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The Ati
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The Ati
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510:President's Police Medal for Gallantry
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540:Police Medal for Meritorious Service
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1482:50th Independence Anniversary Medal
1470:75th Independence Anniversary Medal
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1829:Parasurama Naidu Murugesan
1704:Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani
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634:Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
520:Police Medal for Gallantry
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35:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
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463:National Bravery Award
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1669:Deependra Singh Hooda
1649:Birender Singh Dhanoa
1609:Ajendra Bahadur Singh
1604:Abhay Raghunath Karve
1512:Mention in Dispatches
1387:Operation Vijay Medal
1351:Siachen Glacier Medal
1291:Special Service Medal
1267:General Service Medal
1167:Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
1064:service and gallantry
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577:George Grierson Award
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144:Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
67:Distinguished Service
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1754:Konsam Himalay Singh
1629:Anil Yashwant Tipnis
1538:Post-nominal letters
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667:National Film Awards
489:Nari Shakti Puraskar
1864:Ravinder Kumar Dhir
1854:Rama Kant Pattanaik
1809:Nirmal Chandra Suri
1789:Manohar Lal Chibber
1779:Man Mohan Singh Rai
1724:Iqroop Singh Ghuman
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1423:High Altitude Medal
1226:Vishisht Seva Medal
937:Thiruvalluvar Award
801:Disaster Management
789:Dr. B. C. Roy Award
755:Jeevan Raksha Padak
1759:Krishan Kant Saini
1654:Brijesh Dhar Jayal
1279:Samanya Seva Medal
917:Gandhi Peace Prize
644:Mirza Ghalib Award
602:Rashtriya Puraskar
342:on 20 August 2007.
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