The correct answer is: B. Mahavir Chakra
The Mahavir Chakra is the second highest peacetime gallantry award in India, after the Param Vir Chakra. It is awarded to officers and other ranks of the Indian Armed Forces for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy, not involving aerial operations.
The Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award in India, awarded to officers and other ranks of the Indian Armed Forces for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy, not involving aerial operations.
The Vir Chakra is the third highest peacetime gallantry award in India, awarded to officers and other ranks of the Indian Armed Forces for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy, not involving aerial operations.
The Shaurya Chakra is the fourth highest peacetime gallantry award in India, awarded to officers and other ranks of the Indian Armed Forces for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy, not involving aerial operations.
The Mahavir Chakra is a gallantry award of India, instituted on 26 January 1950. It is the second highest peacetime gallantry award in India, after the Param Vir Chakra. It is awarded to officers and other ranks of the Indian Armed Forces for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy, not involving aerial operations. The award is a bronze medal, 35 millimetres in diameter, with a lotus flower in the centre. The obverse bears the effigy of the reigning monarch, and the reverse bears the inscription “Mahavir Chakra” in Devanagari script. The ribbon is of light blue with a central stripe of orange.
The Mahavir Chakra was first awarded on 15 August 1950, to 10 officers and 10 other ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. The most recent recipient of the award is Captain Tushar Mahajan, who was awarded the award posthumously on 26 January 2019.