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{{Short description|Medals of Indian Police and Civil Forces}}

{{Infobox award
| name = Honour System of Indian Police and Civil Forces
| image = File:President's Medal for Gallantry (India).png
| caption = President's Medal for Gallantry </br> (highest Police, Fire, Correctional and Civil Defence Services medal in India)
| country = {{flag|India}}
| website = {{URL|https://awards.gov.in//}}
}}

Medals and decorations of Indian police, fire and civil defence forces are honours awarded to personnel of India's [[Law enforcement in India|police organisations]], [[List of fire departments in India|fire services]], and civil defence bodies in recognition of gallantry, distinguished service, and meritorious performance. These decorations form part of the broader [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|Indian honours system]] and are instituted by the [[Government of India]] as well as, in some cases, by state governments. They recognise acts of bravery in the line of duty, exceptional service to public safety, and long or distinguished service in law enforcement and emergency response.

The system includes both national gallantry awards and service-specific decorations. Personnel of state and union territory police forces, members of the [[Central Armed Police Forces]], Fire Services, Correctional Services and Civil Defence Services are eligible for these honours.

Prior to 2023, officers and personnel of fire services and civil defence organisations were recognised through separate medals for gallantry and distinguished service in firefighting, disaster response, and civil protection, however the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]], restructured the medals between 2023 and 2024; thereby combining various medals for different services into one definite series.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=16 October 2023 |title=General procedures and Guidelines governing "President's Medal for Gallantry" & "Medal for Gallantry" and "President's Medal for Distinguished Service" & "Medal for Meritorious Service" |url=https://ips.gov.in/PDFS/Notification_22022024.pdf |access-date=2 May 2026 |website=ips.gov.in |publisher=Police Medal and Award Cell, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>

In India, medals to police, fire, correctional and civil defence services are created and awarded by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] on the behalf of the [[President of India]]. The processing, awarding, and managing service and gallantry medals is done by the Police Medals and Awards (PMA) Cell within the Home Ministry.

== History ==
Until independence, [[India|India's]] honours system, like that of [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]], was fully integrated into that of [[Great Britain]], the [[British Raj|colonial ruler]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Dorling |first1=Henry Taprell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-tcsAQAAMAAJ |title=Ribbons, Medals and Regimental Badges ... |last2=Dorling |first2=Edward Earle |date=1918 |publisher=G. Philip & Son, Limited |language=en}}</ref>

Some of the medals and decorations awarded to police, fire and other auxiliary services are listed below.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Edward S. |title=Medals and decorations of Independent India |last2=Chhina |first2=Rana |date=2008 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-7304-719-0 |location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Abbott |first1=P. E. |title=British gallantry awards |last2=Tamplin |first2=J. M. A. |date=1971 |publisher=Guinness Superlatives |isbn=978-0-85112-173-4 |location=Enfield}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Scandaluzzi |first=Franco |title=World Wide Ribbons - India |url=https://www.medal-ribbons.com/WORLD%20RIBBON%20SCANDALUZZI/SCA%20INDIA%20RP.htm |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=www.medal-ribbons.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:Queens Police Medal (Gallantry) UK.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[King's Police Medal|King's Police Medal for Gallantry]]'''
|-
|[[File:Queens Police Medal for Merit.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[King's Police Medal|King's Police Medal for Distinguished Service]]'''
|-
|[[File:Indian Police Medal for Gallantry Ribbon.gif|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Indian Police Medal|Indian Police Medal for Gallantry]]'''
|-
|[[File:Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Indian Police Medal|Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service]]'''
|}

In addition to the regular [[Orders, decorations, and medals of British India|imperial awards]] which were, over time, progressively opened up to both Europeans in India and to [[Asians]], the [[Indian Order of Merit]] (in both military and civil divisions) and the [[Indian Distinguished Service Medal]] were available for bravery, the [[Order of British India]] was awarded for military merit, the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]] and the various title badges were available for general merit, while the more general [[King's Police Medal]] and India-specific police medals for gallantry and meritorious service were used to reward personnel of the [[Indian Police Service|police]] and [[List of fire departments in India|fire services]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

From the date of Independence, almost all these awards, in addition to the Indian orders of knighthood lapsed into immediate obsolescence for India (and, for most of the above, for the empire as a whole).

The knighthood orders included: -
* [[Order of the Star of India|Most Excellent Order of the Star of India]]
* [[Order of the Indian Empire|The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire]]
* [[Order of the Crown of India|The Imperial Order of the Crown of India]]

Only the four police medals survived into India's independent honours toolbox. This left newly independent India with a virtual awards vacuum.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of soldiers with highest gallantry awards. |date=1980 |publisher=City House Journals & Encyclopaedias |edition=1st |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

=== New Police Medals ===
On 10 March 1951, new police medals were established for India, removing any ambiguity about the ongoing standing of the royal police medals and replacing the odd continuance of the pre-Independence awards. The following medals were established on March 10:<ref name=":1" /> -

* President's Police and Fire Services Medal for Gallantry
* Police Medal for Gallantry
* President's Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service
* Police Medal for Meritorious Service

=== First Order of Precedence ===
On 3 May 1952, a separate and parallel precedence for police and fire services medals was established: -

* President's Police and Fire Services Medal for Gallantry
* Police Medal for Gallantry
* President's Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service
* Police Medal for Meritorious Service
* Independence Medal 1950 for Police
* All decorations awarded prior to 26 January 1950
* Other awards.

This set the stage for the largely uncoordinated and in-dependent development of civil and military awards within the Republic in the years to come. These separate orders of wearing would not coalesce until 2 January 1959.<ref name=":1" />

=== Later additions ===
On 27 January 1973, the Police (Special Duty) Medal was added to the official order of precedence.

On 7 October 1974, a series of medals paralleling those for the police and fire services were added to reward services by the home guards and civil defence personnel.<ref name=":1" /> These were: -

==== Home Guards ====
* President's Home Guards Medal for Gallantry
* Home Guards Medal for Gallantry
* President's Home Guards Medal for Distinguished Service
* Home Guards Medal for Meritorious Service

==== Civil Defence ====
* President's Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry
* Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry
* President's Civil Defence Medal for Distinguished Service
* Civil Defence Medal for Meritorious Service
However, due to constant and often unregulated changes, the medals for these forces have kept changing. While various states have instituted their own medals, the Home Ministry has itself indulged regular creation and alteration of medals. Due to a lack of control (see next section on "Confusion and lack of control over medals"), many personnel have often been seen wearing unauthorised medals and have, in some cases, been repremanded too.

However between 2023 and 2024, the issue was finally adressed when the Home Ministry streamlined various medals into one series. In total, the ministry merged around twenty medals into five.<ref name=":3" /> <ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2 February 2024 |title=Notification and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of "Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak" |url=https://ips.gov.in/PDFS/KGDP_22022024.pdf |access-date=2 May 2026 |website=ips.gov.in |publisher=Police Medal and Award Cell, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref> The Home MinistryAs per 2026, the police, fire, correctional and civil defence forces have five medals for meritorious service and gallantry, in addition to service/campaign medals. These are: -

* President's Medal for Gallantry
* Medal for Gallantry
* President's Medal for Dishtinguished Service
* Medal for Meritorious Service
* Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak
* Other service/campaign medals

==Confusion and lack of control over medals==
Unlike the Indian Armed Forces and their defined medal structure, medals for police, fire services, home guards and civil defence personnel are neither standardised nor formalised, in many cases.

Take the Garaj Star for instance. The medal is awarded to [[National Security Guard]]s and Police personnel of who took part in [[Operation Black Thunder]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. In по other case has a separate medal or star been sanctioned for any active operations against Indian citizens. As per Military historian [[Rana Chhina]], the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] and the armed forces were not in favour of instituting this medal. It was strongly opposed by the armed forces, which rightly argued that as compared to Operation Black Thunder, [[Operation Blue Star]] was much bigger operation in terms of degree of opposition, troops employed, and casualties suffered. However, the idea of awarding a medal for Operation Blue Star was turned down at the level of the [[Chiefs of Staff Committee (India)|Chiefs of Staff]] after taking various considerations, from political to social, into account.

However, the Garaj Star was instituted in spite of the objections of the defence establishment and marked a critical turning point in the manner in which the honours system of the Indian Republic was structured and would henceforth evolve. While earlier medals for wars, armed conflicts and counter-insurgency operations were almost exclusively established by the armed forces, the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home Ministry]] essentially bulldozed its way through for this medal.

"The progressively feeble military response was blatantly disregarded by an increasingly powerful Home Ministry, which usurped the time-honoured usages of the Indian armed forces and supplanted them as potent symbols of state patronage in the police and paramiltary establishments under its command," adds Rana Chhina.<ref name=":1" />

This arbitrary institution of medals and decorations still continues and has resulted in massive confusion in the awards system for forces under the Home Ministry, i.e., (armed) police, fire and other civil defence forces.

In the case of Police (Special Duty) Medal, unlike accepted norms, subsequent awards of the medal are not indicated by adding a [[Medal clasp|clasp or a bar]] but instead by adding a new medal altogether. For instance, this can result in a situation wherein a policeman may be wearing the five Police (Special Duty) Medals for serving in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] for a cumulative tenure of five years!<ref name=":1" />

On the other hand, a number of medals bear the same [[Medal ribbon|ribbon]] despite having different eligibility criteria. [[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Gallantry]] and Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalta Padak<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalta Padak |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AsadharanAasuchanaKushalataPadak_25022021.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251207053827/https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AsadharanAasuchanaKushalataPadak_25022021.pdf |archive-date=2025-12-07 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=www.mha.gov.in}}</ref> share the same ribbon despite the latter being awarded for gallantry in police duty of all type while the post is awarded specifically for "exceptional performance, indomitable & daring intelligence service."<ref name=":2" /> The case is similar with Utkrisht Seva Padak<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2018 |title=Utkrisht Seva Medal and Ati Utkrisht Seva Medal |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AtiUtkrishtSeva_25022021.PDF |website=Ministry of Home Affairs}}</ref> and Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak<ref name=":4" />, Correctional Service Medal for Meritorious Service and Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry, in addition to other medals as well.

{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:IND President's Police Medal for Gallantry.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Gallantry]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND President's Police Medal for Gallantry.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalta Padak'''
|-
|[[File:Utkrisht Seva Padak.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak'''
|-
|[[File:Utkrisht Seva Padak.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Utkrisht Seva Padak'''
|-
|[[File:IND Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry'''
|-
|[[File:IND Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Correctional Service Medal for Meritorious Service'''
|}

The confusion extends to Police (Antrik Suraksha Seva) Padak as well. Instituted first in 2000,<ref name=":1" /> the medal initially had a ribbon which was three-fourth blue and one-third red. However, the medal was effectively re-instituted in 2018<ref>{{Cite news |first= |date=July 2018 |title=Union Home Minister institutes five Police Medals |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1538353&reg=3&lang=2 |work=Press Information Bureau}}</ref> but with a different ribbon and design without any cancellation of the previous design in the Home Ministry's circular.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2018 |title=Police Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak - J&K State/LWE Region/NE Region |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AntrikSuraksha_25022021.PDF |website=Ministry of Home Affairs}}</ref> Incidentally, both the medals were discontinued by the Home Ministry as per a notification on 21 February 2023<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=21 February 2023 |title=Discontinuation of Police (Antrik Suraksha Seva) Padak and Police (Special Duty) Padak |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-02/discontinuationofmedal_22022023.pdf |access-date=2 May 2026 |website=www.mha.gov.in |publisher=Police Medals and Awards Cell, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>, to "improve the awards ecosystem."<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2022-09-21 |title=MHA discontinues 3 awards given to CAPFs, police organisations |url=https://theprint.in/india/mha-discontinues-3-awards-given-to-capfs-police-organisations/1137612/ |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> While the eligibility of Ati Utkrisht Seva Medal and Utkrisht Seva Medal were limited to Police personnel only.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=2022-09-22 |title=Home Ministry discontinues three police awards instituted by Rajnath Singh in 2018 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/home-ministry-discontinues-three-police-awards-instituted-by-rajnath-singh-in-2018/article65919790.ece |access-date=2026-05-02 |work=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu Bureau |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

There has also been an erratic haste in constituting medals only to either scrap or rename them later. In 2018, the Home Ministry introduced four medals: -

* Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation
* Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal
* Union Home Minister's Award for Meritorious Service in Forensic Sciences
* Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalta Padak

These medals were awarded till 2024, when they were combined into one medal, the Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak. However, this was done without a retrospective effect, i.e., personnel are still wearing the older versions of the medal even after a new version has been introcued.

These issues have resulted in various cases where police personnel have worn medals that were not authorised to them. On the other hand, such confusion and the absence of many police medals from India's official [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|order of precedence]] seriously dents the credibility of India's police and other auxiliary forces as well as their gallant actions.

==Gallantry medals==

{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashok Chakra]]'''
|-
|[[File:Kirti Chakra ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Kirti Chakra]]'''
|-
|[[File:Shaurya Chakra ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Shaurya Chakra]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND President's Police Medal for Gallantry.svg|105px]]
|'''[[President's Medal for Gallantry (India)|President's Medal for Gallantry]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Police Medal for Gallantry (2023).png|105px]]
|'''Medal for Gallantry'''
|}

==Service and campaign medals==
{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:Wound Medal-India.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Wound Medal (India)|Parakram Padak]]'''
|-
|[[File:Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak]]'''<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last1=Yadav |first1=Ambadas |last2=Rane |first2=Darshana |date=20 April 2026 |title=Online Nomination Process Begins for 'Jeevan Raksha Padak' Series of Awards (Year 2026) |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2253871&reg=1&lang=1 |work=Press Information Bureau India}}</ref>
|-
|[[File: IND Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak ribbon.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak]]'''<ref name=":5" />
|-
|[[File:IND Jeevan Raksha Padak ribbon.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Jeevan Raksha Padak]]'''<ref name=":5" />
|}
; Decorations awarded only when under the operational command of the regular armed forces
{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:India General Service Medal 1947.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[General Service Medal (India)|General Service Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Special Service Medal (India)|Special Service Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Samar Seva Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Samar Seva Star]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Poorvi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Poorvi Star]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Paschimi Star]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Raksha Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Sangram Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Operation Vijay medal.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Operation Vijay Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Operation Parakram medal.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Operation Parakram Medal]]'''
|}

==Distinguished service medals==
{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:IND Police Medal for Dishtinguished Service (2023).png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''President's Medal for Distinguished Service'''
|-
|[[File:IND Medal for Meritorious Service (2023).png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Medal for Meritorious Service'''
|-
|[[File:Utkrisht Seva Padak.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak'''
|-
|[[File:Ati Utkrisht Seva Padak.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Ati Utkrisht Seva Padak''' (for Police Forces only) <ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Utkrisht Seva Padak.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Utkrisht Seva Padak''' (for Police Forces only) <ref name=":8" />
|}

==Independence medals==
{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:Indian Independence medal 1947.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[Indian Independence Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Independence Medal 1950.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''Independence Medal 1950 (Police)'''
|-
|[[File:IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[25th Independence Anniversary Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[50th Independence Anniversary Medal]]'''
|-
|[[File:75yearmedal.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[75th Independence Anniversary Medal]]'''
|}

==United Nations medals==
{| class="wikitable"
! width= "60"|Ribbon
! width= "370"|Name
|-
|[[File:UN MONUC Medal ribbon.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[MONUSCO]] (Congo)'''
|-
|[[File:UN Mission in Sudan ribbon.png|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[United Nations Mission in Sudan|UNMIS]] (Sudan)'''
|-
|[[File:UNMISS Ribbon bar.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[United Nations Mission in South Sudan|UNMISS]] (South Sudan)'''
|-
|[[File:MINUSTAH Ribbon bar.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti|MINUSTAH]] (Haiti)'''
|-
|[[File:UNMIL Ribbon bar.svg|105px]]
|width="300"|'''[[United Nations Mission in Liberia|UNMIL]] (Liberia)'''
|}

''(The medals shown here are only of those [[United Nations]] missions where Indian Police forces have been [[Indian Army United Nations peacekeeping missions|deployed]].)''

==Discontinued medals==
The following medals have been discontinued by the Government of India at various times. While the Indian Police Medal for Gallantry and Indian Police Medal for Distinguished Service were discontinued in 2004, most of the remaining ones have been abolished between 2023 and 2024 in the restructuring of Police and Civil forces medal.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6" />

All the medals are discontinued as per notifications released by the PMA Cell of Ministry of Home Affairs and subsequent notification in [[The Gazette of India]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />
{| class="wikitable"
! width="60" |Ribbon
! width="370" |Name
|-
|[[File:Indian Police Medal for Gallantry Ribbon.gif|105px]]
|'''[[Indian Police Medal|Indian Police Medal for Gallantry]]'''
|-
|[[File:Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''[[Indian Police Medal|Indian Police Medal for Distinguished Service]]'''
|-
|[[File:IND Police (Special Duty) Medal.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Police (Special Duty) Medal'''
|-
|[[File:Police Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak (J&K State).png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Police (Antrik Suraksha Seva) Padak - J&K State'''
|-
|[[File:Police Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak (LWE Region).png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Police (Antrik Suraksha Seva) Padak - LWE Region'''
|-
|[[File:Police Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak (NE Region).png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Police (Antrik Suraksha Seva) Padak - NE Region'''
|-
|[[File:IND Prime Minister's Life Saving Medal.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Prime Minister's Life Saving Medal'''
|-
|[[File:IND President's Fire Services Medal for Gallantry.jpg|105px]]
| width="300" |'''President's Fire Services Medal for Gallantry'''
|-
|[[File:Fire Services Medal for Gallantry.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Fire Services Medal for Gallantry'''
|-
|[[File:IND President's Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry.jpg|105px]]
| width="300" |'''President's Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry'''
|-
|[[File:IND Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry'''
|-
|[[File:President's Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''President's Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry'''
|-
|[[File:IND Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry'''
|-
|[[File:IND President's Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''President's Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service'''
|-
|[[File:IND Fire Services Medal for Meritorious Service.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Fire Services Medal for Meritorious Service'''
|-
|[[File:IND President's Correctional Service Medal for Distinguished Service.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''President's Correctional Service Medal for Distinguished Service'''
|-
|[[File:IND Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Correctional Service Medal for Meritorious Service'''
|-
|[[File:President's Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''President's Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Distinguished Service'''
|-
|[[File:IND Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal.png|105px]]
| width="300" |'''Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Meritorious Service'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Orders, decorations, and medals of India]]
*[[Orders, decorations, and medals of British India]]
*[[State Armed Police Forces]]
*[[Paramilitary forces of India]]
*[[Law enforcement in India]]
*[[Indian Armed Forces]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Home Ministry (India)}}
{{Decorations by country}}
{{Law enforcement agencies of India}}
{{Authority control}}

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