Awarded for combat service in the eastern theater during the 1971 Indo-Pak War.

Established: ?? 1973, by the President of India.

Obverse: A five-pointed 40-mm bright bronze star. In the domed circular center, the national emblem with the surrounding legend "POORVI STAR / Poorvi Star [Hindi]". Suspended by a ring.

Reverse: The naming details are impressed in the center of the plain reverse.

Ribbon: 33 mm, green with a 11 mm central stripe of yellow. Green 11 mm, yellow 11 mm, green 11 mm.