Vir Chakra

Origin

It was established by the President of India on 26 January 1950 (with effect from 15 August 1947). The statutes were amended on 12 January 1952 to readjust the order of wearing as new decorations were established.

It replaced the British Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use Vr.C. as a postnominal abbreviation note the care to distinguish this abbreviation from that for the [Victoria Cross (V.C.)

Appearance

The medal is inch circular silver medal. A five pointed star, with the chakra in the centre, and, on this, the domed gilded state emblem. The decoration is named on the rim and suspended from a swiveling straight-bar suspender. The decoration is almost always named and dated on the edge. Around a plain centre, two legends are separated by lotus flowers; with Vir Chakra in Hindi above and in English below. The ribbon is 32 mm, half dark blue and half orange-saffron; dark blue 16 mm, saffron 16 mm.

The award carries with it a cash allowance and, in some cases, a lump sum cash award. This has been a rather controversial issue throughout the life of the decoration. From 1 February 1999, the central government set a monthly stipend of Rs. 850 for recipients of the award. In addition, many states have established individual pension rewards for the recipients of the decoration.

List of Vir Chakra recipients

A total of 1327 personnel received Vir Chakra. Some of the notable Vir Chakra awardees include:

Notes

References

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9. "Major TGN Pai". Gallantry Awards.
10. "Jemadar Kanikasami". Gallantry Awards.
11. "Brigadier Harbaksh Singh". Gallantry Awards.
12. "Lt Col Girdhari Sing VRC, MC ( Bar)".
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14. "Subedar Major and Hony Captain (then Subedar) BHIM CHAND".
15. "Subedar Major and Honorary Captain (then Subedar) BHIM CHAND Vir Chakra".
16. "Air Vice Marshal Ranjan Dutt". Gallantry Awards.
17. "Major Tirath Singh Oberoi". Gallantry Awards.
18. "Wing Commander Krishan Kant Saini". Gallantry Awards.
19. "Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand Bakshi". Gallantry Awards.
20. "Wing Commander Trevor Keelor". Gallantry Awards.
21. "Flight Lieutenant Virendera Singh Pathania". Gallantry Awards.
22. "Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania".
23. "Air Commodore Alfred Tyrone Cooke". Gallantry Awards.
24. "Naib Subedar Ganesh Datt". Gallantry Awards.
25. "Wing Commander Amarjit Singh Sandhu". Gallantry Awards.
26. "Service Record for Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu 4705 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com".
27. "Air Marshal Denzil Keelor". Gallantry Awards.
28. "Lieutenant General Mohammad Ahmad Zaki". Gallantry Awards.
29. "Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas". Gallantry Awards.
30. "Brigadier JK Tomar". Gallantry Awards.
31. "Lieutenant Colonel Satish Nambiar". Gallantry Awards.
32. "Brigadier P V Sahadevan". Gallantry Awards.
33. "Lieutenant Colonel Vikram Denkar". Gallantry Awards.
34. "Captain Satish Chander Sehgal". Gallantry Awards.
35. "Air Commodore Jasjit Singh". Gallantry Awards.
36. "Havildar Gurdev Singh". Gallantry Awards.
37. "Squadron Leader Ramesh Chander Kohli". Gallantry Awards.
38. "Admiral Arun Prakash". Gallantry Awards.
39. "Wing Commander Sukhdev Singh Dhillon". Gallantry Awards.
40. "Squadron Leader M A Ganapathy". Gallantry Awards.
41. "Group Captain Donald 'Don' Lazarus". Gallantry Awards.
42. "In 1971, the Indian Air Force shot down 3 Pakistani planes within 3 minutes".
43. "Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Frederic Pereira". Gallantry Awards.
44. "Naik Naib Singh Gill". Gallantry Awards.
45. (2017-12-16). "Bangladesh Marks 1971 War Victory, Honours Indian Soldiers".
46. "Lieutenant-General Francis Tiburtius Dias". Gallantry Awards.
47. "VrC Major Ngangom Joy Dutta Singh". Gallantry Awards.
48. "Major General Dalvir Singh". Gallantry Awards.
49. "Lieutenant Commander Deepak Agarwal". Gallantry Awards.
50. "Vir Chakra (VrC) Awardee: Nk Kamkholam Kuki, VrC".
51. (11 November 2017). "Vir Chakra Awardee Capt Abdul Naseer Flew MI-17 Tirelessly to Help India Win Siachen in 1987".
52. "Flight Lieutenant Abdul Naseer Hanfee". Gallantry Awards.
53. "Naik Kaushal Yadav".
54. "Captain Jintu Gogoi". Gallantry Awards.
55. "Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja". Gallantry Awards.
56. "Colonel Magod Basappa Ravindranath". Gallantry Awards.
57. "Lieutenant Colonel Ramakrishnan Vishwanathan". Gallantry Awards.
58. "L/Havildar Ram Kumar". Gallantry Awards.
59. "Major Mariappan Saravanan". Gallantry Awards.
60. "Colonel Lalit Rai". Gallantry Awards.
61. "Lt Col Yogesh Kumar Joshi". Gallantry Awards.
62. "Captain Sanjeev Singh Jamwal". Gallantry Awards.
63. "Gunner Sanjeev Gopala Pillai". Gallantry Awards.
64. "Captain Vijyant Thapar". Gallantry Awards.
65. "Havildar Chuni Lal". Gallantry Awards.
66. "Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman". Gallantry Awards.
67. "Naib Subedar Nuduram Soren". Gallantry Awards.
68. "Naik Deepak Singh". Gallantry Awards.
69. "Sepoy Gurtej Singh". Gallantry Awards.
70. "magal singh sisodiya". Gallantry Awards.
71. "Independence Day: Rare military honour for 7 top officers for Operation Sindoor; 9 Vir Chakra for IAF pilots".