Last Updated: 10 April 2023
The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the second highest Military Decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra. It is the second award of the Gallantry Awards.
Maha Vir Chakra is awarded for acts of Conspicuous Gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on Land, at Sea, or in the Air. The award replaced the British Distinguished Service Order (DSO) which was established on 6 September 1886.
219 acts of Bravery and Selfless courage have been recognized since the inception of the medal. The most Maha Vir Chakras awarded in a single conflict was in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (Operation Cactus-Lilly). Maha Vir Chakra is also awarded posthumously.
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Maha Vir Chakra At A Glance
| No. | Header | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Type | Medal |
| 2 | Awarded For | Acts of Conspicuous Gallantry in the Presence of the Enemy, whether on Land, at Sea or in the Air. |
| 3 | Country | Republic of India |
| 4 | Presented By | President of India |
| 5 | Eligibility | Military Personnel |
| 6 | Status | Acts of Conspicuous Gallantry in the Presence of the Enemy, whether on Land, at Sea, or in the Air. |
| 7 | Established | 26 January 1950 |
| 8 | First Awarded | 1947 |
| 9 | Last Awarded | 2021 |
| 10 | Posthumously Awarded | 38 |
| 11 | Total Recipients | 219 |
| 12 | Order Of Precedence | 1) Param Vir Chakra 2) Maha Vir Chakra 3) Vir Chakra 4) Ashoka Chakra 5) Kirti Chakra 6) Shaurya Chakra |
Appearance Of Maha Vir Chakra Medal
- The Maha Vir Chakra medal is made of standard silver and is circular in shape.
- Embossed on the obverse is a five-pointed heraldic star with a circular centerpiece bearing the gilded state Emblem of India in the center.
- The words “Mahavira Chakra” are embossed in Hindi and English on the reverse with two lotus flowers in the middle.
- The decoration is worn on the left chest with a half-white and half-orange riband about 3.2 cm in width, the orange being near the left shoulder.
Related: Param Vir Chakra Winners List With PDF (2023 Updated)
Bar to MVC
Provision was made for the award of a bar for a second award of the Maha Vir Chakra, the first two being awarded in 1965. To date, there are six known awards of a first bar.
| No. | Rank | Name | Branch | Date of First Award | Date of Second Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wing Commander | Jag Mohan Nath | Indian Air Force | 01 Jan 1962 | 01 Sep 1965 |
| 2 | Major General | Rajinder Singh Sparrow | Indian Army | 19 Mar 1948 | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 3 | General | Arun Shridhar Vaidya | Indian Army | 16 Sep 1965 | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 4 | Wing Commander | Padmanabha Gautam | Indian Air Force | 06 Sep 1965 | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 5 | Colonel | Chewang Rinchen | Indian Army | 01 Jul 1948 | 08 Dec 1971 |
| 6 | Brigadier | Sant Singh | Indian Army | 02 Nov 1965 | 02 Jan 1972 |
Maha Vir Chakra Recipients
| ✝ Indicates Posthumous Honour |
| No. | Rank | Name | Branch | Operation/War | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lieutenant Colonel | Dewan Ranjit Rai✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 27 Oct 1947 |
| 2 | Sepoy | Dewan Singh Danu✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 03 Nov 1947 |
| 3 | Naik | Chand Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 22 Nov 1947 |
| 4 | Subedar | Bishan Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 12 Dec 1947 |
| 5 | Jemadar | Nand Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 12 Dec 1947 |
| 6 | Civilian | Ram Chander | Civilian | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 7 | Major | Yadunath Singh | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 8 | Lieutenant Colonel | IJS Butalia✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 9 | Lieutenant Colonel | Khushal Chand | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 10 | Brigadier | Mohammad Usman✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 11 | Lieutenant General | Man Mohan Khanna | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 12 | Brigadier | Rajendra Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 13 | Lieutenant Colonel | Thakur Prithi Chand | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 14 | Major | Annavi Krishnaswamy Ramaswamy✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 15 | Sepoy | Man Singh | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 16 | Havildar | Daya Ram | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 17 | Colonel | Kishan Singh Rathore | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 18 | Subedar-major & Honorary Captain | Krishna Sonawale | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 19 | Major | Sardar Malkit Singh Brar✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 20 | Major | Satya Pal Chopra✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 21 | Lieutenant Colonel | Hari Chand | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 22 | Sepoy | Hari Singh | Indian Army | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 17 Mar 1948 |
| 23 | Subedar | Gurdial Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 24 | Major General | Rajinder Singh Sparrow | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 25 | Brigadier | Arvind Nilkanth Jatar | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 26 | Naik | Sis Pal Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 27 | Rifleman | Dhonkal Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 28 | Lieutenant Colonel | Kaman Singh | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 29 | Jemadar | Lal Bahadur Khattri | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 30 | Jemadar | Hardev Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 31 | Naik | Nar Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 32 | Naik | Raju | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 33 | Subedar | Chuna Ram✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 34 | Civilian Porter | Mohd Ismail | Civilian | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 35 | Sepoy | Amar Singh | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 36 | Major | Chewang Rinchen | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 01 Jul 1948 |
| 37 | Naik | Pritam Singh | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 38 | Jemadar | Sampooran Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 39 | Brigadier | Sher Jung Thapa | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 40 | Subedar & Honorary Captain | Fateh Singh | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 41 | Lieutenant Colonel | Harbans Singh Virk | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 42 | Lieutenant General | Anil Krishna Barat | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 43 | Lance Naik | Rabi Lal Thapa✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 44 | Lieutenant Colonel | Dharam Singh | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 45 | Major General | Anant Singh Pathania | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 46 | Havildar | Ram Parsad Gurung | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 47 | Jemadar | Lal Singh | Indian Army | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 15 Nov 1948 |
| 48 | Brigadier | Kanhya Lal Atal | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 49 | Captain | Dara Dinshaw Mistry✝ | Indian Army | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 50 | Air Commodore | Mehar Singh | Indian Air Force | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 51 | Air Marshal | Minoo Merwan Engineer | Indian Air Force | 1947 Indo-Pak Kashmir War | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 52 | Wing Commander | SB Noronha | Indian Air Force | 1951 Operation Tomahawk | 26 Jan 1950 |
| 53 | Lieutenant Colonel | AG Rangaraj | Indian Army | 1951 Operation Tomahawk | 24 Mar 1951 |
| 54 | Colonel | Nirod Baran Banerjee | Indian Army | 1951 Operation Tomahawk | 24 Mar 1951 |
| 55 | Air Chief Marshal | Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | Indian Air Force | 1961 Operation Vijay, Goa | 08 Dec 1951 |
| 56 | Lance Naik | Ran Bahadur Gurung✝ | Indian Army | 1961 United Nations Operation in the Congo | 06 Dec 1961 |
| 57 | Naik | Mahabir Thapa✝ | Indian Army | 1962 United Nations Operation in the Congo | 16 Dec 1961 |
| 58 | Wing Commander | Jag Mohan Nath | Indian Air Force | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 01 Jan 1962 |
| 59 | Naik | Chain Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 10 Oct 1962 |
| 60 | Subedar | Kanshi Ram | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 10 Oct 1962 |
| 61 | Havildar | Saroop Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 19 Oct 1962 |
| 62 | Lieutenant Colonel | Bhagwan Dutt Dogra | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 63 | Second lieutenant | Gopalkrishna Venkatesa Prasanna Rao✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 64 | Lieutenant Colonel | Gurdial Singh | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 65 | Captain | Mahabir Prasad | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 66 | Major | Mahander Singh Chaudhary | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 67 | Lieutenant Colonel | Sardul Singh Randhawa✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 68 | Brigadier | Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 69 | Subedar | Sonam Stobdan | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 70 | General | Tapishwar Narain Raina | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 Oct 1962 |
| 71 | Naib Subedar (Honorary Subedar) | Rabi Lal Thapa | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 21 Oct 1962 |
| 72 | Colonel | Ajit Singh | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 22 Oct 1962 |
| 73 | Major General | Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 25 Oct 1962 |
| 74 | Sepoy | Kewal Singh✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 26 Oct 1962 |
| 75 | Havildar | Stanzin Phunchok✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 27 Oct 1962 |
| 76 | Jemadar | Isht Tundup✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 27 Oct 1962 |
| 77 | Rifleman | Jaswant Singh Rawat✝ | Indian Army | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 17 Nov 1962 |
| 78 | Major | Shyamal Dev Goswamy | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 18 Nov 1962 |
| 79 | Lieutenant | Ved Prakash Trehan✝ | Indian Army | Congo Crisis | 29 Dec 1962 |
| 80 | Major General | Sushil Kumar Mathur | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 15 Apr 1965 |
| 81 | Major | Baljit Singh Randhawa | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 17 May 1965 |
| 82 | Captain | Chander Narain Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 Aug 1965 |
| 83 | Major General | Sarup Singh Kalaan | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 Aug 1965 |
| 84 | Lieutenant General | Ram Dharam Dass Hira | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 Aug 1965 |
| 85 | Lieutenant General | Zorawar Chand Bakshi | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 Aug 1965 |
| 86 | Colonel | Gurbans Singh Sangha | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 15 Aug 1965 |
| 87 | Lieutenant General | Ranjit Singh Dyal | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 25 Aug 1965 |
| 88 | Major | Bhaskar Roy | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 01 Sep 1965 |
| 89 | Wing Commander | Jag Mohan Nath | Indian Air Force | 1965 Operation Riddle | 01 Sep 1965 |
| 90 | Air Commodore | William Mac Donald Goodman | Indian Air Force | 1965 Operation Riddle | 01 Sep 1965 |
| 91 | Subedar | Ajit Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 92 | Brigadier | Desmond Hayde | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 93 | Major | Gurbaksh Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 94 | Major | Rajinder Singh Sparrow | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 95 | Lieutenant General | Har Krishen Sibal | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 96 | Lieutenant General | Khem Karan Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 97 | Lieutenant Colonel | Narindera Nath Khanna | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 98 | Wing Commander | Padmanabha Gautam | Indian Air Force | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 99 | Air Marshal | Prem Pal Singh | Indian Air Force | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 Sep 1965 |
| 100 | Brigadier | Raghubir Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 07 Sep 1965 |
| 101 | Lieutenant Colonel | Harbans Lal Mehta | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 08 Sep 1965 |
| 102 | Naib Subedar (Hon. Subedar) | Naubat Ram | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 08 Sep 1965 |
| 103 | Brigadier | Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 08 Sep 1965 |
| 104 | Major | Mohindar Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 09 Sep 1965 |
| 105 | Brigadier | Sampuran Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 09 Sep 1965 |
| 106 | Major General | Salim Caleb | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 10 Sep 1965 |
| 107 | Major General | Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 11 Sep 1965 |
| 108 | General | Arun Shridhar Vaidya | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 16 Sep 1965 |
| 109 | Major | Asaram Tyagi | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 21 Sep 1965 |
| 110 | Captain | Kapil Singh Thapa | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 21 Sep 1965 |
| 111 | Brigadier | Pagadala Kuppuswamy Nandagopal | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 28 Sep 1965 |
| 112 | Subedar | Tika Bahadur Thapa | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 30 Sep 1965 |
| 113 | Major | Bhupinder Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 11 Oct 1965 |
| 114 | Naik | Darshan Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 02 Nov 1965 |
| 115 | Captain | Gautam Mubayi | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 02 Nov 1965 |
| 116 | Brigadier | Sant Singh | Indian Army | 1965 Operation Riddle | 02 Nov 1965 |
| 117 | Major | Harbhajan Singh | Indian Army | 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes | 11 Sep 1967 |
| 118 | Brigadier | Rai Singh | Indian Army | 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes | 11 Sep 1967 |
| 119 | Lieutenant Colonel | Mahatam Singh | Indian Army | 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes | 01-Oct-1967 |
| 120 | Lieutenant General | Anand Sarup | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1971 |
| 121 | Brigadier | Arun Bhimrao Harolikar | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1971 |
| 122 | Major General | Anthony Harold Edward Michigan | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1971 |
| 123 | Major General | Hardev Singh Kaler | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1971 |
| 124 | Captain | Mohan Narayan Rao Samant | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1971 |
| 125 | Brigadier | Rajkumar Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1971 |
| 126 | Lieutenant Colonel | Surinder Kapur | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1971 |
| 127 | Lance Naik | Ram Ugrah Pandey | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 24 Nov 1971 |
| 128 | Sepoy | Ansuya Prasad | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 30 Nov 1971 |
| 129 | Rifleman | Pati Ram Gurung | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 30 Nov 1971 |
| 130 | Major | Shamsher Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Dec 1971 |
| 131 | Vice Admiral | Swaraj Parkash | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Dec 1971 |
| 132 | Major | Anup Singh Gahlaut | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 Dec 1971 |
| 133 | Brigadier | Basdev Singh Mankotia | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 Dec 1971 |
| 134 | Major General | Anant Vishwanath Natu | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 Dec 1971 |
| 135 | Major General | Kashmiri Lal Rattan | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 Dec 1971 |
| 136 | Major General | Prem Kumar Khanna | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 Dec 1971 |
| 137 | Lieutenant Colonel | Jaivir Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 Dec 1971 |
| 138 | Air Vice-Marshal | Vidya Bhushan Vasisht | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 Dec 1971 |
| 139 | Group Captain | Allan Albert D’Costa | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 04 Dec 1971 |
| 140 | Subedar-major & Honorary Captain | Bir Bahadur Pun | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 04 Dec 1971 |
| 141 | Commodore | Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Trident | 04 Dec 1971 |
| 142 | General | Arun Shridhar Vaidya | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 143 | Commodore | Babru Bhan Yadav | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Trident | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 144 | Captain | Devinder Singh Ahlawat | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 145 | Lieutenant General | Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 146 | Brigadier | Kuldip Singh Chandpuri | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 147 | Brigadier | Narinder Singh Sandhu | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 148 | Wing Commander | Padmanabha Gautam | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 149 | Air Marshal | Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 150 | Lieutenant Colonel | Sawai Bhawani Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 Dec 1971 |
| 151 | Lieutenant General | Joginder Singh Gharaya | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 Dec 1971 |
| 152 | Brigadier | Kailash Prasad Pande | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 Dec 1971 |
| 153 | Brigadier | Mohindar Lal Whig | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 Dec 1971 |
| 154 | Sepoy | Pandurang Salunkhe | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 Dec 1971 |
| 155 | Air Vice-Marshal | Chandan Singh | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 Dec 1971 |
| 156 | Lieutenant Colonel | Chittoor Venugopal | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 Dec 1971 |
| 157 | Lieutenant General | Joginder Singh Bakshi | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 Dec 1971 |
| 158 | Subedar-major | Mohinder Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 Dec 1971 |
| 159 | Major | Chewang Rinchen | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 Dec 1971 |
| 160 | Petty Officer | Chiman Singh | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 Dec 1971 |
| 161 | Commander | Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 Dec 1971 |
| 162 | Brigadier | Udai Singh Bhati | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 Dec 1971 |
| 163 | Captain | Mahendra Nath Mulla | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 09 Dec 1971 |
| 164 | Naik | Sugan Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 09 Dec 1971 |
| 165 | Brigadier | Rattan Nath Sharma | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 10 Dec 1971 |
| 166 | Lieutenant Colonel | Harish Chandra Pathak | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 Dec 1971 |
| 167 | Major | Kulwant Singh Pannu | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 Dec 1971 |
| 168 | Brigadier | Sukhjit Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 Dec 1971 |
| 169 | Major | Vijay Rattan Choudhry | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 Dec 1971 |
| 170 | Lance Naik | Drig Pal Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 13 Dec 1971 |
| 171 | Captain | Pradip Kumar Gour | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 14 Dec 1971 |
| 172 | Brigadier | Amarjit Singh Bal | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 15 Dec 1971 |
| 173 | Havildar & Honorary Captain | Thomas Philipose | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 15 Dec 1971 |
| 174 | Lieutenant Colonel | Ved Prakash Ghai | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 15 Dec 1971 |
| 175 | Lieutenant General | Hanut Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 16 Dec 1971 |
| 176 | Lieutenant General | Raj Mohan Vohra | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 16 Dec 1971 |
| 177 | Captain | Shankar Rao Shankhapan Walkar | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 16 Dec 1971 |
| 178 | Air Vice-Marshal | Cecil Vivian Parker | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 179 | Air Commodore | Harcharan Singh Manget | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 180 | Air Vice-Marshal | Madhavendra Banerji | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 181 | Subedar | Malkiat Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 182 | Group Captain | Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 183 | Air Commodore | Ramesh Sakharam Benegal | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 184 | Second Lieutenant | Shamsher Singh Samra | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 185 | Lance Naik | Shanghara Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 Dec 1971 |
| 186 | Lance Havildar | Dil Bahadur Chettri | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 21 Dec 1971 |
| 187 | Rear Admiral | Santosh Kumar Gupta | Indian Navy | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 21 Dec 1971 |
| 188 | Brigadier | Vijay Kumar Berry | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 28 Dec 1971 |
| 189 | Air Chief Marshal | S. K. Kaul | Indian Air Force | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 30 Dec 1971 |
| 190 | Subedar | Nar Bahadur Chhetri | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 31 Dec 1971 |
| 191 | Colonel | Dharam Vir Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 Jan 1972 |
| 192 | Brigadier | Sant Singh | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 02 Jan 1972 |
| 193 | Major | Daljit Singh Narang | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 20 Jan 1972 |
| 194 | Lieutenant General | Ved Prakash Airy | Indian Army | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 20 Jan 1972 |
| 195 | Assistant commandant | Ram Krishna Wadhwa | Border Security Force | 1971 Indo-Pak War-Raja Mohtam | 10 Dec 1971 |
| 196 | Lieutenant Colonel | Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 16 Oct 1987 |
| 197 | Brigadier | Manjit Singh | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 19 Oct 1987 |
| 198 | Lieutenant | Arvind Singh | Indian Navy | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 22 Jan 1988 |
| 199 | Squadron Leader | Ajjamada B. Devaiah✝ | Indian Air Force | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 26 Jan 1988 |
| 200 | Colonel | Krishna Gopal Chatterjee | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen | 26 Jan 1988 |
| 201 | Lance Havildar | Nar Bahadur Ale | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen | 26 Jan 1988 |
| 202 | Naik | Prem Bahadur Gurung | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen | 26 Jan 1988 |
| 203 | Subedar | Sansar Chand | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen | 26 Jan 1988 |
| 204 | Lieutenant Colonel | Inder Bal Singh Bawa | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 02 Apr 1988 |
| 205 | Second Lieutenant | Rajeev Sandhu | Indian Army | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 19 Jul 1988 |
| 206 | Captain | Pratap Singh | Indian Army | 1989 Siachen conflict | 1989 |
| 207 | Colonel | Vijay Kumar Bakshi | Indian Army | Jammu and Kashmir | 29 Mar 1989 |
| 208 | Captain | Anuj Nayyar✝ | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 Jan 1999 |
| 209 | Major | Balwan Singh | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 Jan 1999 |
| 210 | Major | Rajesh Singh Adhikari✝ | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 Jan 1999 |
| 211 | Lieutenant Colonel | Sonam Wangchuk | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 Jan 1999 |
| 212 | Captain | Keishing Clifford Nongrun✝ | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 Jan 1999 |
| 213 | Naik | Digendra Kumar | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 Aug 1999 |
| 214 | Captain | Neikezhakuo Kengurüse✝ | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 Aug 1999 |
| 215 | Major | Padmapani Acharya✝ | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 Aug 1999 |
| 216 | Major | Vivek Gupta | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 Aug 1999 |
| 217 | Sepoy | Imliakum Ao | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 26 Jan 2000 |
| 218 | Captain | Gurjinder Singh Suri | Indian Army | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 Jan 2001 |
| 219 | Colonel | B. Santosh Babu✝ | Indian Army | 2020 Operation Snow Leopard | 26 Jan 2021 |
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