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title: "Which is India’s highest gallantry award?"  
description: "Which is India’s highest gallantry award?"  
author: "Lisa Schneider"  
published: 2026-11-07  
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category: "general knowledge"  
tags: ["Param Vir Chakra", "gallantry awards", "Ashoka Chakra", "Major Somnath Sharma"]  

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# Which is India’s highest gallantry award?




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