Anniversary Medal instituted via Presidential Notification, mentioned the Indian Army.
The Indian Army tweeted and mentioned, “To commemorate historic event of 75 years of Independence, Authorities of India has instituted seventy fifth Independence Anniversary Medal via Presidential Notification for all Armed Forces personnel borne on power on 15 Aug 2022.”
To commemorate historic event of 75 years of Independence, Authorities of India has instituted seventy fifth Independence Anniversary Medal via Presidential Notification for all Armed Forces personnel borne on power on 15 Aug 2022. #AmritMahotsav#IndianArmy pic.twitter.com/er528e5P2m
— ADG PI – INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) August 14, 2022
The brand new medal anchored by a blue colored ribbon with the colors of the Tricolour could have on it an Ashoka Lion inscribed on the entrance and the Ashoka Chakra on the again. It additionally has written on it – ‘seventy fifth Anniversary of Independence’ and ‘1947 – 2022’.
Medal to be awarded to all of the serving armed forces personnel
The medal instituted beneath the seventy fifth Independence anniversary particular might be awarded to all of the serving personnel within the Army, Navy, Airforce, CAPF and state police items.
fiftieth Independence Medal: The medal had a picture of the Pink Fort embossed over it with ‘fiftieth anniversary of Independence’ talked about bordering the rim. India’s map featured on the opposite aspect of the medal, which was awarded to the Army, Navy and Air Drive, different reserve forces, Railway Police Drive, House Guards, Civil Defence Organisation and Hearth Providers, Paramilitary Forces.
twenty fifth Independence Medal: On the entrance of the medal – the ‘twenty fifth Independence anniversary medal’ was inscribed beneath the state emblem on the entrance. The again had the Ashoka Chakra with dates 1947 and 1972 embossed on the perimeters. It was accorded to the Army, Navy and Air Drive, reserve forces, Territorial Army, Intelligence Bureau, Calcutta Particular Police Drive, House Guard, Civil Defence Organisation, Hearth Providers, Jail workers, and Central Industrial Safety Drive amongst others.
Maiden Independence Medal in 1947: The primary medal was given amongst others to Britons too. All of the men and women in addition to the Nepali Gurkhas serving the Indian armed forces had been conferred with the medal together with the Princes with the state in energy, who had assimilated themselves into India.
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