
NEW DELHI, AUG 14: The Government, on the eve of Independence Day, announced the Param Vir Chakra PVC 8212; the highest gallantry award in the country 8212; to be given to four soldiers for their exemplary bravery in Operation Vijay.The recipients of the PVC are Captain Vikram Batra, 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles JAK Rif, Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1/11 Garhwal Rifles GR, Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers all posthumous and Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAK Rif.
The Maha Vir Chakra MVC was announced for Major Vivek Gupta, 2 Raj Rif, Maj Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Mechanised Infantry, 18 GDRS, Maj Padmapani Acharya, 2 Raj Rif, Capt Anuj Nayyar, 17 Jat, Capt Neikezhakuo Kenguruse, Army Service Corp ASC, 2 Raj Rif, Lt Keishing Clifford Nongrum, 12 JaK Li all posthumous, Major Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh Scouts, Lt Balwan Singh, 18 Gdrs and Naik Digendra Kumar, 2 Raj Rif.
The Vir Chakra was announced for Col Umesh Singh Bawa, Col Lalit Rai, Col M B Ravindranath posthumous, Lt Col Yogesh Kumar Joshi, Maj SVijay Bhaskar, Maj Deepak Rampal, Maj Vikas Vohra, Maj Amrinder Singh Kasana, Maj Rajesh Sah, Maj Mohit Saxena, Maj M Saravanan posthumous, Capt Shyamal Sinha, Capt Amol Kalia posthumous, Capt Sachin Annarao Nimbalkar, Capt Sanjeev Singh, Capt Haneefuddin posthumous, Capt Sumeet Roy posthumous, Capt Vijyant Thapar posthumous, Capt Maridhyodan Veetil Sooraj, Capt Jintu Gogoi, posthumous, Capt R J Prem Raj posthumous, Sub Chhering Stobdan, Sub Bahadur Singh posthumous, Sub Lobzang Chhotak posthumous, Sub Randhir Singh posthumous, Sub Bhawar Lal posthumous, Sub Raghunath Singh, Naib Sub Mangej Singh posthumous, Naib Sub Karnail Singh posthumous, CHM Yashvir Singh posthumous, Hav Udham Singh posthumous Hav Madan Lal posthumous, Hav Sultan Singh Narwaria posthumous, Hav Kumar Singh posthumous, Hav Sis Ram Gill posthumous, Hav Joginder Singh, Hav Tsewang Rigzin posthumous, L/Hav Ram Kumar posthumous, Nk Kashmir Singh posthumous, Nk Ganesh Prasad Yadav posthumous, Nk DevParkash, L/Nk GH Mohd Khan posthumous, L/Nk Khushiman Gurung, Sep Satpal Singh, Sep Tsering Dorjay, Sep K Ashuli posthumous, Rfn Jai Ram Singh, Rfn Anusuya Prasad posthumous, Rfn Kuldeep Singh posthumous, Rfn Shyam Singh posthumous, Rfn Mehar Singh, Gnr Sajeev Gopala Pillai posthumous, Wg Cdr Anil Kumar Sinha, Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja posthumous.
Air Marshal Vinod Patney has posthumously been awarded the Sarvottam Yuddh Seva medal. The recipients of Uttam Yuddh Seva medal Lt Gen Krishan Pal, Maj Gen Mohinder Puri, Brig Prakash Chand Katoch, Brig Amar Nath Aul, AVM Satinder Singh Dhillon, AVM Jagnandan Kumar Pathania and AVM Narayan Menon.Yudh Seva medal was announced for Brig Lakhwinder Singh, Brig Ramesh Kumar Kakar, Gp Capt Mathews Kurrhikombil Joseph, Gp Capt Arvind Ramachandra Oak, Wg Cdr Sunder Raman Neelakantan, Wg Cdr Birender Singh Dhanoa, Wg Cdr Sandip Sud and Wg Cdr Sandeep Chhabra. Col Samir Kumar Chakravorty will get the Bar To Sena Medal for Gallantry. Meanwhile Sena medal has beenannounced for Col Devendra Singh Yadav, Col Prabhat Ranjan, Lt Col Girish Kumar Mediratta, Maj Suresh Kumar Joshi, Maj Ambrose Xavier Amalaraj, Maj Ravindra Singh, Maj Gurjeet Singh, Maj Gurpreet Singh, Maj Amitabh Roy, Maj Navdeep Singh Cheema, Maj Ajay Singh Jasrotia posthumous, Maj Joy Dasgupta, Capt Harbir Singh, Capt Ganesh Bhat, Capt Kamath Prashant Narayan, Capt Mridul Kumar Singh, Capt P V Vikram posthumous, Capt Naveen Anaberu Nagappa, Capt Saju Cherian, Capt Amit Sharma, Capt Somnath Basu, Lt Sanjay Barshilia, Lt Praveen Tomar, Lt Rakesh Kumar Sehrawat, Lt Kanad Bhattacharya posthumous, Sub A Heni Mao, Sub Sumer Singh Rathore posthumous, Sub Joginder Singh posthumous, Sub Surender Singh, Sub Romesh Chand, Nb Sub Chanda Jat, Nb Sub Sunayak Singh, 2 Nb Sub Tundup Dorje, Hav Shri Bhagwan, Hav Ranbir Singh, Hav Sarman Singh Senga posthumous, Hav Hari Om posthumous, Hav Ghulam Qadir, Hav Tam Bahadur Chhetri posthumous, L/Hav Ramesh Chandra, Nk Nirmal Singh Yadav, Nk Samunder Singhposthumous, Nk Ravi Karan Singh posthumous, Nk Karanbir, Nk Balwan Singh posthumous, Nk Bahadur Singh posthumous, Nk Ranjit Singh posthumous, Rfn Ajay Pathania, Rfn Sunil Kumar, Rfn Kewal Kumar, Gdr Munish Kumar posthumous, Gdr Kalyan Singh, Gdr Pravin Kumar posthumous, Gdr Raj Kumar posthumous, Gdr Udhyman Singh posthumous, Gdr Dalip Singh, Gnr Jagadish Prasad Gupta, Spr M Jayavelu posthumous, Sigmn Vinod Kumar posthumous, Coy Ldr Chhombe, Asst Ldr Tashi, Gp Capt Satish Pal Singh, Wg Cdr Raghunath Nambiar, Sqn Ldr Rajiv Pundir posthumous, Sqn Ldr Mohan Rao, Sqn Ldr Vishwas Gaur, Sqn Ldr Vanjay Bhatnagar, Sqn Ldr Gurcharan Singh Bedi, Sqn Ldr Dilip Kumar Patnaik, Sqn Ldr Ajai Prakash Srivastava, Sqn Ldr Alok Choudhry, Sqn Ldr Narender Singh Verma, Sqn Ldr Amanjit Singh Heer, Sqn Ldr Nitish Kumar, Sqn Ldr Harendra Pal Singh, Flt Lt Shreepad Tokekar, Flt Lt Rajesh Walia, Flt Lt Ashish Gupta, Flt Lt Subramaniam Muhilan posthumous, Flt Lt Gaurav Chibber posthumous, Flt LtKambampatti Nachiketa, Fg Offr Rajpal Singh Dhaliwal, WO Krishan Singh Dhillon, Sgt Pasad Pilla Venkata Narayan Ravi posthumous, Sgt Sahu Raj Kishore posthumous.