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General Service Medal (India)

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For personnel who served an aggregate of 180 days as part of a detachment, unit, or formation located within or operated in the Mizo Hills district from 28 February 1966. Those who were temporarily inducted for specific operations need only have served 90
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For service in Jammu and Kashmir between 27 October 1947 and 1 January 1949 for those who took part in combat or served an aggregate of 180 days with units or formations operating in or located in specific operational or concessional
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Awards of the Nagaland and Mizo Hills clasps were officially discontinued on 8 May 1975. Recipients of either clasp from 1 January 1968 onwards were to wear them with the ribbon of the
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For operational service rendered by personnel who served as part of the 60th (Parachute) Field Ambulance unit in Korea between 22 November 1950 and 8 July 1953.
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The General Service Medal is awarded with a clasp designating the qualifying service of the recipient. There are seven total clasps for the medal.
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For 180 days service as part of a detachment, unit, or formation in one of the following operations or areas of operation from 27 April 1955:
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For an aggregate of 90 days of service on the active strength of a detachment, unit, or formation operating in the Naga hills and
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For personnel who were part of or attached to formations or units within the geographical limits of the territories of
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The ribbon of the medal in 31 mm wide, is red with five equidistant 1 mm dark green stripes.
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For personnel who rendered 15 days service with units or formations within the geographical limits of
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and were involved in the operations, for no less than 48 hours between 18–22 December 1961.
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Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration
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Defense Service Regulations, Chapter XVI Medals and Decorations
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Operating during or located under operational command of
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area on temporary duty from 27 April 1955 or thereafter.
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of the medal depicts the Bhavani Talwar, the sword of
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instead of the ribbon of the General Service Medal.
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Index


Service medal
India
Clasps


Wound Medal

Samanya Seva Medal
India
President of India
Kashmir
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Mizo Hills
clasp
GOC
23rd Infantry Division
8th Mountain Division
Tuensang
Goa
Daman, and Diu
Ladakh
North-East Frontier Agency
Assam
Samanya Seva Medal
cupro-nickel
obverse
Shivaji the Great
Indian military decorations

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