National Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours from different Fields

 

AwardFieldInstituted
Padma VibhushanSecond Highest Civilian Award1954
Padma BhushanThird Highest Civilian Award1954
Padma ShriFourth Highest Civilian Award1954
Gallantry AwardsBravery in War and Peace1950
Param Vir ChakraHighest Wartime Gallantry Award1950
Ashoka ChakraHighest Peacetime Gallantry Award1952
Mahavir ChakraSecond Highest Wartime Gallantry Award1950
Kirti ChakraSecond Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award1952
Vir ChakraThird Highest Wartime Gallantry Award1950
Shaurya ChakraThird Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award1952
National Film AwardIndian Cinema1954
National Florence Nightingale AwardNursing1973
National Teachers’ AwardEducation1958
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (formerly Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna)Highest Sporting Honour1991–92

Indian Literature Awards

AwardField
Sahitya Akademi AwardLiterature
Sahitya Akademi FellowshipHighest Literary Honour of Sahitya Akademi
Moortidevi AwardLiterature
Bihari PuraskarHindi/Rajasthani Literature
Rabindra PuraskarBengali Literature

Science & Environment Awards

AwardField
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament & DevelopmentPeace & Development
Tyler PrizeEnvironment
Blue Planet PrizeEnvironment
Stockholm Water PrizeWater Conservation
World Food PrizeAgriculture & Food Security

Sports Awards

AwardPurpose
Major Dhyan Chand Khel RatnaHighest Sporting Honour
Arjuna AwardOutstanding Sportsperson
Dronacharya AwardCoaches
Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement AwardLifetime Achievement in Sports
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan PuruskarPromotion of Sports
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure AwardAdventure Sports

Indian Literature Awards

AwardField
Sahitya Akademi AwardLiterature
Sahitya Akademi FellowshipHighest Literary Honour of Sahitya Akademi
Moortidevi AwardLiterature
Bihari PuraskarHindi/Rajasthani Literature
Rabindra PuraskarBengali Literature

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