301 Gallantry Medals Awarded to Police, Fire Service Personnel

Gallantry Medals have been awarded to 301 members of the Police Force and Fire Services in connection with the Independence Day 2026 awards for outstanding gallantry and devotion to duty. A large number of the awards went to those serving in LWE-affected areas. In all, 1,057 members of the Police Force, Fire, Home Guard and Civil Defence, and Correctional Services have been awarded Gallantry and Service Medals. The a

301 Gallantry Medals Given

Out of the total 301 Gallantry Medals, 272 medals have been awarded to police personnel and 29 to fire service personnel.

As per the government, the above medals have been given for outstanding acts of gallantry where there was involvement of life and property saving, prevention of crime, or apprehension of criminals. The risk involved is considered with reference to their official duties and responsibilities.

Regional-wise Distribution of Gallantry Medals

The total of 301 Gallantry Medals have been awarded to personnel of various regions,

• 197 personnel from Left Wing Extremism affected regions
• 51 personnel from Jammu & Kashmir region
• 12 personnel from North-East region
• 41 personnel from other regions

The high number of medals given to LWE affected region personnel indicates the challenging situation of working by security forces against violence of the extremists.

1,057 Personnel Awarded Medals

In addition to the Gallantry Medals, there are a range of other independence day awards given to 1,057 personnel from Police, Fire Service, Home Guard and Civil Defence, and Correctional Services.

The awards are split into different categories depending on bravery and service, where awards are made for both courageous acts and dedication to public service.

92 Receive President’s Medal for Distinguished Service

There were also announcements from the Centre of the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) for 92 police and allied service personnel.

The distribution was,

• 83 Police Service personnel
• 4 Fire Service personnel
• 3 Civil Defence and Home Guard personnel
• 2 Correctional Service personnel

The President’s Medal for Distinguished Service is awarded for an officer’s special and distinguished record of service.

664 Medals for Meritorious Service Awarded

In addition, 664 Medals for Meritorious Service (MSM) were also conferred. This medal honours meritorious service characterized by resourcefulness and dedication to duty.

These individuals include,

• 606 Individuals from the Police Force
• 28 Individuals from the Fire Services
• 18 Individuals from Civil Defense and Home Guard
• 12 Individuals from the Correctional Services

In conjunction with the Gallantry and President’s Distinguished Service Medals, these honours emphasize the contributions of persons serving in India’s internal security services, emergency services and correctional services.

President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) 2026 — State/Organisation-Wise Winners

Andhra Pradesh

• Shri Vijaya Kumar Gudi — Inspector General
• Shri Venkata Rami Reddy Balankari — Inspector General

Assam

• Shri Devojyoti Mukherjee — Inspector General

Bihar

• Shri Sanjay Kumar — Inspector General
• Smt. Bina Kumari — Superintendent of Police

Chhattisgarh

• Shri Moti Lal Kotwani — Deputy Inspector General

NCT of Delhi

• Shri Dinesh Kumar Gupta — Deputy Inspector General
• Shri Rajesh Kumar — Assistant Sub Inspector

Gujarat

• Shri Amit Kumar Kishor Vishwakarma — Additional Director General
• Shri Bahadursinh Abhesinh Chudasama — Deputy Superintendent of Police

Haryana

• Smt. Sushila Kaushik — Sub Inspector

Himachal Pradesh

• Shri Gurdev Chand Sharma — Deputy Inspector General

Jharkhand

• Shri Shailendra Kumar Sinha — Inspector General

Karnataka

• Shri Dharmendra Huccha Nanjappa Kallegowdana Koppalu — Assistant Commissioner of Police

Kerala

• Shri Sasidharan Sankaran Ezhuthachan Kizhakkekara — Superintendent of Police

Madhya Pradesh

• Shri Dharmvir Singh — Superintendent of Police
• Shri Sunil Kumar Pandey — Deputy Inspector General
• Shri Anil Kumar Bhadauria — Inspector
• Shri Raj Lochan Prasad Dubey — Constable

Maharashtra

• Shri Shirish Ravindra Jain — Additional Director General
• Shri Subhash Nanasaheb Bhujang — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Shri Sanjay Rajaram Vaychale — Assistant Sub Inspector

Manipur

• Shri Lokhendro Singh Arambam — Armed Police Sub Inspector

Mizoram

• Smt. Meenu Choudhary — Additional Director General

Nagaland

• Shri Videlalie Zashumo — Inspector General

Odisha

• Shri Sanjeeb Panda — Additional Director General
• Ms. Smita­rani Mohanty — Deputy Superintendent of Police

Punjab

• Shri Baljit Singh — Inspector

Rajasthan

• Shri Surendra Singh Ranawat — Assistant Commissioner of Police
• Shri Mahendra Kumar Bhagat — Additional Superintendent of Police

Tamil Nadu

• Shri J Vijai Anand — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Shri K Ramachandran — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Shri S Kumar — Assistant Commandant

Telangana

• Shri Narsaiah Jogula — Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police
• Shri R Jagadishwar Reddy — Superintendent of Police

Uttar Pradesh

• Shri Dhruva Kant Thakur — Director General of Police
• Smt. Padmaja Chauhan — Additional Director General
• Shri Prashant Kumar — Additional Director General
• Shri Deo Narayan Yadav — Assistant Commandant
• Shri Ajay Kumar Tripathi — Assistant Commandant
• Shri Vikas Srivastava — Deputy Superintendent of Police

West Bengal

• Shri Ajay Nand — Commissioner of Police

Puducherry

• Shri Ranganathan B — Superintendent of Police

Jammu & Kashmir

• Shri Shoket Hussain Shah — Senior Superintendent

Central Armed Police Forces & Other Organisations

Assam Rifles

• Shri Pritam Lal — Subedar Major

Border Security Force (BSF)

• Shri Mangi Lal Garg — Inspector General
• Shri Charu Dhwaj Aggarwal — Inspector General
• Shri Ashok Kumar — Deputy Inspector General
• Shri Dhirendra Singh Sindhu — Deputy Inspector General
• Shri Amarvir Yadav — Second-in-Command

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

• Smt. Harpreet Kaur Sohi — Inspector General
• Shri Mohan S — Assistant Commandant

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

• Shri Narendra Kumar Singh — Inspector General
• Shri M Dhinakaran — Deputy Inspector General
• Shri Manish Sharma — Commandant
• Shri Mahesh Chandra Thwal — Commandant
• Shri D Jayachandra Naidu — Inspector

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

• Shri Mandhir Ekka — Inspector General
• Shri Nishith Chandra — Deputy Inspector General
• Shri Mohan Singh — Inspector

National Security Guard (NSG)

• Shri Rakesh Sharma — Group Commander

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

• Shri Malothu Ramulu Naik — Inspector General
• Shri Sanjay Bahadur Chand — Commandant

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

• Shri Narayanamurthy Venkataramanan — Deputy Foreign Language Advisor
• Shri Ujjwal Kumar Sukla — Joint Deputy Director/EXE
• Shri Jijo Jacob — Assistant Director/EXE
• Shri Md Zafare Alam — Assistant Director/EXE
• Shri Raman Kumar — Assistant Director/EXE
• Shri Kamal Kant — Assistant Director/Staff Officer
• Ms. Phul Maya Tamang — Assistant Central Intelligence Officer-I/EXE
• Shri Khota Able Shinglai — Assistant Central Intelligence Officer-I/EXE

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

• Smt. Shobha Dutta — Superintendent of Police
• Shri Manoj Banerjee — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Smt. Ginni Rana — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Shri Ramesh Chand — Assistant Sub Inspector
• Shri Madan Lal Dhiman — Assistant Sub Inspector
• Shri Sanjay Kumar Samal — Deputy Superintendent of Police

Special Protection Group (SPG)

• Shri Umesh Chander Datta — Inspector General
• National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
• Shri Gambhir Singh Chauhan — Deputy Inspector General

National Investigation Agency (NIA)

• Shri K M Mallikarjuna Prasanna — Inspector General
• Shri Braj Bhushan Pathak — Additional Superintendent of Police

Department of Defence Production

• Shri Sajid Farid Shapoo — Additional Director General

Railway Protection Force (RPF)

• Shri Rajesh Lal — Assistant Security Commissioner

Fire Service

Goa

• Shri Rajendra Aanant Haldankar — Deputy Director (Fire Services)

Odisha

• Shri Malaya Kumar Mohanty — Assistant Station Officer

Uttar Pradesh

• Shri Naimuddin — Leading Fireman

CISF

• Shri Mahendra Singh Kandari — Assistant Commandant

Home Guards & Civil Defence Service

Chhattisgarh

• Shri Rajesh Kumar Pandey — Additional Commandant General

NCT of Delhi

• Shri Suresh Kumar Shokeen — Commandant

Himachal Pradesh

• Shri Prem Raj — Company Commander

Correctional Services

Maharashtra

• Shri Sanjiv Sakharam Ghanekar — Subhedar
• Shri Sanjay Rajaramji Talware — Havildar

Medal for Gallantry (GM) Awardees – Independence Day 2026

Andhra Pradesh

1. Korlana Mallesh — AR Head Constable
2. Paidi Sri Rama Murthy — AR Head Constable
3. Adari Hema Sundara Rao — AR Police Constable
4. Chinthapalli Satyanarayana — AR Police Constable
5. Rowthu Mahesh — AR Police Constable
6. Abothula Appala Naidu — AR Police Constable
7. Ruthala Kanna Babu — AR Police Constable

Arunachal Pradesh

1. Sudhanshu Dhama, IPS — Superintendent of Police

Bihar

• Md. Afsar Hussain — Inspector

Chhattisgarh

• Robinson Guria, IPS — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Vinay Kumar — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Sohan Lal — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Mahanth Kumar — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Harishankar Prasad Dhruw — Sub-Inspector
• Bhupendra Baghel — Platoon Commander
• Gajraj Singh Rajawat — APC
• Rajuram Netam — Assistant Sub-Inspector
• Laikhan Korram — Head Constable
• Hari Dugga — Head Constable
• Chain Singh Bhoyar — Head Constable
• Ujiyar Singh Nureti — Head Constable
• Suknath Nureti — Head Constable
• Lomsingh Dhruw — Head Constable
• Ramchandra Yadav — Constable
• Dev Prasad Darro — Constable
• Bajjuram Kachlam — Constable
• Pitambar Das Vaishnav — Constable
• Ms. Rambai Potai — Constable
• Tankesh Porte — Constable
• Dharmendra Dhruw — Constable
• Ramdhar Kumeti — Constable
• Jitendra Kumar Samrath — Constable
• Rajesh Korram — Constable
• Amar Potai — Constable
• Ms. Lalita Karma — Constable
• Sukhdev Varda — Constable
• Jaisingh Salam — Constable
• Kosa Ram Markam — Constable
• Smruthik Rajanala, IPS — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Yadram Baghel — Company Commander
• Vinay Kumar — Deputy Superintendent of Police, 1st Bar to GM
• Prashant Dewangan — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Rahul Kumar Uikey — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Laxman Singh Potai — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Neharu Ram Bhagat — Assistant Sub-Inspector
• Smt. Pinky Kawde — DSF Constable
• Manish Salam — Constable
• Jagbandhu Jain — Constable
• Tirath Nag — DSF Constable
• Kumar Kowachi — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Lalsu Ram Usendi — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Amlu Ram Markam — Constable
• Hirasingh Dhaneliya — Constable
• Late Nitesh Ekka — Constable, Posthumous
• Sampat Tandia — Assistant Sub-Inspector
• Late Ramesh Koreti — Constable, Posthumous
• Sodi Rama — Head Constable
• Sodi Ajay — Head Constable
• Boddi Lakshmaiya — Constable
• Kattam Mutta — Constable
• Semal Ramesh — Constable
• Kuhram Rambabu — Constable
• Madvi Kosa — Constable
• Panda Rohit — Constable
• Vetti Chotelal — Constable
• Soyam Joga — Constable
• Kartam Linga — Constable
• Jaysing Nag — Constable
• Rajendra Kumar Nag — Constable
• Ramdhar Kashyap — Constable
• Madvi Ganga — Constable
• Nurum Dulla — Constable
• Kadti Rama — Constable
• Mosam Chandra — Constable
• Madkam Ganga — Recruit Constable
• Sodi Naresh — Constable
• Muchaki Deva — Recruit Constable
• Madvi Mukesh — Constable
• Madkam Bhima — Constable
• Kunjam Podiya — Constable
• Vetti Deva — Constable
• Soyam Raju — Constable
• Soyam Laccha — Constable
• Madvi Ramesh — Constable
• Soyam Ramesh — Constable
• Madvi Kanna — Constable
• Sunderraj Pattilingam, IPS — Inspector General of Police
• Indira Kalyan Elesela, IPS — Senior Superintendent of Police
• Sandeep Patel, IPS — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Dr. Prashant Shukla — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Ravi Kumar Kujur — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Ramchandra Sahu — Sub-Inspector
• Santosh Mishra — Sub-Inspector
• Suryakant Shrimali — Constable
• Shreen Athmatlam — Constable
• Pawan Dev Sahu — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Sohit Kumar Yadav — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Tijau Ram Markam — DSF Constable
• Arjun Tati — Constable
• Kamlesh Markam — Recruit Constable
• Dinesh Kange — Constable
• Girdhar Shori — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Vivekanand Netam — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Omesh Mandavi — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Ravindra Kumar Sahu — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Tarun Kumar — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Nand Kumar — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Niranjan Markam — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Praveen Koreti — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Pramod Kumar — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Chainu Ram Bhaskar — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Atmaram Dhruw — Constable
• Mahendra Kumar Bhuwarya — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Naval Ram Mandavi — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Kameshwar Kawde — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Gulshan Korram — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Vikas Kumar Netam — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Poonam Chand — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Pyare Lal Taram — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Vinay Kumar Dugga — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Nikhlesh Kumar Tandia — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Krishna Netam — Constable
• Vedant Kashyap — Constable
• Yugal Kishore — Constable
• Dew Ram — Constable
• Tulsi Ram — Constable
• Kumesh Kumar — Constable
• Nomesh Kumar Nayak — Constable
• Fagnu Ram Kawde — Recruit Constable
• Shobi Ram Dugga — Constable
• Vishwanath Sinha — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Dheeraj Banjare — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Amresh Paul — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Arjun Darro — DSF Constable
• Laxman Netam — DSF Constable
• Bhuneshwar Markam — DSF Constable
• Mainuram Komre — DSF Constable
• Manjit Jurri — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Suman Kawaliya — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Sanjay Netam — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Bharat Kumar — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Pramod Kumar — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Aman Mandav — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Ameer Kumar Markam — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Ajay Kumar — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Rahul Kumar Salam — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Rakesh Rawte — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Vishwanath Mandavi — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Satish Kumar Yadav — Bastar Fighter Constable
• Umesh Berda (Marro) — Constable

Jammu & Kashmir

• Rayeesh Ahmad Reshi — Head Constable, 1st Bar to GM
• Waseem Mohi-Ud-Din Lone — Constable
• Manzoor Ahmad — Head Constable
• Mudasir Ahmad — Head Constable
• Sarfaraz Bashir — Deputy Superintendent of Police, 2nd Bar to GM
• Ashak Hussain P. — Sub Inspector
• Kishore Kumar — Head Constable
• Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan — SgCT, 1st Bar to GM
• Javid Iqbal Jan — Inspector
• Mohinder Singh — Assistant Sub-Inspector, 1st Bar to GM
• Sheeraz Ahmad — Head Constable
• Surinder Paul — Head Constable
• Ishtiyaq Ahmad Reshi — SgCT
• Tanveer Hussain Lone — Constable
• Mudasir Ahmad Shah — Constable
• Shiv Kumar, IPS — Deputy Inspector General
• Shobhit D. Saksena, IPS — Senior Superintendent of Police
• Nasir Ahmad — Superintendent of Police
• Kalu Din — Inspector
• Adit Kumar Nad — SgCT
• Ms. Divya D, IPS — Superintendent of Police
• Mohd Usman — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Shabir Ahmad Malik — SgCT
• Manzoor Ahmad Ganie — SgCT
• Khurshid Ahmed Wani — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Mushtaq Ahmad Shah — Head Constable
• Ab. Rashid Mir — Constable
• Mushtaq Ahmad — Senior Superintendent of Police
• Mohamad Shafi Banday — Constable
• Abdul Rashid — Inspector
• Zahoor Ahmad — Assistant Sub-Inspector
• Zahoor Ahmad — SgCT
• Pande Rajiv Omprakash, IPS — Deputy Inspector General
• Dheeraj Kumar — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Shakir Hassan — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Vikram Nag — Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Mushtaq Ahmad Khan — SgCT
• Tariq Ahmad — SgCT

Maharashtra

• Raju Pandurang Gawali — Police Sub Inspector
• Wasudeo Rajam Madavi — Police Sub Inspector, 1st Bar to GM
• Dilip Vitthal Atram Naik — Police Constable
• Ajay Gopalrao Madavi — Police Constable
• Ganesh Chandram Dubbula — Police Constable
• Vijay Zuru Madavi — Police Constable
• Bhupesh Marotrao Jumnake — Police Constable
• Dalsu Katiya Bogami — Police Constable
• Rajesh Shamrao Kirange — Police Constable
• Masa Bora Atram Naik — Police Constable
• Yatish Vijayrao Deshmukh, IPS — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Vijay Kishtayya Kodape — Head Constable
• Dashrath Ramshaha Madavi — Naik Police Constable
• Rakesh Rajam Bedki — Police Constable
• Sudhakar Jagan Portet — Police Constable
• Shriniwas Samayya Nishturi — Police Constable
• Ganesh Hanmantu Ganjiwar — Police Constable
• Nitesh Prabhudas Tembekar — Police Constable
• Shivaji Messo Hichami — Police Constable
• Sanjay Mallesh Kankabandawar — Police Constable

Odisha

• Manmath Kumar Mohapatra — Sub-Inspector
• Nirakar Bhue — Havildar
• Santosh Gurung — Commando
• Suman Pun — Commando
• Suresh Chandra Puta — Commando

Telangana

• B. Sathya Rao — Junior Commando
• K. Sandeep Kumar — Junior Commando
• J. Vamshi Krishna — Junior Commando

Uttar Pradesh

• Akshaya Parveer Tyagi — Sub-Inspector, 1st Bar to GM
• Sunil Kumar — Head Constable, 1st Bar to GM
• Late Sunil Kumar — Inspector, Posthumous
• Deepak Kumar — Head Constable
• Brijesh Kumar Singh — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Sanjay Singh — Head Constable
• Deepak Kumar — Head Constable, 1st Bar to GM
• Muniraj G, IPS — Senior Superintendent of Police
• Satyajeet Gupta, IPS — Additional Superintendent of Police
• Narendra Kumar — Inspector
• Adesh Tripathi — Head Constable
• Prashant Kumar — Head Constable

Border Security Force (BSF)

• Ramesh Chandra Choudhary — Inspector
• Alok Kumar — Sub-Inspector
• Kana Ram Yadav — Head Constable
• Villayat Ali — Constable
• Mohd Ali — Constable
• Golam Ehsanuzzaman — Constable
• Rajat Singh — Constable
• Hasimuddin SK — Constable
• Shrawan Meghwal — Constable
• Prem Sagar — Constable
• Prassanna Chettri — Constable
• Sagar Ghosh — Constable
• Sanapathi Atchiyya Naidu — Constable
• Adesh Kumar — Constable
• Bidyut Gain — Constable
• Khilare Navanath Narayan — Constable
• Anil Kumar Verma — Constable
• Sandeep Kumar — Constable
• Dinesh — Constable
• Siddhart Khati — Constable

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

• Dronacharya Nath — Sub-Inspector
• Gandrab Singh — Head Constable
• Gaikwad Vitthal Sahebrao — Head Constable
• Kailash Chand Kumawat — Head Constable
• Prohlad Basak — Head Constable
• Tilak Raj — Head Constable
• Yadvendra Kumar — Head Constable
• Sombir — Head Constable
• Md Manaz — Head Constable
• Sun Basumatary — Constable
• Sanjeev Kumar — Constable
• Chaudhary Mahesh Kumar — Second-In-Command
• Rajwinder Singh — Assistant Commandant
• Dan Singh — Inspector
• Appu Biswas — Head Constable
• Bijendra Singh Sikarwar — Head Constable
• Anup Singh — Head Constable
• Vedprakash — Constable
• Rajeev Tiwari — Second-In-Command
• Narapat — Assistant Commandant
• Vikash Yadav — Inspector, 1st Bar to GM
• Babu Lal — Constable
• Sandeep — Constable
• Bua Ditta — Constable, 1st Bar to GM

Fire Service — Maharashtra

• Manoj Vishwanath Sawant — Divisional Fire Officer
• Ravindra Narayanrao Ambulgekar — Chief Fire Officer
• Anil Vasant Parab — Deputy Chief Fire Officer
• Ishwar Khandu Kamble — Senior Station Officer
• Yogesh Hiralal Pawar — Station Officer
• Dattatray Ashok Bhosale — Station Officer
• Mahesh Anand Gudulkar — Driver Operator
• Chintamani Shivaji Khandekar — Fireman
• Vicky Nagesh Sarvade — Fireman
• Sudarshan Ghanshyam Pawade — Fireman
• Ramesh Jivan Koli — Fireman
• Rajesh Vishnu Rane — Driver Operator
• Harshal Shankar Katke — Fireman
• Fire Service — Uttar Pradesh
• Rahul Pal — Chief Fire Officer, 1st Bar to GM
• Molchand Singh — Fire Station Second Officer
• Netrapal Singh — Leading Fireman
• Satendra Singh — Fire Service Driver, 1st Bar to GM
• Ram Pal Singh — Fire Service Driver
• Jogendra Singh — Fireman, 1st Bar to GM
• Vinay Yadav — Fireman
• Ayushman Kumar Sharma — Fireman, 1st Bar to GM
• Deepak Kumar-I — Fireman
• Umakant Shukla — Fireman
• Sushil Kumar — Fire Station Officer
• Dharampal Singh — Fire Station Second Officer
• Sumit Pratap Singh — Fire Station Second Officer
• Pravesh Kumar — Fireman
• Vivek Kumar Patel — Fireman
• Pushpendra Singh — Fireman