Param Vir Chakra (PVC) Awardees - List

LIEUTENANT (ACTING CAPTAIN) Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1/11 GORKHA RIFLES (POSTHUMOUS) : 1999 : IndiaRIFLEMAN Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES, (13760533) : 1999 : IndiaCAPTAIN Vikram Batra 13 JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES, (IC-57556) (POSTHUMOUS) : 1999 : IndiaGRENADIER Yoginder Singh Yadav, 18 GRENADIERS, (2690-572) : 1999 : IndiaNAIB SUBEDAR Bana Singh, 8 JAK LI, (JC-155825) : 1987 : IndiaMAJOR Ramaswamy Parmeswaran, 8 MAHAR, (IC-32907) (POSTHUMOUS) : 1987 : IndiaLANCE NAIK Albert Ekka, 14 GUARDS, (4239746) (POSTHUMOUS)...

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Param Vir Chakra Awardees

Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is the highest gallantry award for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the highest degree of valour in the presence of the enemy. Introduced on 26th January 1950, this award may be given posthumously. Literally, Param Vir Chakra means 'Wheel (or Cross) of the Ultimate Brave'. In Sanskrit, 'Param means Ultimate, 'Vir (Pronounced veer) means Brave and 'Chakra means Wheel. If any recipient of the PVC shall again perform such and act of bravery as would have...

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Gallantry Awardees List 2011

IC-51499 LIEUTENANT COLONEL Amit Sharma, ARMY AVIATION / 23 (INDEPENDENT) RECONNAISSANCE AND OBSERVATION FLIGHT : 2011 : IndiaMR-04155 BRIGADIER Amitava Datta, ARMY MEDICAL CORPS / HEADQUARTER 14 CORPS : 2011 : IndiaIC-34066 BRIGADIER Amulya Mohan, VSM, RAJPUT REGIMENT / HEADQUARTER 111 SUB AREA : 2011 : IndiaCOMMANDER AN Satish (03955-N) : 2011 : IndiaWING COMMANDER Anant Mathur (20727), FLYING (PILOT) : 2011 : IndiaIC-39492 BRIGADIER Anil Chauhan, 11 GORKHA RIFLES / HEADQUARTER 59 MOUNTAIN BRIGADE : 2011...

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Gallantry Awards- india

The art of appreciating the brave and gallant is not new. They form one of the most important constituents of a nation’s stability.  History defines gallantry as commanded respect and appreciation. The concept of emancipation of the brave is cognizant in our Epics too. In the Mahabharata, the merit of dying as a martyr in the cause of Dharma is all along appreciated as the easiest way to heaven. In fact, any kind of death on the battlefield was considered glorious. Whether being the appointed head of a clan,...

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