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Maha Vir Chakra

Military decoration in India

Summary

Military decoration in India

FieldValue
nameMaha Vir Chakra
image[[File:Mahavir-chakra.png350pxMahavir-chakra]]
[[File:Maha Vir Chakra ribbon.svg150px]]
captionMaha Vir Chakra medal and ribbon
presenterIndia Republic of India
countryIndia Republic of India
statusCurrently awarded
typeMedal
eligibilityMilitary personnel
awarded_for"... acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea or in the air."
established
firstawarded1947
lastawarded2023
total_awarded_posthumously74
total_recipients213 (as of 2023)
higher[[File:Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg35px]] Param Vishisht Seva Medal
same[[File:Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg35px]] Kirti Chakra
lower[[File:Padma Shri Ribbon.svg35px]] Padma Shri

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) () is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The medal may be awarded posthumously.

Appearance

The medal is made of standard silver and is circular in shape. Embossed on the obverse is a five pointed heraldic star with circular center-piece bearing the gilded state emblem of India in the center. The words "Mahavira Chakra" are embossed in Hindi and English on the reverse with two lotus flowers in the middle. The decoration is worn on the left chest with a half-white and half-orange riband about 3.2 cm in width, the orange being near the left shoulder.

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.RankNameBranchDate of First AwardDate of Second Award
1Wing CommanderJag Mohan Nath1 January 19621 September 1965
2Major GeneralRajinder Singh Sparrow19 March 19486 September 1965
3GeneralArun Shridhar Vaidya16 September 19655 December 1971
4Wing CommanderPadmanabha Gautam6 September 19655 December 1971
5ColonelChewang Rinchen1 July 19488 December 1971
6BrigadierSant Singh2 November 19652 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:

†Indicates posthumous honour
S. No.RankNameBranchOperation/WarDate of Award
1Lieutenant ColonelDewan Ranjit Rai1947 Indo-Pakistan War27-Oct-1947
2SepoyDewan Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War03-Nov-1947
3NaikChand Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War22-Nov-1947
4SubedarBishan Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War12-Dec-1947
5JemadarNand Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War12-Dec-1947
6ColonelThakur Prithi Chand1947 Indo-Pakistan War15-Aug-1948
7CivilianRam ChandarCivilian1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
8MajorYadunath Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
9Lieutenant ColonelInder Jit Singh Butalia1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
10Lieutenant ColonelKhushal Chand1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
11BrigadierMohammad Usman1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
12Lieutenant ColonelMan Mohan Khanna1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
13BrigadierRajinder Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
14MajorAnnavi K Ramaswamy1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
15SepoyMan Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
16HavildarDaya Ram1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
17ColonelKishan Singh Rathor1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
18Subedar MajorKrishna Sonawane1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
19MajorSardar Malkit Singh Brar1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
20MajorSatyapal Chopra1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
21Lieutenant ColonelHari Chand1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
22SepoyHari Singh1948 Operation Polo17-Mar-1948
23SubedarGurdial Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
24Major GeneralRajinder Singh Sparrow1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
25BrigadierArvind Nilkanth Jatar1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
26NaikShishpal Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
27RiflemanDhonkal Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
28Lieutenant ColonelKaman Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
29JemadarLal Bahadur Khattri1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1952
30JemadarHardev Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
31NaikNar Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
32NaikRaju1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
33SubedarChuni Ram1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
34Civilian PorterMohd IsmailCivilian1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
35SepoyAmar Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
36MajorChewang Rinchen1947 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jul-1948
37NaikPritam Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
38JemadarSampooran Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
39BrigadierSher Jung Thapa1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
40SubedarFateh Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
41Lieutenant ColonelHarbans Singh Virk1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
42Lieutenant GeneralAnil Krishna Barat1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
43Lance NaikRabi Lal Thapa1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
44Lieutenant ColonelDharam Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
45Major GeneralAnant Singh Pathania1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
46HavildarRam Parsad Gurung1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
47JemadarLal Singh1948 Operation Polo15-Nov-1948
48BrigadierKanhya Lal Atal1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
49CaptainDara Dinshaw Mistry1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
50Air CommodoreMehar Singh1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
51Air MarshalMinoo Merwan Engineer1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
52Wing CommanderSidney Basil Norohna1947 Indo-Pakistan War26-Jan-1950
53Lieutenant ColonelAG Rangaraj1951 Operation Tomahawk24-Mar-1951
54ColonelNirod Baran Banerjee1951 Operation TomahawkMarch-1951
55Air Chief MarshalHrushikesh Moolgavkar1961 Operation Vijay: Goa08-Dec-1951
56Lance NaikRan Bahadur Gurung1961 UN Operation: Congo06-Dec-1961
57NaikMahabir Thapa1962 UN Operation: Congo16-Dec-1961
58Wing CommanderJag Mohan Nath1962 Operation Leg Horn01-Jan-1962
59NaikChain Singh1962 Operation Leg Horn10-Oct-1962
60SubedarKanshi Ram1962 Operation Leg Horn10-Oct-1962
61HavildarSarup Singh1962 Operation Leg Horn19-Oct-1962
62Lieutenant ColonelBhagwan Dutt Dogra1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
63Second lieutenantGKV Prasanna Rao1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
64Lieutenant ColonelGurdial Singh1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
65CaptainMahabir Prasad1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
66MajorMahander Singh Chaudhary1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
67Lieutenant ColonelSardul Singh Randhawa1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
68BrigadierSher Pratap Singh Shrikent1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
69SubedarSonam Stopdhan1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
70GeneralTapishwar Narain Raina1962 Indo-China War20-Oct-1962
71Naib SubedarRabi Lal Thapa1962 Indo-China War21-Oct-1962
72ColonelAjit Singh1962 Indo-China War22-Oct-1962
73Major GeneralBejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea1962 Indo-China War25-Oct-1962
74SepoyKewal Singh1962 Indo-China War26-Oct-1962
75HavildarSatigian Phunchok1962 Indo-China War27-Oct-1962
76JemadarIsht Tundup1962 Indo-China War27-Oct-1962
77RiflemanJaswant Singh Rawat1962 Indo-China War17-Nov-1962
78MajorShyamal Dev Goswami1962 Indo-China War18-Nov-1962
79LieutenantVed Prakash TrehanCongo Crisis29-Dec-1962
80Major GeneralSushil Kumar Mathur1965 Operation Ablaze15-Apr-1965
81MajorBaljit Singh Randhawa1965 Operation Ablaze17-May-1965
82CaptainChander Narain Singh1965 Operation Ablaze05-Aug-1965
83Major GeneralSwarup Singh Kalaan1965 Operation Ablaze05-Aug-1965
84Lieutenant GeneralRam Dharam Dass Hira1965 Operation Ablaze05-Aug-1965
85Lieutenant GeneralZorawar Chand Bakshi1965 Operation Ablaze05-Aug-1965
86ColonelGurbans Singh Sangha1965 Operation Riddle15-Aug-1965
87Lieutenant GeneralRanjit Singh Dayal1965 Operation Riddle25-Aug-1965
88MajorBhaskar Roy1965 Operation Riddle01-Sep-1965
89Wing CommanderJag Mohan Nath1965 Operation Riddle01-Sep-1965
90Air CommodoreWilliam MacDonald Goodman1965 Operation Riddle01-Sep-1965
91SubedarAjit Singh1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
92BrigadierDesmond Hayde1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
93Major GeneralGurbaksh Singh1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
94Major GeneralRajinder Singh Sparrow1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
95Lieutenant GeneralHar Krishen Sibal1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
96Lieutenant GeneralKhem Karan Singh1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
97Lieutenant ColonelNarindra Nath Khanna1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
98Wing CommanderPadmanabha Gautam1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
99Air MarshalPrem Pal Singh1965 Operation Riddle06-Sep-1965
100BrigadierRaghubir Singh1965 Operation Riddle07-Sep-1965
101Lieutenant ColonelHarbans Lal Mehta1965 Operation Riddle08-Sep-1965
102Naib SubedarNaubat Ram1965 Operation Riddle08-Sep-1965
103BrigadierThomas Krishnan Theogaraj1965 Operation Riddle08-Sep-1965
104Major GeneralMohindar Singh1965 Operation Riddle09-Sep-1965
105BrigadierSampuran Singh1965 Operation Ablaze09-Sep-1965
106Major GeneralSalim Caleb1965 Operation Riddle10-Sep-1965
107Major GeneralMadan Mohan Singh Bakshi1965 Operation Riddle11-Sep-1965
108GeneralArun Shridhar Vaidya1965 Operation Riddle16-Sep-1965
109MajorAsa Ram Tyagi1965 Operation Ablaze21-Sep-1965
110CaptainKapil Singh Thapa1965 Operation Riddle21-Sep-1965
111BrigadierPagadala K Nandagopal1965 Operation Riddle28-Sep-1965
112SubedarTika Bahadur Thapa1965 Operation Riddle30-Sep-1965
113MajorBhupinder Singh1965 Operation Riddle11-Oct-1965
114NaikDarshan Singh1965 Operation Riddle02-Nov-1965
115CaptainGautam Mubayi1965 Operation Riddle02-Nov-1965
116BrigadierSant Singh1965 Operation Riddle02-Nov-1965
117MajorHarbhajan Singh1967 Indo-China War11-Sep-1967
118BrigadierRai Singh Yadav1967 Indo-China War11-Sep-1967
119Lieutenant ColonelMahatam Singh1967 Indo-China War01-Oct-1967
120Lieutenant GeneralAnand Sarup1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1971
121BrigadierArun Bhimrao Harolikar1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1971
122Major GeneralAnthony Harold Edward Michigan1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1971
123Major GeneralHardev Singh Kler1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1971
124CaptainMohan Narayan Rao Samant1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1971
125BrigadierRajkumar Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1971
126Lieutenant ColonelSurinder Kapur1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1971
127Lance NaikRam Ugrah Pandey1971 Indo-Pakistan War24-Nov-1971
128SepoyAnsuya Prasad1971 Indo-Pakistan War30-Nov-1971
129RiflemanPati Ram Gurung1971 Indo-Pakistan War30-Nov-1971
130Lieutenant ColonelShamsher Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Dec-1971
131Vice AdmiralSwaraj Parkash1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Dec-1971
132MajorAnup Singh Gahlaut1971 Indo-Pakistan War03-Dec-1971
133BrigadierBasdev Singh Mankotia1971 Indo-Pakistan War03-Dec-1971
134Major GeneralAnant Vishwanath Natu1971 Indo-Pakistan War03-Dec-1971
135Major GeneralKashmiri Lal Rattan1971 Indo-Pakistan War03-Dec-1971
136Major GeneralPrem Kumar Khanna1971 Indo-Pakistan War03-Dec-1971
137Lieutenant ColonelJaivir Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War03-Dec-1971
138Air Vice-MarshalVidya Bhushan Vasisht1971 Indo-Pakistan War03-Dec-1971
139Group CaptainAllan Albert D’Costa1971 Indo-Pakistan War04-Dec-1971
140Subedar MajorBir Bahadur Pun1971 Indo-Pakistan War04-Dec-1971
141CommodoreKasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao1971 Operation Trident04-Dec-1971
142BrigadierK Gowrishankar1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
143BrigadierHardev Singh Kler1971 Indo-Pakistan War---Dec-1971
144GeneralArun Shridhar Vaidya1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
145CommodoreBabru Bhan Yadav1971 Operation Trident05-Dec-1971
146CaptainDevinder Singh Ahlawat1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
147Lieutenant GeneralKrishnaswamy Gowri Shankar1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
148BrigadierKuldip Singh Chandpuri1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
149BrigadierNarinder Singh Sandhu1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
150Wing CommanderPadmanabha Gautam1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
151Air MarshalRavinder Nath Bhardwaj1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
152Lieutenant ColonelSawai Bhawani Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War05-Dec-1971
153Lieutenant GeneralJoginder Singh Gharaya1971 Indo-Pakistan War06-Dec-1971
154BrigadierKailash Prasad Pande1971 Indo-Pakistan War06-Dec-1971
155BrigadierMohindar Lal Whig1971 Indo-Pakistan War06-Dec-1971
156SepoyPandurang Salunkhe1971 Indo-Pakistan War06-Dec-1971
157Air Vice-MarshalChandan Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War07-Dec-1971
158Lieutenant ColonelChittoor Venugopal1971 Indo-Pakistan War07-Dec-1971
159Lieutenant GeneralJoginder Singh Bakshi1971 Indo-Pakistan War07-Dec-1971
160Subedar MajorMohinder Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War07-Dec-1971
161MajorChewang Rinchen1971 Indo-Pakistan War08-Dec-1971
162Petty OfficerChiman Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War08-Dec-1971
163CommanderJoseph Pius Alfred Noronha1971 Indo-Pakistan War08-Dec-1971
164BrigadierUdai Singh Bhati1971 Indo-Pakistan War08-Dec-1971
165CaptainMahendra Nath Mulla1971 Indo-Pakistan War09-Dec-1971
166NaikSugan Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War09-Dec-1971
167BrigadierRattan Nath Sharma1971 Indo-Pakistan War10-Dec-1971
168Lieutenant ColonelHarish Chandra Pathak1971 Indo-Pakistan War11-Dec-1971
169MajorKulwant Singh Pannu1971 Indo-Pakistan War11-Dec-1971
170BrigadierSukhjit Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War11-Dec-1971
171MajorVijay Rattan Choudhry1971 Indo-Pakistan War11-Dec-1971
172Lance NaikDrig Pal Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War13-Dec-1971
173CaptainPradip Kumar Gour1971 Indo-Pakistan War14-Dec-1971
174BrigadierAmarjit Singh Bal1971 Indo-Pakistan War15-Dec-1971
175HavildarThomas Philipose1971 Indo-Pakistan War15-Dec-1971
176Lieutenant ColonelVed Prakash Ghai1971 Indo-Pakistan War15-Dec-1971
177Lieutenant GeneralHanut Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War16-Dec-1971
178Lieutenant GeneralRaj Mohan Vohra1971 Indo-Pakistan War16-Dec-1971
179CaptainShankar Shankhapan Walkar1971 Indo-Pakistan War16-Dec-1971
180Air Vice-MarshalCecil Vivian Parker1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
181Air CommodoreHarcharan Singh Manget1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
182Air Vice-MarshalMadhavendra Banerji1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
183SubedarMalkiat Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
184Group CaptainMan Mohan Bir Singh Talwar1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
185Air CommodoreRamesh Sakharam Benegal1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
186Second LieutenantShamsher Singh Samra1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
187Lance NaikShanghara Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War17-Dec-1971
188Lance HavildarDil Bahadur Chettri1971 Indo-Pakistan War21-Dec-1971
189Rear AdmiralSantosh Kumar Gupta1971 Indo-Pakistan War21-Dec-1971
190BrigadierVijay Kumar Berry1971 Indo-Pakistan War28-Dec-1971
191Air Chief MarshalS. K. Kaul1971 Indo-Pakistan War30-Dec-1971
192SubedarNar Bahadur Chhetri1971 Indo-Pakistan War31-Dec-1971
193ColonelDharam Vir Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War01-Jan-1972
194BrigadierSant Singh1971 Indo-Pakistan War02-Jan-1972
195MajorDaljit Singh Narang1971 Indo-Pakistan War20-Jan-1972
196Lieutenant GeneralVed Prakash Airy1971 Indo-Pakistan War20-Jan-1972
197Assistant commandantRam Krishna WadhwaBSF_Flag.svg BSF1971 Indo-Pakistan War10-Dec-1972
198Lieutenant ColonelPuttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi1987 Operation Pawan16-Oct-1987
199BrigadierManjit Singh1987 Operation Pawan19-Oct-1987
200LieutenantArvind Singh1987 Operation Pawan22-Jan-1988
201Squadron LeaderAjjamada B. Devaiah1965 Operation Ablaze26-Jan-1988
202ColonelKrishna Gopal Chatterjee1987 Operation Rajiv26-Jan-1988
203Lance HavildarNar Bahadur Ale1987 Operation Rajiv26-Jan-1988
204NaikPrem Bahadur Gurung1987 Operation Rajiv26-Jan-1988
205SubedarSansar Chand1987 Operation Rajiv26-Jan-1988
206Lieutenant ColonelInder Bal Singh Bawa1987 Operation Pawan02-Apr-1988
207CaptainPratap Singh1984 Operation Meghdoot25-May-1988
208Second LieutenantRajeev Sandhu1987 Operation Pawan19-Jul-1988
209ColonelVijay Kumar Bakshi1989 Operation Pawan29-Mar-1989
210CaptainAnuj Nayyar1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
211MajorBalwan Singh1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
212MajorRajesh Singh Adhikari1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
213Lieutenant ColonelSonam Wangchuk1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
214CaptainKeishing Clifford Nongrun1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
215NaikDigendra Kumar1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
216CaptainNeikezhakuo Kengurüse1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
217MajorPadmapani Acharya1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
218MajorVivek Gupta1999 Operation Vijay15-Aug-1999
219SepoyImliakum Ao1999 Operation Vijay26-Jan-2000
220CaptainGurjinder Singh Suri1999 Operation Vijay01-Jan-2001
221ColonelB. Santosh Babu2020 Operation Snow Leopard26-Jan-2021

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