Independence Day 2020: 926 police personnel to receive medals | full list

This Independence day a total of 926 Police personnel have been awarded Medals. Every year, on 15th August, a select few in the country are awarded for their courage and their work. This year will be no different.

In the Awards list, Jammu and Kashmir outshined rest of the country with the highest number of Gallantry award-winners. 

List of Awardees 

In the list released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, the Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG) have been awarded to 215 police personnel for their 'conspicuous gallant action'. The President's Police Medals for Distinguished Service has been awarded to 80 police personnel and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to 631 police personnel.

Among the majority of the 215 Gallantry Awards, 123 personnel are being awarded for their gallant action in Jammu & Kashmir, 29 personnel for their gallant action in Left Wing extremism affected areas and 8 personnel for their gallant action in North-East Region. Among the personnel receiving Gallantry Awards, 55 are from CRPF, 81 are from J&K police, 23 are from Uttar Pradesh and 16 are from Delhi Police, 14 are from Maharashtra and 12 are from Jharkhand and the remaining from the other States/UTs and Central Armed Police Forces.

See the full list of Gallantry Award winners below:

Assam:

1. Anupam Gowala (SI) PMG
2. Kushal Das (CT) PMG
3. Titheswar Saikia (CT) PMG
4. Ashini Kumar Saikia (CT) PMG
5. Cham Flum Chakhap (CT) PMG

Arunachal Pradesh:

1. Dr Navdeep Singh Brar,
   IPS (SP) PMG
2. Tabi Bage (Inspector) PMG
3. Jiyauddin Ansari (HC) PMG

Jammu & Kashmir:

1. Saqib Rasool Sheikh
2. Syed Javeed Ahmad
3. Tabraiz Ahmed
4. Muneer Ahmad Bhat
5. Ayaz Ahmad Katoch
6. Tariq Mahinood
7. Abdul Hamid Khatana
8. Arif Amin Shah
9. Majad Ali
10. Gh. Hassan Lone
11. Shabir Ahmad Sohil
12. Ajaz Ahmed
13. Gh. Mohd Rather
14. Fayaz Ahmad Shiekh
15. Mohd Yaseen Dar
16. Azad Ahmad
17. Sarideep, IPS
18. Ashiq Hussain Tak
19. Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat
20. fIilal Ahmad Ganai
21. Ajaz Ahmed Zargar
22. Davinder Singh
23. Parviz Ahmad Wani
24. Javaid Iqbal
25. Gh. Hassan Mir
26. Atul Kumar Goe1, IPS
27. Mohd Yousit
28. Tanveer Ahmad Bhat
29. Syed Sajad Hussain
30. Tahir Ashraf
31. Sharad
32. Showkat Ahmad Shah
33. Parvez Ahmad Dar
34. Adil Ashraf Bhat
35. Shabeer Ahmad
36. Narwaroo
37. Majad Ali
38. Javaid Latief Shabnam
39. Javaid Ahmad Reshi
40. Anil Kuiaiar
41. Jaffer Rashid Parray
42. Mohd Altaf Bajard
43. Vidhi Kumar Birdi, IPS
44. Gurinderpal Singh, IPS
45. Shahjhan Choudhary
46. Mehboob I-Hussain Banday
47. Mohd Idress Wani
48. Aakas Mohd Dar
49. Nissar Ahmad Darzi
50. Irshad Ahmad Ahanger
51. Aijaz Ahmad Malik
52. Nasir Ahmad Bhat
53. Aijaz Rasool Mir
54. Muneeb-UI-Islam Bhat
55. Manzoor Ahmad Mir
56. Sunil Razdan
57. Rashed Ali Wani
58. Pintoo Kumar Vaid
59. Arun Jamwal
60. Rabinder Singh
61. Zahoor Ahmad Khan
62. Ram Singh
63. Ab. Majeed Ahanger
64. Parvaz Ahmad Bhat
65. Pawam Singh
66. Tejinder Singh, IPS
67. Altaf Ahmad Khan
68. Rayees Ahmad Wani
69. Ashiq Hussain
70. Yougal Kumar Manhas
71. Sukh Dev Singh
72. Tilak Raj
73. Kisliore Kumar
74. Sheikh Zulfkar Azad
75. Mir Murtaza Hussain
76. Sohil
77. Saqib Ghani
78. Gazenfer Syed
79. Shahnawaz Teeli
80. Ghulam Nabi
81. Gulzar Ahmad Lone
82. Irshad Ahmad Dar
83. Liyakat Ali War

Delhi:

1. Vinay Kumar
2. Shiv Mangal Yadav
3. Govind Sharma
4. Sanjay Gupta
5. Rajesh Kumar
6. Ajaibir Singh
7. Late Mohan Chand
8. Sharma
9. Kailash Singh Bisht
10. Dharmender Kumar

Maharashtra:

1. Rajesh Dyanoba Khandave
2. Manish Pundlik Gorle
3. Govardhan Janardhan
4. Wadhai
5. Kailas Kashirana Usendi
6. Kumarshaha Wasudeo
7. Kirange
8. Sliivlal Rupsing Hidko
9. Suresh Durguji Kovase
10. Ratiram Raghurain Poreti
11. Pradipkumar Raibhain
12. Gedam
13. Rakesh Mahadeo Narote
14. Ralcesh Ramsu Hichami
15. Vasant Nanka Tadavi 
16. Subhash Pandurang Usendi
17. Ramesh Venkanna Komire

Uttar Pradesh:

1. Lokesh Bhati
2. Late Ekant Yadav
3. Amit Kumar
4. Prashant Kumar, IPS
5. Abhishek Yadav, IPS
6. Satpal, IPS
7. Pravesh Kumar
8. Ajay Kumar
9. Vinit Kumar Kapasia
10. Ajay Kumar Sahni, IPS
11. Narendra Pratap Singh
12. Awdhesh Singh
13. Asim Arun, IPS
14. Late Rajesh Sahni
15. Atahar Ahmad
16. Avinash Kumar
17. Vikas Yadav
18. Mahendra Pal
19. Faheem Mian
20. Suvendra Kumar Bhagat, IPS
21. Vijai Bhushan, IPS
22. Arvind Chaturvedi

Telangana:

1. Mogulla Venkateshwar Goud
2. Mohd. Meharajuddin

Jharkhand:

1. Surendra Kumar Jha, IPS
2. Deepak Kumar
3. Bivash Tirkey
4. Hemant Kumar Choudhary
5. Ajit Kumar
6. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
7. Shambhu Kumar Singh
8. Vimlesh Kumar Tripathi
9. Jurendra Soy
10. Shashi Ranjan Kumar Pandey
11. Rajesh Kumar Sahu
12. Tasaduk Ansari

Chattisgarh:

1. Malik Ram
2. Mahendra Singh Dhruw
3. Abhishek Meena, IPS

BSF:

1. Late Vinay Prasad

CRPF:

1. Late Pranjal Pachani
2. Ambuj Kumar Srivastava
3. Late Laju N S
4. Late Fatte Singh Kudopa
5. Late Laxman Purty
6. Amit Kumar Kaushlk
7. Yogendra Sain
8. Kuldeep Singh
9. Sanjay Kumar Chahal
10. Manoj Barik
11. Mukesh Kumar Saket
12. Hemant Singh
13. Kanak Ramchiary
14. Ranjan Das
15. Devendar Mohan Sharma
16. Boricha Hareshbhai
17. Desabhai
18. Anuruddha Pratap
19. Imtiyaz Naseer
20. Sayar Ahmad Dar
21. Vikash Kumar
22. Ramsharan Yadav
23. Nitish Kumar Dubey
24. Rana Zulffqar Ali
25. Irshad Ahmad Hajam
26. Raju Sarkar
27. Rajendra Singh
28. Ankit Maan
29. Vikas Bhagat
30. Sujit Oraon
31. Shashi Kant Ral
32. Ram Kishan
33. Suraj Kumar
34. Sandeep Kumar
35. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
36. Jahangir Munawar
37. Sanjay Kumar Kamath
38. Atul Karwal, IPS
39. Suman Kant Tigga
40. Rakesh Raman
41. Vishant
42. Sandeep Kumar
43. Javid Ahmad Dar
44. lmran Khan
45. Attaur Rehman
46. Naseer Ahmad Ganaie
47. Naseer Ahmad Sheikh
48. Ravi Shankar
49. Rajesh Kumar Barnela
50. Nazir Aharned
51. Ravideep Singh Sahi
52. Naresh Kumar
53. Loukrakpam Ibomcha Singh
54. Devsant Kumar
55. Vijay Kumar Singh
56. Gorle Jaganmohan Rao

President's Police Medals:

Police Medals For Meritorious Service:

With the ongoing pandemic, Independence Day this year will be a low-key affair. 

(With agency inputs)