List of Important Award – 2023

1. International Gandhi Peace Prize : For contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence & other Gandhian methods.
Awards: Ali Abu Awwad – A Peace activist, and Daniel Barenboim – a classical paianist.

2. Bharat Ratna: It is the premier civilian award, to serve the nation.
Awards:
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
Pranab Mukherjee
Nanaji Deskhmukh (2019)

3. Padma Vibhushan: Ranking wise the second award is the padma Vibhushan in the Indian Republic. It awarded people from various fields including Govt. service to distinguish extraordinary service for the country.

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4. Padma Bhushan: The Padma Bhushan is the highest civilian award third in rank in the Indian Repubic.

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5. Padma Shri: It is awarded to citizen of India for their distinguished contribution in several fields including Education, Literature, Arts, Science, Industry, Social Service, Medicine, Sports & Public Affairs.

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6. Sports Awards

1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards: It is India’s highest sporting award given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years. Award winners (for 2022) are:

2. Dronacharya Award (Regular Category): It bestowed upon coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports event.
Recipients are: Lalit Kumar (Wrestling), R. B. Ramesh (Chess), Mahavir Prasad Saini (Para Athletics), Shivendra Singh (Hockey), Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar (Malkhamb).

3. Arjun Award: It is India’s Second highest sporting award bestowed upon sportsperson for consistently outstanding performance for four year.

Recipients are:

4. Dhyanchand Awards: It is bestowed upon sportpersons for life time contribution to sports development. Recipients are: Chirag Shetty (Badminton), Satwiksairaj Rakireddy (Badminton).

7. Literacy Awards:

1. Jnapith Award is being given for the best creative literacy writing by any indian citizen in any of the language included in the VII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Recent most awardee are writers: Sanskrit scholar jagadguru Rambhadracharya and Urdu poet and lyricist Gulzar for 2023.
   
2. Vyas Samman (2015): For literary in the Hindi language. Awarded by K.K. Birla Foundation.
   Recent most Awardee –
   Pushpa Bharati, for book ‘Yaadein Yaadein!. Aur Yaadein’ (2023)
   
3. Saraswati Samman: For outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. Awarded by K. K. Birla Foundation.
   Recent most Awardee – Malayalam poet Prabha Varma for “Roudra Sathwikam” (Novel in verse).
   

8. Gallantary Awards:

1. PARAM VIR CHAKRA : Highest decoration Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or prominent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy on land, sea or air.
2. MAHA VIR CHAKRA : Second highest decoration. It is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.
3. VIR CHAKRA : It is the third in the order of awards for acts of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land, sea or air.
4. ASHOK CHAKRA: Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring act of valour or self-sacrifice on land, at sea or in the air.

List of some Important Award in the International

List of some important awards in the India