Param vir chakra AND Savitri Khanolkar

Indian cultural is the mixture of numbers of Cultural , Indian cultural reflect the cultural of Misar , Persian , Buddhist , etc .

In 2004 , When congress got majority and Sonia Gandhi going to became PM , Numbers of Political party rise objection of foreign origin but no one yet such type of objection on the Param vir chakra,cause only few politicians know that it was designed by the woman who born in Switzerland and Indian politicians never take care of Army person and their Family.

Param vir chakra have equal honor as to the chair of Prime minister , If woman form Switzerland can designed it and the same became the symbol of Number of glorious stories , than why an Italian born woman can’t be a PM of india ?

Now, Like to write on the Interesting story of Param vir chakra and it’s design :-

Pram vir chakra was designed by Mrs. Savitri Khanolkar

Savitri Khanolkar, born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, on July 20, 1913 ,in Switzerland to a Hungarian father and Russian mother, She later was known as Savitri Bai, when she married captain Vikram Ramji Khanolkar, a serving officer with the Sikh Regiment.

Major General Hira Lal Atal was given the responsibility for creating and naming independent India’s new military decorations. He chosed Mrs.Khanolkar for that and  reasons for choosing Mrs.Khanolkar were her deep and intimate knowledge of Indian mythology, Sanskrit and Vedas, which he hoped would give the design a truly Indian ethos.

The design of Param Vir Chakra :-

Savitribai thought of the sage Dadhichi - a vedic rishi who made the ultimate sacrifice to the Gods. He gave up his body so that the Gods could fashion a deadly weapon - a Vajra, or thunderbolt, from his spine.

Savitribai gave Major General Hira Lal Atal, the design of the double Vajra, common in Tibet. Its a myth that the medal also carries images of the fearless warrior king Shivaji's sword Bhavani but this is a popular perpetuated myth. The Indian General Service Medal 1947 which contained the Bhavani sword was withdrawn later.

The medal itself is a small one. It is cast in bronze, and has a radius of 13/8 inch. In the centre, on a raised circle, is the state emblem, surrounded by four replicas of Indra's Vajra, flanked by the sword of Shivaji. The decoration is suspended from a straight swiveling suspension bar, and is held by a 32 mm purple ribbon.

Special Note :-

Coincidentally, the first PVC was awarded to her elder daughter's brother-in-law Major Som Nath Sharma from 4 Kumaon Regiment who was posthumously awarded for his valour of November 3, 1947 during the 1947-48 Indo-Pak war in Kashmir.