1. Bharat Ratna – It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavor". The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.

Padma awards

• Padma Vibhushan for "exceptional and distinguished service". Padma Vibhushan is second highest civilian award in India.
• Padma Bhushan for "distinguished service of a high order". Padma Bhushan is third highest civilian award in India .
• Padma Shri is awarded for "distinguished service". Padma Shri is last and fourth highest civilian award in India.

2. Nobel Prize - The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.

3. Saraswati Samman – Literature
Note: The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.

4. Jnanpith award – Literature.  It is the highest literary honour Award in Literature of india.

Note: The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.

5. Vyas Samman – Literature
Note: Vyas Samman is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work in past 10 years.

6. Bihari Puraskar – Literature
Note: Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.

7. Moorti Devi Award – Literature
Note: The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.

8. Booker Prize – Literature
Note: It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK literary award

9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Cinema/Films
Note: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

10. Arjuna Award - outstanding performance from the sportspersons in sports and games.
Note: The Government has modified the format of Arjuna Award very recently and as per the revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson must have very good consistent performances for the previous 3 years at the international level to be considered as eligible for the Award.

11. Dronacharya Award – eminent coaches of any particular sport
Note: The award is named after the very famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not related with the sportspersons who are still playing in the field; instead this is related to those eminent coaches of any particular sport.

12. Dhyan Chand Award - The award that is given to the veteran sportspersons of India for their lifetime achievement in their respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports and Games.

13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her achievements in India.

14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – for Science & Technology
Note: The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics.

15. Kalinga Prize – Science
Note: The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.

16. Pulitzer Prize – Journalism
Note: The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

17. Abel Prize – Mathematics
Note: The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

18. Grammy Award – Music
Note: A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.

19. Stirling Prize - Architecture
Note: The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture.

20. Aga Khan Award – Architecture
Note: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement.

21. Pritzker Prize – Architecture
Note: The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect.

Military Awards

Wartime gallantry awards

• Param Vir Chakra — Highest military award for, equivalent to the Victoria Cross (which was replaced once India gained its independence).
• Maha Vir Chakra – Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.
• Vir Chakra – Third in precedence in the awards for wartime gallantry

Peacetime gallantry awards

• Ashok Chakra Award – An Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra.
• Kirti Chakra – Second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.
• Shaurya Chakra – Third in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.

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