Maha Vir Chakra

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Maha Vir Chakra
Republic of India
EligibilityMilitary personnel
StatusCurrently awarded
Established26 January 1950; 74 years ago (26 January 1950)
First awarded1947
Last awarded2021
Total awarded posthumously74
Total recipients213 (as of 2023)[2][3]
Precedence
Next (higher) Param Vishisht Seva Medal[4]
Equivalent Kirti Chakra[4]
Next (lower) Padma Shri[4]

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) (lit.'

posthumously
.

Appearance

The medal is made of standard

chest with a half-white and half-orange riband about 3.2 cm in width, the orange being near the left shoulder.[5]

History

More than 218 acts of bravery and selfless courage have been recognized since the inception of the medal. The most MVCs awarded in a single conflict was in the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, when eleven were given to the Indian Air Force
.

Bar to MVC

Provision was made for the award of a bar for a second award of the Maha Vir Chakra, the first two being awarded in 1965. To date, there are six known awards of a first bar:

S. No. Rank Name Branch Date of First Award Date of Second Award
1
Wing Commander
Jag Mohan Nath  Indian Air Force 1 January 1962 1 September 1965
2 Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow  Indian Army 19 March 1948 6 September 1965
3 General Arun Shridhar Vaidya  Indian Army 16 September 1965 5 December 1971
4
Wing Commander
Padmanabha Gautam  Indian Air Force 6 September 1965 5 December 1971
5 Colonel Chewang Rinchen  Indian Army 1 July 1948 8 December 1971
6 Brigadier Sant Singh  Indian Army 2 November 1965 2 January 1972

No second bars have been awarded. Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use MVC as a post-nominal abbreviation.

List of recipients

The Mahavir Chakra awardees include:[6][7]

Key
Indicates posthumous honour
S. No. Rank Name Branch Operation/War Date of Award
1
Lieutenant Colonel
Dewan Ranjit Rai  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[8]
27-Oct-1947
2 Sepoy Dewan Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[9]
03-Nov-1947
3 Naik Chand Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[10]
22-Nov-1947
4 Subedar Bishan Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[11]
12-Dec-1947
5 Jemadar Nand Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[12]
12-Dec-1947
6 Colonel Thakur Prithi Chand  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[13]
15-Aug-1948
7 Civilian Ram Chandar Civilian 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[14]
26-Jan-1950
8 Major Yadunath Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[15]
26-Jan-1950
9
Lieutenant Colonel
Inder Jit Singh Butalia  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[16]
26-Jan-1950
10
Lieutenant Colonel
Khushal Chand  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[17]
26-Jan-1950
11 Brigadier Mohammad Usman  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[18]
26-Jan-1950
12
Lieutenant Colonel
Man Mohan Khanna  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[19]
26-Jan-1950
13 Brigadier Rajinder Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[20]
26-Jan-1950
14 Major Annavi K Ramaswamy  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[21]
26-Jan-1950
15 Sepoy Man Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[22]
26-Jan-1950
16 Havildar Daya Ram  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[23]
26-Jan-1950
17 Colonel Kishan Singh Rathor  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[24]
26-Jan-1950
18 Subedar Major Krishna Sonawane  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[25]
26-Jan-1950
19 Major Sardar Malkit Singh Brar  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[26]
26-Jan-1950
20 Major Satyapal Chopra  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[27]
26-Jan-1950
21
Lieutenant Colonel
Hari Chand  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[28]
26-Jan-1950
22 Sepoy Hari Singh  Indian Army 1948
Operation Polo[29]
17-Mar-1948
23 Subedar Gurdial Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[30]
26-Jan-1950
24 Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[31]
26-Jan-1950
25 Brigadier Arvind Nilkanth Jatar  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[32]
26-Jan-1950
26 Naik Shishpal Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[33]
26-Jan-1950
27 Rifleman Dhonkal Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[34]
26-Jan-1950
28
Lieutenant Colonel
Kaman Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[35]
26-Jan-1950
29 Jemadar Lal Bahadur Khattri  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[36]
26-Jan-1952
30 Jemadar Hardev Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[37]
26-Jan-1950
31 Naik Nar Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[38]
26-Jan-1950
32 Naik Raju  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[39]
26-Jan-1950
33 Subedar Chuni Ram  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[40]
26-Jan-1950
34 Civilian Porter Mohd Ismail Civilian 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[41]
26-Jan-1950
35 Sepoy Amar Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[42]
26-Jan-1950
36 Major Chewang Rinchen  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[43]
01-Jul-1948
37 Naik Pritam Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[44]
26-Jan-1950
38 Jemadar Sampooran Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[45]
26-Jan-1950
39 Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[46]
26-Jan-1950
40 Subedar Fateh Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[47]
26-Jan-1950
41
Lieutenant Colonel
Harbans Singh Virk  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[48]
26-Jan-1950
42
Lieutenant General
Anil Krishna Barat  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[49]
26-Jan-1950
43
Lance Naik
Rabi Lal Thapa  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[50]
26-Jan-1950
44
Lieutenant Colonel
Dharam Singh  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[51]
26-Jan-1950
45 Major General Anant Singh Pathania  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[52]
26-Jan-1950
46 Havildar Ram Parsad Gurung  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[53]
26-Jan-1950
47 Jemadar Lal Singh  Indian Army 1948
Operation Polo[54]
15-Nov-1948
48 Brigadier Kanhya Lal Atal  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[55]
26-Jan-1950
49 Captain Dara Dinshaw Mistry  Indian Army 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[56]
26-Jan-1950
50 Air Commodore
Mehar Singh
 Indian Air Force 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[57]
26-Jan-1950
51
Air Marshal
Minoo Merwan Engineer  Indian Air Force 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[58]
26-Jan-1950
52
Wing Commander
Sidney Basil Norohna  Indian Air Force 1947
Indo-Pakistan War[59]
26-Jan-1950
53
Lieutenant Colonel
AG Rangaraj
 Indian Army 1951 Operation Tomahawk[60] 24-Mar-1951
54 Colonel Nirod Baran Banerjee  Indian Army 1951 Operation Tomahawk[61] March-1951
55
Air Chief Marshal
Hrushikesh Moolgavkar  Indian Air Force 1961
Operation Vijay: Goa[62]
08-Dec-1951
56
Lance Naik
Ran Bahadur Gurung  Indian Army 1961 UN Operation: Congo[63] 06-Dec-1961
57 Naik Mahabir Thapa  Indian Army 1962 UN Operation: Congo[64] 16-Dec-1961
58
Wing Commander
Jag Mohan Nath  Indian Air Force 1962 Operation Leg Horn[65] 01-Jan-1962
59 Naik Chain Singh  Indian Army 1962 Operation Leg Horn[66] 10-Oct-1962
60 Subedar Kanshi Ram  Indian Army 1962 Operation Leg Horn[67] 10-Oct-1962
61 Havildar Sarup Singh  Indian Army 1962 Operation Leg Horn[68] 19-Oct-1962
62
Lieutenant Colonel
Bhagwan Dutt Dogra  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[69] 20-Oct-1962
63 Second lieutenant GKV Prasanna Rao  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[70] 20-Oct-1962
64
Lieutenant Colonel
Gurdial Singh  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[71] 20-Oct-1962
65 Captain Mahabir Prasad  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[72] 20-Oct-1962
66 Major Mahander Singh Chaudhary  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[73] 20-Oct-1962
67
Lieutenant Colonel
Sardul Singh Randhawa  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[74] 20-Oct-1962
68 Brigadier Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[75] 20-Oct-1962
69 Subedar Sonam Stopdhan  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[76] 20-Oct-1962
70 General Tapishwar Narain Raina  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[77] 20-Oct-1962
71 Naib Subedar Rabi Lal Thapa  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[78] 21-Oct-1962
72 Colonel Ajit Singh  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[79] 22-Oct-1962
73 Major General Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[80] 25-Oct-1962
74 Sepoy Kewal Singh  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[81] 26-Oct-1962
75 Havildar Satigian Phunchok  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[82] 27-Oct-1962
76 Jemadar Isht Tundup  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[83] 27-Oct-1962
77 Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat  Indian Army 1962 Indo-China War[84] 17-Nov-1962
78 Major Shyamal Dev Goswami  Indian Army 1965 Indo-China War[85] 18-Nov-1962
79 Lieutenant Ved Prakash Trehan  Indian Army Congo Crisis[86] 29-Dec-1962
80 Major General Sushil Kumar Mathur  Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[87]
15-Apr-1965
81 Major Baljit Singh Randhawa  Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[88]
17-May-1965
82 Captain Chander Narain Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[89]
05-Aug-1965
83 Major General Swarup Singh Kalaan  Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[90]
05-Aug-1965
84
Lieutenant General
Ram Dharam Dass Hira  Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[91]
05-Aug-1965
85
Lieutenant General
Zorawar Chand Bakshi
 Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[92]
05-Aug-1965
86 Colonel Gurbans Singh Sangha  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[93]
15-Aug-1965
87
Lieutenant General
Ranjit Singh Dayal  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[94]
25-Aug-1965
88 Major Bhaskar Roy  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[95]
01-Sep-1965
89
Wing Commander
Jag Mohan Nath  Indian Air Force 1965
Operation Riddle[96]
01-Sep-1965
90 Air Commodore William MacDonald Goodman  Indian Air Force 1965
Operation Riddle[97]
01-Sep-1965
91 Subedar Ajit Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[98]
06-Sep-1965
92 Brigadier Desmond Hayde  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[99]
06-Sep-1965
93 Major General Gurbaksh Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[100]
06-Sep-1965
94 Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[101]
06-Sep-1965
95
Lieutenant General
Har Krishen Sibal  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[102]
06-Sep-1965
96
Lieutenant General
Khem Karan Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[103]
06-Sep-1965
97
Lieutenant Colonel
Narindra Nath Khanna  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[104]
06-Sep-1965
98
Wing Commander
Padmanabha Gautam  Indian Air Force 1965
Operation Riddle[105]
06-Sep-1965
99
Air Marshal
Prem Pal Singh  Indian Air Force 1965
Operation Riddle[106]
06-Sep-1965
100 Brigadier Raghubir Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[107]
07-Sep-1965
101
Lieutenant Colonel
Harbans Lal Mehta  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[108]
08-Sep-1965
102 Naib Subedar Naubat Ram  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[109]
08-Sep-1965
103 Brigadier Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[110]
08-Sep-1965
104 Major General Mohindar Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[111]
09-Sep-1965
105 Brigadier Sampuran Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[112]
09-Sep-1965
106 Major General Salim Caleb  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[113]
10-Sep-1965
107 Major General Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[114]
11-Sep-1965
108 General Arun Shridhar Vaidya  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[115]
16-Sep-1965
109 Major Asa Ram Tyagi  Indian Army 1965
Operation Ablaze[116]
21-Sep-1965
110 Captain Kapil Singh Thapa  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[117]
21-Sep-1965
111 Brigadier Pagadala K Nandagopal  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[118]
28-Sep-1965
112 Subedar Tika Bahadur Thapa  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[119]
30-Sep-1965
113 Major Bhupinder Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[120]
11-Oct-1965
114 Naik Darshan Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[121]
02-Nov-1965
115 Captain Gautam Mubayi  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[122]
02-Nov-1965
116 Brigadier Sant Singh  Indian Army 1965
Operation Riddle[123]
02-Nov-1965
117 Major
Harbhajan Singh
 Indian Army 1967 Indo-China War[124] 11-Sep-1967
118 Brigadier Rai Singh Yadav  Indian Army 1967 Indo-China War[125] 11-Sep-1967
119
Lieutenant Colonel
Mahatam Singh  Indian Army 1967 Indo-China War[126] 01-Oct-1967
120
Lieutenant General
Anand Sarup  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[127]
01-Jan-1971
121 Brigadier Arun Bhimrao Harolikar  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[128]
01-Jan-1971
122 Major General Anthony Harold Edward Michigan  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[129]
01-Jan-1971
123 Major General Hardev Singh Kler  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[130]
01-Jan-1971
124 Captain Mohan Narayan Rao Samant  Indian Navy 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[131]
01-Jan-1971
125 Brigadier Rajkumar Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[132]
01-Jan-1971
126
Lieutenant Colonel
Surinder Kapur  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[133]
01-Jan-1971
127
Lance Naik
Ram Ugrah Pandey  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[134]
24-Nov-1971
128 Sepoy Ansuya Prasad  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[135]
30-Nov-1971
129 Rifleman Pati Ram Gurung  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[136]
30-Nov-1971
130 Major Shamsher Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[137]
01-Dec-1971
131
Vice Admiral
Swaraj Parkash  Indian Navy 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[138]
01-Dec-1971
132 Major Anup Singh Gahlaut  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[139]
03-Dec-1971
133 Brigadier Basdev Singh Mankotia  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[140]
03-Dec-1971
134 Major General Anant Vishwanath Natu  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[141]
03-Dec-1971
135 Major General Kashmiri Lal Rattan  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[142]
03-Dec-1971
136 Major General Prem Kumar Khanna  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[143]
03-Dec-1971
137
Lieutenant Colonel
Jaivir Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[144]
03-Dec-1971
138 Air Vice-Marshal Vidya Bhushan Vasisht  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[145]
03-Dec-1971
139 Group Captain Allan Albert D’Costa  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[146]
04-Dec-1971
140 Subedar Major Bir Bahadur Pun  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[147]
04-Dec-1971
141 Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao  Indian Navy 1971 Operation Trident[148] 04-Dec-1971
142 General Arun Shridhar Vaidya  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[149]
05-Dec-1971
143 Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav  Indian Navy 1971 Operation Trident[150] 05-Dec-1971
144 Captain Devinder Singh Ahlawat  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[151]
05-Dec-1971
145
Lieutenant General
Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[152]
05-Dec-1971
146 Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[153]
05-Dec-1971
147 Brigadier Narinder Singh Sandhu  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[154]
05-Dec-1971
148
Wing Commander
Padmanabha Gautam  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[155]
05-Dec-1971
149
Air Marshal
Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[156]
05-Dec-1971
150
Lieutenant Colonel
Sawai Bhawani Singh
 Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[157]
05-Dec-1971
151
Lieutenant General
Joginder Singh Gharaya  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[158]
06-Dec-1971
152 Brigadier
Kailash Prasad Pande
 Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[159]
06-Dec-1971
153 Brigadier Mohindar Lal Whig  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[160]
06-Dec-1971
154 Sepoy Pandurang Salunkhe  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[161]
06-Dec-1971
155 Air Vice-Marshal Chandan Singh  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[162]
07-Dec-1971
156
Lieutenant Colonel
Chittoor Venugopal  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[163]
07-Dec-1971
157
Lieutenant General
Joginder Singh Bakshi  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[164]
07-Dec-1971
158 Subedar Major Mohinder Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[165]
07-Dec-1971
159 Major Chewang Rinchen  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[166]
08-Dec-1971
160
Petty Officer
Chiman Singh  Indian Navy 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[167]
08-Dec-1971
161 Commander Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha  Indian Navy 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[168]
08-Dec-1971
162 Brigadier
Udai Singh Bhati
 Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[169]
08-Dec-1971
163 Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla  Indian Navy 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[170]
09-Dec-1971
164 Naik Sugan Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[171]
09-Dec-1971
165 Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[172]
10-Dec-1971
166
Lieutenant Colonel
Harish Chandra Pathak  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[173]
11-Dec-1971
167 Major Kulwant Singh Pannu  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[174]
11-Dec-1971
168 Brigadier
Sukhjit Singh
 Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[175]
11-Dec-1971
169 Major Vijay Rattan Choudhry  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[176]
11-Dec-1971
170
Lance Naik
Drig Pal Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[177]
13-Dec-1971
171 Captain Pradip Kumar Gour  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[178]
14-Dec-1971
172 Brigadier Amarjit Singh Bal  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[179]
15-Dec-1971
173 Havildar Thomas Philipose  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[180]
15-Dec-1971
174
Lieutenant Colonel
Ved Prakash Ghai  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[181]
15-Dec-1971
175
Lieutenant General
Hanut Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[182]
16-Dec-1971
176
Lieutenant General
Raj Mohan Vohra  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[183]
16-Dec-1971
177 Captain Shankar Shankhapan Walkar  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[184]
16-Dec-1971
178 Air Vice-Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[185]
17-Dec-1971
179 Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[186]
17-Dec-1971
180 Air Vice-Marshal Madhavendra Banerji  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[187]
17-Dec-1971
181 Subedar Malkiat Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[188]
17-Dec-1971
182
Group Captain
Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[189]
17-Dec-1971
183 Air Commodore Ramesh Sakharam Benegal  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[190]
17-Dec-1971
184
Second Lieutenant
Shamsher Singh Samra  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[191]
17-Dec-1971
185
Lance Naik
Shanghara Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[192]
17-Dec-1971
186 Lance Havildar Dil Bahadur Chettri  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[193]
21-Dec-1971
187 Rear Admiral Santosh Kumar Gupta  Indian Navy 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[194]
21-Dec-1971
188 Brigadier Vijay Kumar Berry  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[195]
28-Dec-1971
189 Air Chief Marshal S. K. Kaul  Indian Air Force 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[196]
30-Dec-1971
190 Subedar Nar Bahadur Chhetri  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[197]
31-Dec-1971
191 Colonel Dharam Vir Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[198]
01-Jan-1972
192 Brigadier Sant Singh  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[199]
02-Jan-1972
193 Major Daljit Singh Narang  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[200]
20-Jan-1972
194
Lieutenant General
Ved Prakash Airy  Indian Army 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[201]
20-Jan-1972
195 Assistant commandant Ram Krishna Wadhwa BSF 1971
Indo-Pakistan War[202]
10-Dec-1972
196
Lieutenant Colonel
Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi  Indian Army 1987 Operation Pawan[203] 16-Oct-1987
197 Brigadier
Manjit Singh
 Indian Army 1987 Operation Pawan[204] 19-Oct-1987
198 Lieutenant Arvind Singh  Indian Navy 1987 Operation Pawan[205] 22-Jan-1988
199
Squadron Leader
Ajjamada B. Devaiah  Indian Air Force 1965
Operation Ablaze[206]
26-Jan-1988
200 Colonel Krishna Gopal Chatterjee  Indian Army 1987 Operation Rajiv[207] 26-Jan-1988
201
Lance Havildar
Nar Bahadur Ale  Indian Army 1987 Operation Rajiv[208] 26-Jan-1988
202 Naik Prem Bahadur Gurung  Indian Army 1987 Operation Rajiv[209] 26-Jan-1988
203 Subedar Sansar Chand  Indian Army 1987 Operation Rajiv[210] 26-Jan-1988
204
Lieutenant Colonel
Inder Bal Singh Bawa  Indian Army 1987 Operation Pawan[211] 02-Apr-1988
205 Captain Pratap Singh  Indian Army 1984 Operation Meghdoot[212] 25-May-1988
206
Second Lieutenant
Rajeev Sandhu  Indian Army 1987 Operation Pawan[213] 19-Jul-1988
207 Colonel Vijay Kumar Bakshi  Indian Army 1989 Operation Pawan[214] 29-Mar-1989
208 Captain Anuj Nayyar  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[215]
15-Aug-1999
209 Major Balwan Singh  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[216]
15-Aug-1999
210 Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[217]
15-Aug-1999
211
Lieutenant Colonel
Sonam Wangchuk  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[218]
15-Aug-1999
212 Captain
Keishing Clifford Nongrun
 Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[219]
15-Aug-1999
213 Naik Digendra Kumar  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[220]
15-Aug-1999
214 Captain Neikezhakuo Kengurüse  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[221]
15-Aug-1999
215 Major Padmapani Acharya  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[222]
15-Aug-1999
216 Major Vivek Gupta  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[223]
15-Aug-1999
217 Sepoy Imliakum Ao  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[224]
26-Jan-2000
218 Captain Gurjinder Singh Suri  Indian Army 1999
Operation Vijay[225]
01-Jan-2001
219 Colonel B. Santosh Babu  Indian Army 2020
Operation Snow Leopard[226]
26-Jan-2021

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  9. ^ "Sepoy Dewan Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  10. ^ "Naik Chand Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  11. ^ "Subedar Bishan Singh | Gallantry Awards". twdi.in.
  12. ^ "Jemadar Nand Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  13. ^ "Colonel Thakur Prithi Chand | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  14. ^ "Civilian Ram Chandar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  15. ^ "Major Yadunath Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  16. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Inder Jit Singh Butalia | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  17. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Khushal Chand | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  18. ^ "Brigadier Mohammad Usman | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  19. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Man Mohan Khanna | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  20. ^ "Brigadier Rajinder Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  21. ^ "Major Annavi Krishnaswamy Ramaswamy | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  22. ^ "Sepoy Man Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  23. ^ "Havildar Daya Ram | Gallantry Awards".
  24. ^ "Colonel Kishan Singh Rathor | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  25. ^ "Sub Maj & Honorary Captain Krishna Sonawane | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  26. ^ "Major Sardar Malkit Singh Brar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  27. ^ "Major Satyapal Chopra | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  28. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Hari Chand | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  29. ^ "Sepoy Hari Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  30. ^ "Subedar Gurdial Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  31. ^ "Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  32. ^ "Brigadier Arvind Nilkhanth Jatar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  33. ^ "Naik Shishpal Singh | Honourpoint". www.honourpoint.in/.
  34. ^ "Rifleman Dhonkal Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  35. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Kaman Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  36. ^ "Jemadar Lal Bahadur Khattri | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  37. ^ "Jemadar Hardev Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  38. ^ "Naik Nar Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  39. ^ "Naik Raju | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  40. ^ "Subedar Chuni Ram | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  41. ^ "Civ Porter Mohd Ismail, MVC". War Decorated India & Trust.
  42. ^ "Sep Amar Singh, MVC". War Decorated India & Trust.
  43. ^ "Major Chewang Rinchen | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  44. ^ "Naik Pritam Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  45. ^ "Jemadar Sampooran Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  46. ^ "Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  47. ^ "Subedar & Honorary Captain Fateh Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  48. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Harbans Singh Virk | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  49. ^ "Lieutenant General Anil Krishna Barat | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  50. ^ "Lance Naik Rabi Lal Thapa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  51. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Dharam Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  52. ^ "Major General Anant Singh Pathania | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  53. ^ "Havildar Ram Parsad Gurung | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  54. ^ "Jemadar Lal Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  55. ^ "Brigadier Kanhya Lal Atal | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  56. ^ "Captain Dara Dinshaw Mistry | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in/.
  57. ^ "Air Commodore Mehar Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  58. ^ "Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  59. ^ "Wing Commander Sidney Basil Norohna | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  60. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel AG Rangaraj | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  61. ^ "Col Nirod Baran Banerjee MVC". War Decorated India & Trust.
  62. ^ "Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  63. ^ "Lance Naik Ran Bahadur Gurung | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  64. ^ "Naik Mahabir Thapa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  65. ^ "Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  66. ^ "Naik Chain Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  67. ^ "Subedar Kanshi Ram | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  68. ^ "Havildar Sarup Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  69. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Bhagwan Dutt Dogra | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  70. ^ "Second Lieutenant Gopal Krishna Venkatesa Prasanna Rao | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  71. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Gurdial Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  72. ^ "Captain Mahabir Prasad | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  73. ^ "Major Mahander Singh Chaudhary | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  74. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Sardul Singh Randhawa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  75. ^ "Brigadier Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  76. ^ "Subedar Sonam Stopdhan | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  77. ^ "General Tapishwar Narain Raina | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  78. ^ "Naib Subedar Rabi Lal Thapa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  79. ^ "Colonel Ajit Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  80. ^ "Major General Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  81. ^ "Sepoy Kewal Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  82. ^ "Havildar Satigian Phunchok | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  83. ^ "Jemadar Isht Tundup | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  84. ^ "Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  85. ^ "Major Shyamal Dev Goswami | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  86. ^ "Lieutenant Ved Prakash Trehan | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  87. ^ "Major General Sushil Kumar Mathur | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  88. ^ "Major Baljit Singh Randhawa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  89. ^ "Captain Chander Narain Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  90. ^ "Major General Swarup Singh Kalaan | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  91. ^ "Lieutenant General Ram Dharam Dass Hira | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  92. ^ "Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand Bakshi | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  93. ^ "Colonel Gurbans Singh Sangha | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  94. ^ "Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dayal | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  95. ^ "Major Bhaskar Roy | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  96. ^ "Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  97. ^ "Air Commodore William MacDonald Goodman | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  98. ^ "Subedar Ajit Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  99. ^ "Brigadier Desmond Hayde | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  100. ^ "Major General Gurbaksh Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  101. ^ "Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  102. ^ "Lieutenant General Har Krishen Sibal | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  103. ^ "Lieutenant General Khem Karan Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  104. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Narindra Nath Khanna | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  105. ^ "Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  106. ^ "Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  107. ^ "Brigadier Raghubir Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  108. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Harbans Lal Mehta | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  109. ^ "Naib Subedar Naubat Ram | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  110. ^ "Brigadier Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  111. ^ "Major General Mohindar Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  112. ^ "Brigadier Sampuran Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  113. ^ "Major General Salim Caleb | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  114. ^ "Major General Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  115. ^ "General Arun Shridhar Vaidya | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  116. ^ "Major Asa Ram Tyagi | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  117. ^ "Captain Kapil Singh Thapa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  118. ^ "Brigadier Pagadala Kuppuswamy Nandagopal | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  119. ^ "Subedar Tika Bahadur Thapa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  120. ^ "Major Bhupinder Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  121. ^ "Naik Darshan Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  122. ^ "Captain Gautam Mubayi | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  123. ^ "Brigadier Sant Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  124. ^ "Major Harbhajan Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  125. ^ "Brigadier Rai Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  126. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Mahatam Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  127. ^ "Lieutenant General Anand Sarup | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  128. ^ "Brigadier Arun Bhimrao Harolikar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  129. ^ "Major General Anthony Harold Edward Michigan | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  130. ^ "Major General Hardev Singh Kler | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  131. ^ "Captain Mohan Narayan Rao Samant | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  132. ^ "Brigadier Rajkumar Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  133. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Surinder Kapur | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  134. ^ "Lance Naik Ram Ugrah Pandey | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  135. ^ "Sepoy Ansuya Prasad | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  136. ^ "Rifleman Pati Ram Gurung | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  137. ^ "Major Shamsher Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  138. ^ "Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  139. ^ "Major Anup Singh Gahlaut | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  140. ^ "Brigadier Basdev Singh Mankotia | Gallantry Awards". twdi.in.
  141. ^ "Major General Anant Vishwanath Natu | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  142. ^ "Major General Kashmiri Lal Rattan | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  143. ^ "Major General Prem Kumar Khanna | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  144. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Jaivir Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  145. ^ "Air Vice Marshal Vidya Bhushan Vasisht | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  146. ^ "Group Captain Allan Albert D'Costa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  147. ^ "Subedar Major Bir Bahadur Pun | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  148. ^ "Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  149. ^ "General Arun Shridhar Vaidya | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  150. ^ "Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  151. ^ "Captain Devinder Singh Ahlawat | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  152. ^ "Lieutenant General Krishnaswami Gowri Shankar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  153. ^ "Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  154. ^ "Brigadier Narinder Singh Sandhu | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  155. ^ "Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  156. ^ "Air Marshal Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  157. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Swai Bhawani Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  158. ^ "Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Gharaya | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  159. ^ "Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  160. ^ "Brigadier Mohindar Lal Whig | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  161. ^ "Sepoy Pandurang Salunkhe | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  162. ^ "Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  163. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Chitoor Venugopal | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  164. ^ "Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Bakshi | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  165. ^ "Subedar Major Mohinder Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  166. ^ "Major Chewang Rinchen | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  167. ^ "Petty Officer Chiman Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  168. ^ "Commander Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  169. ^ "Brigadier Udai Singh Bhati | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  170. ^ "Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  171. ^ "Naik Sugan Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  172. ^ "Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  173. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Harish Chandra Pathak | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  174. ^ "Major Kulwant Singh Pannu | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  175. ^ "Brigadier Sukhjit Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  176. ^ "Major Vijay Rattan Choudhry | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  177. ^ "Lance Naik Drig Pal Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  178. ^ "Captain Pradip Kumar Gour | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  179. ^ "Brigadier Amarjit Singh Bal | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  180. ^ "Havildar Thomas Philipose | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  181. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Ved Prakash Ghai | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  182. ^ "Lieutenant General Hanut Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  183. ^ "Lieutenant General Raj Mohan Vohra | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  184. ^ "Captain Shankar Shankhapan Walkar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  185. ^ "Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  186. ^ "Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  187. ^ "Air Vice Marshal Madhavendra Banerji | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  188. ^ "Subedar Malkiat Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  189. ^ "Group Captain Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  190. ^ "Air Commodore Ramesh Sakhram Benegal | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  191. ^ "Second Lieutenant Shamsher Singh Samra | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  192. ^ "Lance Naik Shanghara Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  193. ^ "Lance Havildar Dil Bahadur Chettri | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  194. ^ "Rear Admiral Santosh Kumar Gupta | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  195. ^ "Brigadier Vijay Kumad Berry | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  196. ^ "Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  197. ^ "Subedar Nar Bahadur Chhetri | Gallantry Awards". twitter.com/adgpi/.
  198. ^ "Colonel Dharam Vir Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  199. ^ "Brigadier Sant Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  200. ^ "Major Daljit Singh Narang | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  201. ^ "Lieutenant General Ved Prakash Airy | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  202. ^ "Assistant Commandant Ram Krishna Wadhwa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  203. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  204. ^ "Brigadier Manjit Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  205. ^ "Lieutenant Arvind Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  206. ^ "Squadron Leader Ajjamada B. Devaiah | Gallantry Awards". www.honourpoint.in.
  207. ^ "Colonel Krishna Gopal Chatterjee | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  208. ^ "Lance Havildar Nar Bahadur Ale | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  209. ^ "Naik Prem Bahadur Gurung | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  210. ^ "Subedar Sansar Chand | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  211. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Inder Bal Singh Bawa | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  212. ^ "Captain Pratap Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  213. ^ "Second Lieutenant Rajeev Sandhu | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  214. ^ "Colonel Vijay Kumar Bakshi | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  215. ^ "Captain Anuj Nayyar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  216. ^ "Major Balwan Singh | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  217. ^ "Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  218. ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Sonam Wangchuk | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  219. ^ "Captain Keishing Clifford Nongrum | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  220. ^ "Naik Digendra Kumar | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  221. ^ "Captain Neikezhakuo Kengurüse | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  222. ^ "Major Padmapani Acharya | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  223. ^ "Major Vivek Gupta | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  224. ^ "Sepoy Imliakum Ao | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  225. ^ "Captain Gurjinder Singh Suri | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  226. ^ "Colonel B. Santosh Babu | Gallantry Awards". www.gallantryawards.gov.in.

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