Recipients of The Param Vir Chakra
Listed below are the most notable people to have received the Param Vir Chakra, the highest military decoration of the Indian Army.
Major Somnath Sharma | 4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment | 3 November 1947 | Battle of Badgam, Kashmir, India |
2 Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane | Corps of Engineers | 8 April 1948 | Battle of Naushera, Kashmir, India |
Naik Jadu Nath Singh Rathore | 1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment | February 1948 | Battle of Naushera, Kashmir, India |
Company Havildar Major Piru Singh | 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles | 17/18 July 1948 | Tithwal, Kashmir, India |
Lance Naik Karam Singh | 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment | 13 October 1948 | Tithwal, Kashmir, India |
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria | 3rd Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | 5 December 1961 | Elizabethville, Katanga, Congo |
Major Dhan Singh Thapa | 1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles | 20 October 1962 | Ladakh, India |
Subedar Joginder Singh | 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment | 23 October 1962 | Tongpen La, Northeast Frontier Agency, India |
Major Shaitan Singh | 13th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment | 18 November 1962 | Rezang La |
Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid | 4th Battalion, The Grenadiers | 10 September 1965 | Chima, Khem Karan Sector |
Lt Col Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore | The Poona Horse | 15 October 1965 | Phillora, Sialkot Sector, Pakistan |
Lance Naik Albert Ekka | 14th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards | 3 December 1971 | Gangasagar |
2/Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal | The Poona Horse | 16 December 1971 | Jarpal, Shakargarh Sector |
Major Hoshiar Singh | 3rd Battalion, The Grenadiers | 17 December 1971 | Basantar River, Shakargarh Sector |
Naib Subedar Bana Singh | 8th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry | 23 June 1987 | Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir |
Major Ramaswamy Parmeshwaran | 8th Battalion, Mahar Regiment | 25 November 1987 | Sri Lanka |
Captain Vikram Batra | 13th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | 6 July 1999 | Point 5140, Point 4875, Kargil Area |
Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey | 1st Battalion, 11th Gorkha Rifles | 3 July 1999 | Khaluber/Juber Top, Batalik sector, Kargil area, Jammu and Kashmir |
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav | 18th Battalion, The Grenadiers | 4 July 1999 | Tiger Hill, Kargil area |
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar | 13th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | 5 July 1999 | Area Flat Top, Kargil Area |
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