Param Vir Chakra

E533095

military decoration

The Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest military decoration awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.

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Label	Occurrences
Param Vir Chakra canonical	6

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5566516 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Param Vir Chakra
Context triple: [Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal, higherAward, Param Vir Chakra]

A. 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.
B. Vishisht Seva Medal
The Vishisht Seva Medal is an Indian military decoration awarded for distinguished service of a high order to all ranks of the armed forces.
C. Ashoka Chakra (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.
D. Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal
The Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal is India’s highest wartime distinguished service decoration, awarded for exceptional leadership and devotion to duty during armed conflict.
E. 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.
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: Param Vir Chakra
Target entity description: The Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest military decoration awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.

A. 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.
B. Vishisht Seva Medal
The Vishisht Seva Medal is an Indian military decoration awarded for distinguished service of a high order to all ranks of the armed forces.
C. Ashoka Chakra (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.
D. Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal
The Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal is India’s highest wartime distinguished service decoration, awarded for exceptional leadership and devotion to duty during armed conflict.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military decoration ⓘ
awardedFor	most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy ⓘ self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy ⓘ
awardedTo	Indian Air Force personnel ⓘ Indian Army personnel ⓘ Indian Navy personnel ⓘ
awardingAuthority	President of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
confers	post-nominal letters PVC ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dateEstablished	1950-01-26 ⓘ
designedBy	Savitribai Khanolkar NERFINISHED ⓘ
eligibility	members of militia ⓘ members of nursing services ⓘ members of other lawfully constituted armed forces ⓘ members of reserve forces ⓘ members of territorial forces ⓘ nursing officers ⓘ officers of the Indian Armed Forces ⓘ personnel of the Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
equivalentTo	Victoria Cross (in terms of prestige) NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ President of India ⓘ
establishedOn	26 January 1950 ⓘ
firstAwarded	1947-11-03 ⓘ
firstAwardedFor	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestAwardIn	Indian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfInscription	English ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
mottoConcept	supreme valor ⓘ
namedBy	Major General Hira Lal Atal NERFINISHED ⓘ
obverseDesign	raised circle with four replicas of Indra’s Vajra ⓘ state emblem of India with four lions ⓘ
postNominals	PVC NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedence	highest wartime gallantry award of India ⓘ
relatedAward	Ashoka Chakra NERFINISHED ⓘ Maha Vir Chakra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vir Chakra NERFINISHED ⓘ
retroactiveFrom	1947-08-15 ⓘ
reverseDesign	words “Param Vir Chakra” in English ⓘ words “Param Vir Chakra” in Hindi ⓘ
ribbonColor	purple ⓘ
shape	circular medal ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
suspension	plain purple ribbon ⓘ
warTimeOnly	true ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal → higherAward → Param Vir Chakra ⓘ

Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) → isPeacetimeEquivalentOf → Param Vir Chakra ⓘ

Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces → confers → Param Vir Chakra ⓘ

Indian system of orders, decorations and medals → includesAward → Param Vir Chakra ⓘ

Indian system of orders, decorations and medals → highestMilitaryGallantryAward → Param Vir Chakra ⓘ

Persis Khambatta → notableWork → Param Vir Chakra ⓘ

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