- Revamped citizen-centric portal brings together gallantry awardees, military history, memorials, museums and interactive tributes
- Veer Gatha initiative connects students with stories of valour and sacrifice, expanding from eight lakh participants to over 1.92 crore
- Digital platform aims to preserve India’s military heritage, inspire patriotism and create an authentic repository of gallantry awards and military operations
NE DEFENCE BUREAU
NEW DELHI, NOV 12
Taking India’s military heritage and the stories of its bravest soldiers to the digital generation, Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Thursday launched the revamped Gallantry Awards portal, transforming it into an interactive platform for honouring courage, commemorating supreme sacrifices and inspiring future generations.
Launched in New Delhi on November 12, 2026, the revamped portal (https://gallantryawards.gov.in) is a dedicated digital initiative to honour the courage and supreme sacrifices of Gallantry Award recipients and preserve their legacy for posterity.
The redeveloped portal features an enhanced, citizen-centric User Interface and User Experience, with intuitive navigation, responsive design and improved accessibility. Its 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 and pay homage to its bravehearts.
VEER GATHA: TAKING HEROES’ STORIES TO YOUNG MINDS
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 initiative, Veer Gatha connects students directly with the stories of Gallantry Award recipients. Students learn about the courage and sacrifice of these heroes and express what they learn through their own entries.
The programme has registered remarkable growth, expanding from about eight lakh students and 4,788 schools in its first edition to over 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools in its fifth edition. Its international reach 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 India’s rich military heritage, particularly among the youth.
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and other senior officials of the Ministry of Defence were present on the occasion.