NEERJA BHANOT

THE GALLANTRY AWARD

WINNER

 Made by :
 Satiya priya
 Class XI-D
 INTRODUCTION
 The Gallantry Awards have been instituted by
the Government of India to honour the acts of
bravery and sacrifice of the officers or
personnel of the Armed Forces and civilians.
Gallantry Awards are announced twice a year
by the Ministry of Defence - once on
Republic Day and another on Independence
Day.
 TYPES OF GALLANTRY
AWARDS
 Gallantry Awards are classified into two categories. The
first category of Gallantry Awards is - the Param Vir
Chakra, the Maha Vir Chakra and the Vir Chakra, which
were first instituted by the Government of India on 26th
January 1950. The second category of Gallantry Awards
are - the Ashoka Chakra, the Kirti Chakra and the
Shaurya Chakra, which were first instituted by the
Government of India on 4th January 1952. The Param
Vir Chakra is the highest military award. It is awarded
for the national bravery in the presence of the enemy,
whether on land, at sea or in the air.
 NEERJA BHANOT

 Neerja Bhanot , Ashoka Chakra (7 September 1963 – 5

September 1986) was an Indian head purser who died while
saving passengers on Pan Am Flight 73 which had been
hijacked by terrorists from a terrorist organization during a
stopover in Karachi, Pakistan, on 5 September 1986, just
two days before her 23rd birthday. Bhanot was born
in Chandigarh, India, and brought up in Bombay (present-
day Mumbai) in a Punjabi Hindu family. he received her
early schooling at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in
Chandigarh. When the family moved to Bombay, she
continued her studies at Bombay Scottish School and then
graduated from St. Xavier's College, Bombay.
 Posthumously, she became the youngest recipient
of India's highest peacetime gallantry, the Ashoka
Chakra Award, as well as several other accolades
from the governments of Pakistan and the United
States. She was shot while helping passengers
escape through the emergency exits. Her life and
heroism inspired the biopic Neerja, which was
released in 2016 and was directed by Ram
Madhvani starring Sonam Kapoor.