The 75th Independence Anniversary Medal was issued to commemorate the historic occasion of 75 years of the
independence of India
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947.
The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...
.
Criteria
The medal was issued by the Government of India through a Presidential Notification for all personnel of Armed Forces,
Central Armed Police Forces, Fire Service, Personnel of Central Police Organisations,
Railway Protection Force and all state police forces borne on strength on 15 August 2022.
Design
The medal is circular in shape and made of cupro-nickel. It is 35 mm in diameter and will have
Lion Capital of Ashoka
The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the Capital (architecture), capital, or head, of a column erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Sarnath, India, . Its crowning features are four life-sized lions set back to back on a drum-shaped abacus (arch ...
on the front. The back will have the
Ashoka Chakra with the words ''75th Anniversary of Independence'' along with ''1947-2022''. The ribbon is blue coloured and has the colours of the national flag in the middle. The background will be of 10 mm each on either side of the national flag, which will have each colour with a width of 4 mm.
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{{Indian Military honours and decorations
Military awards and decorations of India
Awards established in 2022
2022 establishments in India