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Geeta Chopra Award
Brave girls aged less than 16 years usually are awarded the Geeta Chopra Award for their brave acts.

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Geeta Chopra Award ,Indian National Bravery AwardThe Geeta Chopra Award is a prestigious civilian award in India, mainly given to the children under the age of 16 years, for their acts of bravery. The award is given under the National Bravery Awards category that was introduced in the year 1957, by the first Prime Minister of India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. The Geeta Chopra Award was introduced for the first time in the year 1978, in memory of one of the two Chopra children, who died while fighting against their kidnappers. Geeta was the girl among the two children and hence, the award named after her is given exclusively to the brave girls. The Prime Minister of India presents the award to the awardees, along with the other National Bravery Awards. Since 1978, a number of girls have become Geeta Chopra Awardees for their outstanding deeds of bravery and selfless sacrifice.























A partial list of the Geeta Chopra Awardees is given below:


Year Name Notes Age Indian state of origin
2000 Heena Bakshi Foiled robbery attempt. 13 years Haryana
2001 Prem Kanwar Lost life while trying to rescue four other children from drowning. 13 years Rajasthan
2002 Guddiben Kalubhai Masher Saved an infant"s life by fighting a wild animal. 13 years -
2003 Ramseena R.M. Lost her leg, while trying to save a child from a speeding car. 12 years Kerala
2004 Boya Geethanjali For fighting seven armed Naxalites at Ananthapuram village, securing the release of a woman Member of Legislative Assembly they were trying to abduct, and forcing the Naxalites to flee. 12 years Andhra Pradesh
2005 Seidalyne Mawtyllup For saving her three month old sister from a blazing house. 10 years Meghalaya
2006 Vandana Yadav For fighting three local goons single-handedly, suffering 17 stab wounds, and later turning up to identify culprits in the police station. 13 years Uttar Pradesh
2007 Lalrempuii For resisting her rapist even though she lost her life in the bargain. 14 1/2 years Mizoram
2008 Prachi Santosh Sen For saving four children from getting electrocuted, in which her left hand had sternly burnt. 10 years Madhya Pradesh
2009 Maibam Prity Devi For saving several lives when she rushed and threw away a grenade hurled at her family-owned shop by miscreants, herself hit by exploding splinter. 10 years Manipur



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