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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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