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9 Years Long Service Medal

Indian army award

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ97234455 ↗
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The 9 Years Long Service Medal is awarded to personnel of the Indian Armed Forces, of all ranks, on completion of unblemished service of nine years.

History

The 9 Years Long Service Medal was instituted on 19 April 1971 by the Government of India, with the approval of the President of India. One other medal was instituted on the same day - the 20 Years Long Service Medal.

Medal

The medal is circular in shape and is made of cupronickel. On the obverse is the National Emblem with the words 9 Years Long Service in English and Hindi. On the reverse are the coats of arms of the three services - the sword, the anchor and the wings, all beneath a rising sun. The ribbon is emerald green in colour, divided into ten equal parts by nine vertical stripes in black.

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This entry incorporates text from “9 Years Long Service Medal” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.