Savitri Khanolkar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Savitri Khanolkar

designer,/ best known for designing the Param Vir Chakra

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1913

Place of Birth: Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1990

Profession: designer

Nationality: Switzerland, India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Savitri Khanolkar

  • Savitri Bai Khanolkar (born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, 20 July 1913 – 26 November 1990) was a designer, best known for designing the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime.
  • Khanolkar also designed several other major gallantry medals including the Ashok Chakra (AC), Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), Kirti Chakra (KC), Vir Chakra (VrC) and Shaurya Chakra (SC).
  • She had also designed the General Service Medal 1947, which was used until 1965.
  • Khanolkar was also a painter and an artist. Born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, she married Indian Army Captain (later Major General) Vikram Ramji Khanolkar in 1932, and subsequently changed her name to Savitri Bai Khanolkar, became a Hindu and acquired Indian citizenship. Soon after Indian independence, she was asked by the Adjutant General Major General Hira Lal Atal to design India’s highest award for bravery in combat, the Param Vir Chakra.
  • Major General Atal had been given the responsibility of creating and naming independent India's new military decorations.
  • His reasons for choosing Khanolkar were her deep and intimate knowledge of Indian mythology, Sanskrit and Vedas, which he hoped would give the design a truly Indian ethos. Coincidentally, the first PVC was awarded to her elder daughter Kumudini Sharma's brother-in-law Major Som Nath Sharma from 4 Kumaon Regiment who was posthumously awarded on 3 November 1947 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 in Kashmir.

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