Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Sanjay Seth launched the revamped Gallantry Awards portal (https://gallantryawards.gov.in) in New Delhi on November 12, 2026. The portal is a dedicated digital initiative to honour the courage & supreme sacrifices of the Gallantry Awardees and preserve their legacy for future generations.

The re-developed portal features an enhanced, citizen-centric User Interface and User Experience, with intuitive navigation, responsive design and improved accessibility. The key features include dedicated sections on Events, Memorials and Museums, Warpedia, Awardees, Gallantrypedia (Articles), Media and an interactive Tribute Section enabling citizens to explore the nation’s military history & pay homage to its bravehearts.

The Gallantry Awards Portal also hosts Veer Gatha as a dedicated digital space, with a page for every edition that brings its introduction, topics, timeline, evaluation criteria, rewards, resources, results, felicitation ceremony, media gallery and student activities together in one place. Through this, Veer Gatha connects students directly with the stories of the Gallantry awardees. Students learn about the courage and sacrifice of these heroes and express what they learn through their own entries.

The programme has grown from about 8 lakh students and 4,788 schools in the first edition to over 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools in the fifth. It includes 28,005 students from 91 CBSE-affiliated schools across 18 countries.

The initiative aims to create a comprehensive and authentic digital repository of information on Gallantry Awards, Awardees, wars and military operations since independence, while promoting patriotism and raising awareness about the rich military heritage, particularly among the youth.

Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh and other senior officials of the Ministry of Defence were present on the occasion.

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