Maha Vir Chakra

Military decoration in India

Award

Maha Vir Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra medal and ribbon

Type| Medal
Awarded for| "... acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea or in the air."[1]
Country|  Republic of India
Presented by|  Republic of India
Eligibility| Military personnel
Status| Currently awarded
Established| 26 January 1950; 74 years ago (26 January 1950)
First awarded| 1947
Last awarded| 2021
Total awarded posthumously| 74
Total recipients| 213 (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. 'Great Wheel of Bravery') 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

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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.[5]

## History

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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

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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

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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 recieptants

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

Key  †  | Indicates posthumous honour

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S. No.  | Rank  | Name  | Branch  | Operation/War  | Date of Award

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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  | Lieutenant Colonel | 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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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/.
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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.

## External links

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* List of Awardees, Awards given on 26 January 2011, India
* Writeups on Maha Vir Chakra winners
* Official Citations, Photos of MVC Awardees of the Indian Air Force
* Recipients of Mahavir Chakra from Indian Navy
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* Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

Science and
technology|

* Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
* Kalinga Prize
* Aryabhata Award

International|

* Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
* Gandhi Peace Prize
* Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
* Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony
* Jawaharlal Nehru Award
* Thiruvalluvar Award

Military|

| Wartime|

* Param Vir Chakra
* Maha Vir Chakra
* Vir Chakra

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Peacetime|

* Ashoka Chakra
* Kirti Chakra
* Shaurya Chakra

Distinguished
service and gallantry|

* Sena Medal
* Army
* Nau Sena Medal
* Navy
* Vayu Sena Medal
* Air Force

Wartime|

* Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal
* Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
* Yudh Seva Medal

Peacetime|

* Param Vishisht Seva Medal
* Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
* Vishisht Seva Medal

Service and
campaign medals|

* Wound Medal
* General Service Medal
* Samanya Seva Medal
* Special Service Medal
* Samar Seva Star
* Poorvi Star
* Paschimi Star
* Operation Vijay Star
* Siachen Glacier Medal
* Raksha Medal
* Sangram Medal
* Operation Vijay Medal
* Operation Parakram Medal
* Sainya Seva Medal
* High Altitude Medal
* Videsh Seva Medal

Independence awards|

* Indian Independence Medal
* 75th Independence Anniversary Medal
* 50th Independence Anniversary Medal
* 25th Independence Anniversary Medal

Other awards|

* Mention in Dispatches
* Commendation Card
* MacGregor Medal
* Post-nominal letters

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