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Param Vir Chakra – The Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.
Param Vir Chakra
The Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.
Param Vir ChakraEligibility – Military personnel only First awarded – 3 November 1947 Last awarded – 6 July 1999 |
Param Vir Chakra Award Recipients
|
Name |
Regiment |
Date |
| Major Somnath Sharma | 4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment | 3 November, 1947 |
| Lance Naik Karam Singh | 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment | 13 October, 1948 |
| Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane | Corps of Engineers | 8 April, 1948 |
| Naik Jadu Nath Singh | 1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment | February 1948 |
| Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat | 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles | 17 July 1948 – 18 July 1948 |
| Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria | 3rd Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | 5 December, 1961 |
| Major Dhan Singh Thapa | 1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifle | 20 October, 1962 |
| Subedar Joginder Singh | 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment | 23 October, 1962 |
| Major Shaitan Singh | 13th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment | 18 November, 1962 |
| Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid | 4th Battalion, The Grenadiers | 10 September, 1965 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore | 17th Poona Horse | 15 October, 1965 |
| Lance Naik Albert Ekka | 14th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards | 3 December, 1971 |
| Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon | No.18 Squadron, Indian Air Force | 14 December, 1971 |
| 2/Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal | 17th Poona Horse | 16 December, 1971 |
| Major Hoshiar Singh | 3rd Battalion, The Grenadiers | 17 December, 1971 |
| Naib Subedar Bana Singh | 8th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry | 23 June, 1987 |
| Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran | 8th Battalion, Mahar Regiment | 25 November, 1987 |
| Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey | 1st Battalion, 11th Gorkha Rifles | 3 July, 1999 |
| Yogendra Singh Yadav | 18th Battalion, The Grenadiers | 4 July, 1999 |
| Rifleman Sanjay Kumar | 13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles | 5 July, 1999 |
| Captain Vikram Batra | 13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles | 6 July, 1999 |
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