Meet the awardees of National Bravery Awards 2015

Children, who will be honoured with the bravery awards, pose for a photograph during a press conference in New Delhi. Twenty five children – three girls and 22 boys – have been selected for the National Bravery Awards 2015. Two of the awards will be given posthumously. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on: Jan 25, 2016 2:17 PM IST

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Children, who will be honoured with the bravery awards, pose for a photograph during a press conference in New Delhi. Twenty five children – three girls and 22 boys – have been selected for the National Bravery Awards 2015. Two of the awards will be given posthumously. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Shivampet Ruchitha is just eight years old but she has already saved the lives of two of her schoolmates. On July 24, 2014, Ruchitha was going to school along with other children in their school bus in Telangana. When the driver stopped the bus on a track at a railway crossing, Ruchitha noticed an approaching train and alerted him to steer away but the vehicle did not start. Ruchitha immediately pushed two children out of the window but could not save her younger sister and other children as the train hit the bus. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Ruchitha, who will be honoured with the Geeta Chopra Award, embraces her father during a press conference in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI Photo)

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On August 30, 2014, nine-year-old Nilesh Revaram Bhil had gone to the Muktai temple in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra with his maternal uncle when he heard someone scream and a saw a boy drowning in the river. Showing spontaneous act of courage Nilesh jumped into the 10-feet deep water to save the boy (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Chhattisgarh’s Joena Chakraborty has saved her father from being robbed. On November 27, 2014, as she was crossing a road in Delhi with her father, a miscreant snatched her father’s mobile. She chased the snatcher and finally caught hold of his leg and shouted for help. As the snatcher saw people approaching, he returned the phone to her (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Chongtham Kuber Meitei, a 12 year and 11 months old boy from Manipur, will receive the National Bravery Award 2015 for saving a girl from drowning. While playing football, Kuber spotted a girl drowning in a pond on March 8, 2015. He jumped into the water and pulled her out safely. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Meghalaya’s Angelica Tynsong, who is 13 years and 2 months old, saved her sibling who was trapped inside their burning house. Angelica spotted her house on fire while washing clothes on January 31, 2015. She immediately ran inside to rescue her sibling. Her entire house was gutted in the devastating fire. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Manipur’s 14-year-old Maurice Yengkhom was playing when he realised that Rodin, one of his cousins, was caught in electric wires on March 8, 2015. Maurice immediately grabbed a broken cane chair and started hitting him with it and after a while Rodin was freed but received burn injuries on his body. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Chhattisgarh’s Sarwanand Saha, who is 15 years and 7 months old, will receive the National Bravery Award for saving a drowning man. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Mother of Gaurav Kawduji Sahastrabuddhe cries during a press conference to announce the National Bravery Awards 2015. Maharashtra’s Gaurav will be honoured posthumously with the Bharat Award for displaying heroic courage and sacrificing his life to save four lives. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)

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Sixteen-year-old Arjun Singh, who is from Uttarakhand, will receive the bravery award for fighting a wild animal. On July 16, 2014, Arjun heard his mother’s screams and as he ran to her he saw a tiger. Arjun hit the tiger with a sickle and tried to scare the animal away with a stick. As a crowd gathered, the tiger fled their house. Arjun will be given the Sanjay Chopra Award. (Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times)