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 Awarded to military personnel for services outside of India. Personnel
assigned to diplomatic missions are excluded from awards. In many cases, the
clasps are awarded either for service with the United Nations or other
multi-national missions or for detached service on loan to foreign governments. In general, the qualifying period is graduated according to the length of the
specific service: for assignments over a year, the qualifying period is six
months; for assignments less than a year, the qualifying period is three months.
Exceptions are made for special cases.
While all bars observed have been produced in Hindi rather than English, they
will frequently be referred to by their English names. At the request of
friends, and since the bars are in Hindi and may therefore present
identification problems, I have, where possible, attached close-up images of the
bars. I hope this will aid in their identification.
Established: 1960, by the President of India, with
effect from 25 March 1953.
Obverse: A 35-mm circular copper-nickel
medal. The Ashokan lions (the Indian national emblem), and below "Videsh Seva
Medal" in Hindi. Suspended by a straight-bar suspender. The medal is normally
named on the edge.
Reverse: An ancient Indian ship on the
open stormy seas.
Ribbon: 32 mm, medium blue with five
equally spaced white stripes. 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium
blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm
white, 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue.
Outline: (the bars for this medal are numerous and very
complex)
Korea
(1950-54) - for 90 days of service with the Neutral Nations Repatriation
Commission (NNRC) or the Indian Custodial Force in Korea, 22 November 1950-17
March 1954
Nepal
(1952-) - (a) for 180 days of service on the effective strength of any unit
employed in the construction of Tribhuvan Rajpath or airfields in Nepal, 15
April 1952-15 April 1958; (b) for 90 days of service providing signal
communications during the Nepali elections, 26 November 1958-3 May 1959; (c)
for 180 days of service with the Indian Military Training Mission or the
Military Advisory Training Group, 1 August 1952-???; (d) for 24 hours of
flying with air survey or transport missions over Nepal, 1 April 1962-???
Hindchin / Indo-China (1954-) - for 90 days of service on the staff of the
International Commission for Supervision and Control in Viet-Nam, Laos, and
Cambodia (ICSC), 7 August 1954-???.
Indonesia (1955-) - awarded for service on loan to the government of
Indonesia, 21 November 1955-???.
Sanyukt Arab
Ganrajy / United Arab Republic (1956-??) - (a) for UN service with UNEF,, 2 November
1956-???, (b) on loan to the government of Egypt/U.A.R. 21 November 1956-???.
Ethiopia (1957-, 1961-) - (a) for 180 days of service on the staff of the
Heile Seliassie II Military Academy, 3 May 1957-???; (b) for 180 days of
service on deputation to the Ethiopian government for service in the Imperial
Body Guard Training Centre, 24 September 1961-??.
Lebanon (1958) - for 90 days of UN service with UNIFIL, 19 June
1958-12 December 1958.
Iraq (1959-) - for 180 days of service on loan to the government of Iraq,
10 November 1959-???.
- Ghana (1959-) - for 180 days of service on loan to the government of
Ghana, 23 March 1959-???.
Congo
(1960-64) - (a) for 180 days of UN service with ONUC, 2 August 1960-;
(b) for 6 sorties of 24 hours of flying transport missions over the Congo, 2
August 1960-.
Bhutan
(1961-) - (a) for service with the Indian army team in Bhutan, 27 May 1961-22
September 1962; (b) for 180 days of service with the Indian Military Training
Team, 27 August 1962-; (c) for 180 days of service with a unit employed on
road construction in Bhutan, 3 April 1961-
Nigeria - ???
Algeria (1963-) - for 180 days on service on deputation to the government
of Algeria, 28 December 1963-
Yemen (1963-64) - for 90 days of UN service with UNYOM, 4 September
1963-4 September 1964
Bangladesh - ???
Mauritius - ???
Maldives (1988) - awarded for service in "Operation Cactus" in which
Indian troops were deployed to the Maldives from 3-6 November 1988 in response
to a request from the governmnent for assistance in the face of a mercenary
invasion - army, navy, and air force troops were delpoyed
Afghanistan - ???
Zambia - ???
Sri
Lanka for "Operation Pawan," peacekeeping service in northern and
eastern Sri Lanka, 1987-90, as apart of the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) -
awarded to army, navy, and air force personnel for services in Sri Lanka,
around 200,000 Indian troops served in "Operation Pawan" - recipients of this
bar also received the Special Service
Medal with bar for Sri Lanka.
Sudan - ???
Angola (1989-) - for service with the United Nations Angola Verification
Mission ,January 1989-June 1997 or with with the United
Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA), July 1997--
Namibia(1989-90) - for service with the United Nations Transitional
Assistance Group , April
1989-March 1990 (see also 01000)
Iraq-Kuwait (1991-) - for service with the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait
Observation Mission , April
1991--
El Salvador (1991-95) - for service with the United Nations Observer
Mission in El Salvador , July
1991-April 1995
Cambodia (1991-93) - for service with the United Nations Advance Mission
in Cambodia, November
1991-March 1992) or the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
Somalia (1992-95) - for service with the United Nations Operations in
Somalia and
UNOSOM II), April 1992-March 1995
Mozambique (1992-94) - for service with the United Nations Operation in
Mozambique , December
1992-December 1994
Liberia (1993-) - for service with the United Nations Observer Mission in
Liberia ,
September 1993--
Haiti (1993-96) - for service with the United Nations Mission in Haiti , September
1993-June 1996
Rwanda (1993-96) - for service with the United Nations Assistance Mission
in Rwanda October
1993-March 1996
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995-) - for service with the United Nations
Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, December
1995--
Yugoslavia - ???
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