Sangram Medal

Sangram Medal
Sangram Medal
	Awarded to all military, police and civilian personnel who served in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	Service during 1971 conflict with Pakistan
Description	'Sangram Medal'
Presented by	India
Campaign(s)	1971 War ; Bangladesh Liberation War
Status	No Longer Awarded
Established	1973
Precedence
Next (higher)	Raksha Medal
Next (lower)	Operation Vijay Medal

The Sangram Medal was awarded for service during the 1971/72 war with Pakistan. Eligibility for being awarded the medal was extended to all categories of personnel who served in the military, paramilitary forces, police, and civilians in service in the operational areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, or Tripura between 3 December 1971 and 20 December 1972 (both dates inclusive).^[1]

Medals awarded to police and paramilitary forces were, in most cases, not officially manufactured and issued, but were, instead, made locally by independent manufacturers. Policemen could either buy them from these shops or the battalions could buy them and give them to the qualifying constables. This gave rise to great variability in manufacture and even in design details. These issues are often observed unnamed, although the official version was normally named on the edge.^{[citation needed]} ^{[according to whom?]}

Overview

Established: 17 January 1973, by the President of India.

Obverse: Circular 35-mm copper-nickel, the national emblem in the center with the surrounding legend "Sangram Medal [Hindi] / SANGRAM MEDAL". Suspended from a ring suspender. The medal is normally named on the edge.

Reverse: The depiction of a rising sun, with a half-wreath below.

Ribbon: 32 mm, maroon-brown with three 1 mm white stripes. Maroon 7 mm, white 1 mm, maroon 7 mm, white 1 mm, maroon 7 mm, white 1 mm, maroon 7 mm.^[2]