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- The National Bravery is a set of annual awards.
- It is awarded to 25 children each year.
- It is given to them for meritorious acts of bravery.
- The award is given by the Government of India and the Indian Council for Child Welfare.
- It was started in 1957.
- Jawaharlal Nehru instituted the Nation Bravery Award.
- The first person to be awarded the Bravery Award was Harish Chandra Mehra.
- He was a 14-year-old scout who saved many people during a performance at Red Fort.
- The awards consist of five categories.
- These are the Bharat Award, Geeta Chopra Award, Sanjay Chopra Award, Bapu Gaidhani Award and the General National Bravery Awards.
