Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)

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gallantry award military decoration

The Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) is India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, conferred for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Ashoka Chakra	7
Ashoka Chakra, Class I	2
Ashoka Chakra (in some renderings or surrounding ornamentation)	1
Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) canonical	1
Ashoka Chakra Class II	1
Ashoka Chakra, Class III	1
Chakra series of gallantry awards	1
India’s peacetime gallantry awards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1106118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)
Context triple: [Ashoka Chakra, relatedTo, Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)]

A. Ashoka Chakra
The Ashoka Chakra is a 24-spoked navy-blue wheel symbolizing righteousness, progress, and the eternal cycle of life, prominently featured at the center of the Indian national flag.
B. Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
The Ati Vishisht Seva Medal is a high-level Indian military decoration awarded for exceptional distinguished service of an outstanding order to all ranks of the armed forces.
C. Param Vishisht Seva Medal
The Param Vishisht Seva Medal is a high-level Indian military decoration awarded for distinguished service of the most exceptional order to all ranks of the armed forces.
D. Bharat Ratna
Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional service or performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor.
E. Padma Vibhushan
The Padma Vibhushan is India’s second-highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional and distinguished service in any field.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)
Target entity description: The Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) is India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, conferred for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

A. Ashoka Chakra
The Ashoka Chakra is a 24-spoked navy-blue wheel symbolizing righteousness, progress, and the eternal cycle of life, prominently featured at the center of the Indian national flag.
B. Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
The Ati Vishisht Seva Medal is a high-level Indian military decoration awarded for exceptional distinguished service of an outstanding order to all ranks of the armed forces.
C. Param Vishisht Seva Medal
The Param Vishisht Seva Medal is a high-level Indian military decoration awarded for distinguished service of the most exceptional order to all ranks of the armed forces.
D. Bharat Ratna
Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional service or performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor.
E. Padma Vibhushan
The Padma Vibhushan is India’s second-highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional and distinguished service in any field.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gallantry award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
awardedFor	most conspicuous bravery away from the battlefield ⓘ self-sacrifice away from the battlefield ⓘ valour in peacetime ⓘ
awardingAuthority	President of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
eligibility	civilians ⓘ members of auxiliary forces ⓘ members of nursing services ⓘ members of reserve forces ⓘ members of territorial forces ⓘ members of the armed forces of India ⓘ officers of the armed forces of India ⓘ
established	1952 ⓘ 4 January 1952 ⓘ
establishedBy	President of India ⓘ
firstAwarded	1952 ⓘ
higherThan	Kirti Chakra ⓘ Shaurya Chakra ⓘ
isHighestPeacetimeGallantryAwardOf	India ⓘ
isPeacetimeEquivalentOf	Param Vir Chakra ⓘ
languageOfInscription	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
medalMaterial	gold gilt ⓘ
medalShape	circular ⓘ
monetaryBenefits	pension and allowances as notified by Government of India ⓘ
namedAfter	Ashoka Chakra (symbol) ⓘ linked to: Ashoka Chakra
obverseDesign	Ashoka Chakra in the centre ⓘ a lotus wreath around the Ashoka Chakra ⓘ
partOf	Indian honours system ⓘ linked to: Indian system of orders, decorations and medals
posthumousAwardsPermitted	yes ⓘ
postNominals	AC ⓘ
precededBy	Ashoka Chakra, Class I ⓘ linked to: Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)
presentedBy	Government of India ⓘ
replaced	Ashoka Chakra, Class I ⓘ linked to: Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)
reverseDesign	State Emblem of India ⓘ
reverseInscription	Ashoka Chakra in English ⓘ Ashoka Chakra in Hindi ⓘ
ribbonColor	green ⓘ
ribbonFeature	vertical saffron stripe in the centre ⓘ
scopeOfAward	acts of gallantry at sea ⓘ acts of gallantry in the air ⓘ acts of gallantry not in the face of the enemy ⓘ acts of gallantry on land ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
type	peacetime gallantry decoration ⓘ

How these facts were elicited