Defence Ministry relaunches Gallantry Awards portal; Veer Gatha reaches 1.92 crore students

The Defence Ministry has relaunched its Gallantry Awards portal, giving citizens a redesigned site to read about the country's gallantry award winners, wars and military operations since independence.

Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth launched the revamped portal, gallantryawards.gov.in, in New Delhi on 12 November. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and other senior officials were present.

What the portal offers

The ministry says the redeveloped site has a more citizen-friendly design, simpler navigation, a responsive layout and better accessibility. Its sections include Events, Memorials and Museums, Warpedia, Awardees, Gallantrypedia (articles), Media and an interactive Tribute section where visitors can pay homage to soldiers.

The aim, the ministry says, is a "comprehensive and authentic digital repository" of information on gallantry awards, awardees and military history, with a focus on awareness among young people.

Veer Gatha for students

The portal also hosts Veer Gatha, a programme that links students to the stories of gallantry awardees. Each edition has a page covering its topics, timeline, evaluation criteria, rewards, results, felicitation ceremony and student activities. Students learn about the awardees and express what they learn through their own entries.

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

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Source: official release by the Ministry of Defence, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (12 NOV 2026 5:07PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: Raksha Rajya Mantri launches revamped Gallantry Awards portal.