Maha Vir Chakra

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) (lit. 'Great Wheel of Bravery') is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The medal may be awarded posthumously.

Maha Vir Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra medal and ribbon
Type	Medal
Awarded for	"... acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea or in the air."[1]
Country	Republic of India
Presented by	Republic of India
Eligibility	Military personnel
Status	Currently awarded
Established	26 January 1950; 75 years ago (26 January 1950)
First award	1947
Final award	2021
Total awarded posthumously	74
Total recipients	213 (as of 2023)[2][3]
Precedence
Next (higher)	Param Vishisht Seva Medal[4]
Equivalent	Kirti Chakra[4]
Next (lower)	Padma Shri[4]

Appearance

The medal is made of standard silver and is circular in shape. Embossed on the obverse is a five pointed heraldic star with circular center-piece 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.^[5]

History

More than 218 acts of bravery and selfless courage have been recognized since the inception of the medal. The most MVCs awarded in a single conflict was in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, when eleven were given to the Indian Air Force.

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:

S. No.	Rank	Name	Branch	Date of First Award	Date of Second Award
1	Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	Indian Air Force	1 January 1962	1 September 1965
2	Major General	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	Indian Army	19 March 1948	6 September 1965
3	General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	Indian Army	16 September 1965	5 December 1971
4	Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	Indian Air Force	6 September 1965	5 December 1971
5	Colonel	Chewang Rinchen	Indian Army	1 July 1948	8 December 1971
6	Brigadier	Sant Singh	Indian Army	2 November 1965	2 January 1972

No second bars have been awarded. Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use MVC as a post-nominal abbreviation.

List of recipients

The Mahavir Chakra awardees include:^[6][7]

Key

†	Indicates posthumous honour

S. No.	Rank	Name	Branch	Operation/War	Date of Award
1	Lieutenant Colonel	Dewan Ranjit Rai	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[8]	27-Oct-1947
2	Sepoy	Dewan Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[9]	03-Nov-1947
3	Naik	Chand Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[10]	22-Nov-1947
4	Subedar	Bishan Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[11]	12-Dec-1947
5	Jemadar	Nand Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[12]	12-Dec-1947
6	Colonel	Thakur Prithi Chand	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[13]	15-Aug-1948
7	Civilian	Ram Chandar	Civilian	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[14]	26-Jan-1950
8	Major	Yadunath Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[15]	26-Jan-1950
9	Lieutenant Colonel	Inder Jit Singh Butalia	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[16]	26-Jan-1950
10	Lieutenant Colonel	Khushal Chand	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[17]	26-Jan-1950
11	Brigadier	Mohammad Usman	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[18]	26-Jan-1950
12	Lieutenant Colonel	Man Mohan Khanna	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[19]	26-Jan-1950
13	Brigadier	Rajinder Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[20]	26-Jan-1950
14	Major	Annavi K Ramaswamy	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[21]	26-Jan-1950
15	Sepoy	Man Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[22]	26-Jan-1950
16	Havildar	Daya Ram	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[23]	26-Jan-1950
17	Colonel	Kishan Singh Rathor	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[24]	26-Jan-1950
18	Subedar Major	Krishna Sonawane	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[25]	26-Jan-1950
19	Major	Sardar Malkit Singh Brar	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[26]	26-Jan-1950
20	Major	Satyapal Chopra	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[27]	26-Jan-1950
21	Lieutenant Colonel	Hari Chand	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[28]	26-Jan-1950
22	Sepoy	Hari Singh	Indian Army	1948 Operation Polo[29]	17-Mar-1948
23	Subedar	Gurdial Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[30]	26-Jan-1950
24	Major General	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[31]	26-Jan-1950
25	Brigadier	Arvind Nilkanth Jatar	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[32]	26-Jan-1950
26	Naik	Shishpal Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[33]	26-Jan-1950
27	Rifleman	Dhonkal Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[34]	26-Jan-1950
28	Lieutenant Colonel	Kaman Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[35]	26-Jan-1950
29	Jemadar	Lal Bahadur Khattri	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[36]	26-Jan-1952
30	Jemadar	Hardev Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[37]	26-Jan-1950
31	Naik	Nar Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[38]	26-Jan-1950
32	Naik	Raju	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[39]	26-Jan-1950
33	Subedar	Chuni Ram	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[40]	26-Jan-1950
34	Civilian Porter	Mohd Ismail	Civilian	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[41]	26-Jan-1950
35	Sepoy	Amar Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[42]	26-Jan-1950
36	Major	Chewang Rinchen	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[43]	01-Jul-1948
37	Naik	Pritam Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[44]	26-Jan-1950
38	Jemadar	Sampooran Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[45]	26-Jan-1950
39	Brigadier	Sher Jung Thapa	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[46]	26-Jan-1950
40	Subedar	Fateh Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[47]	26-Jan-1950
41	Lieutenant Colonel	Harbans Singh Virk	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[48]	26-Jan-1950
42	Lieutenant General	Anil Krishna Barat	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[49]	26-Jan-1950
43	Lance Naik	Rabi Lal Thapa	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[50]	26-Jan-1950
44	Lieutenant Colonel	Dharam Singh	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[51]	26-Jan-1950
45	Major General	Anant Singh Pathania	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[52]	26-Jan-1950
46	Havildar	Ram Parsad Gurung	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[53]	26-Jan-1950
47	Jemadar	Lal Singh	Indian Army	1948 Operation Polo[54]	15-Nov-1948
48	Brigadier	Kanhya Lal Atal	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[55]	26-Jan-1950
49	Captain	Dara Dinshaw Mistry	Indian Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[56]	26-Jan-1950
50	Air Commodore	Mehar Singh	Indian Air Force	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[57]	26-Jan-1950
51	Air Marshal	Minoo Merwan Engineer	Indian Air Force	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[58]	26-Jan-1950
52	Wing Commander	Sidney Basil Norohna	Indian Air Force	1947 Indo-Pakistan War[59]	26-Jan-1950
53	Lieutenant Colonel	AG Rangaraj	Indian Army	1951 Operation Tomahawk[60]	24-Mar-1951
54	Colonel	Nirod Baran Banerjee	Indian Army	1951 Operation Tomahawk[61]	March-1951
55	Air Chief Marshal	Hrushikesh Moolgavkar	Indian Air Force	1961 Operation Vijay: Goa[62]	08-Dec-1951
56	Lance Naik	Ran Bahadur Gurung	Indian Army	1961 UN Operation: Congo[63]	06-Dec-1961
57	Naik	Mahabir Thapa	Indian Army	1962 UN Operation: Congo[64]	16-Dec-1961
58	Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	Indian Air Force	1962 Operation Leg Horn[65]	01-Jan-1962
59	Naik	Chain Singh	Indian Army	1962 Operation Leg Horn[66]	10-Oct-1962
60	Subedar	Kanshi Ram	Indian Army	1962 Operation Leg Horn[67]	10-Oct-1962
61	Havildar	Sarup Singh	Indian Army	1962 Operation Leg Horn[68]	19-Oct-1962
62	Lieutenant Colonel	Bhagwan Dutt Dogra	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[69]	20-Oct-1962
63	Second lieutenant	GKV Prasanna Rao	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[70]	20-Oct-1962
64	Lieutenant Colonel	Gurdial Singh	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[71]	20-Oct-1962
65	Captain	Mahabir Prasad	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[72]	20-Oct-1962
66	Major	Mahander Singh Chaudhary	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[73]	20-Oct-1962
67	Lieutenant Colonel	Sardul Singh Randhawa	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[74]	20-Oct-1962
68	Brigadier	Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[75]	20-Oct-1962
69	Subedar	Sonam Stopdhan	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[76]	20-Oct-1962
70	General	Tapishwar Narain Raina	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[77]	20-Oct-1962
71	Naib Subedar	Rabi Lal Thapa	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[78]	21-Oct-1962
72	Colonel	Ajit Singh	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[79]	22-Oct-1962
73	Major General	Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[80]	25-Oct-1962
74	Sepoy	Kewal Singh	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[81]	26-Oct-1962
75	Havildar	Satigian Phunchok	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[82]	27-Oct-1962
76	Jemadar	Isht Tundup	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[83]	27-Oct-1962
77	Rifleman	Jaswant Singh Rawat	Indian Army	1962 Indo-China War[84]	17-Nov-1962
78	Major	Shyamal Dev Goswami	Indian Army	1965 Indo-China War[85]	18-Nov-1962
79	Lieutenant	Ved Prakash Trehan	Indian Army	Congo Crisis[86]	29-Dec-1962
80	Major General	Sushil Kumar Mathur	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[87]	15-Apr-1965
81	Major	Baljit Singh Randhawa	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[88]	17-May-1965
82	Captain	Chander Narain Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[89]	05-Aug-1965
83	Major General	Swarup Singh Kalaan	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[90]	05-Aug-1965
84	Lieutenant General	Ram Dharam Dass Hira	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[91]	05-Aug-1965
85	Lieutenant General	Zorawar Chand Bakshi	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[92]	05-Aug-1965
86	Colonel	Gurbans Singh Sangha	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[93]	15-Aug-1965
87	Lieutenant General	Ranjit Singh Dayal	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[94]	25-Aug-1965
88	Major	Bhaskar Roy	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[95]	01-Sep-1965
89	Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	Indian Air Force	1965 Operation Riddle[65]	01-Sep-1965
90	Air Commodore	William MacDonald Goodman	Indian Air Force	1965 Operation Riddle[96]	01-Sep-1965
91	Subedar	Ajit Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[97]	06-Sep-1965
92	Brigadier	Desmond Hayde	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[98]	06-Sep-1965
93	Major General	Gurbaksh Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[99]	06-Sep-1965
94	Major General	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[31]	06-Sep-1965
95	Lieutenant General	Har Krishen Sibal	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[100]	06-Sep-1965
96	Lieutenant General	Khem Karan Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[101]	06-Sep-1965
97	Lieutenant Colonel	Narindra Nath Khanna	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[102]	06-Sep-1965
98	Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	Indian Air Force	1965 Operation Riddle[103]	06-Sep-1965
99	Air Marshal	Prem Pal Singh	Indian Air Force	1965 Operation Riddle[104]	06-Sep-1965
100	Brigadier	Raghubir Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[105]	07-Sep-1965
101	Lieutenant Colonel	Harbans Lal Mehta	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[106]	08-Sep-1965
102	Naib Subedar	Naubat Ram	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[107]	08-Sep-1965
103	Brigadier	Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[108]	08-Sep-1965
104	Major General	Mohindar Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[109]	09-Sep-1965
105	Brigadier	Sampuran Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[110]	09-Sep-1965
106	Major General	Salim Caleb	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[111]	10-Sep-1965
107	Major General	Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[112]	11-Sep-1965
108	General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[113]	16-Sep-1965
109	Major	Asa Ram Tyagi	Indian Army	1965 Operation Ablaze[114]	21-Sep-1965
110	Captain	Kapil Singh Thapa	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[115]	21-Sep-1965
111	Brigadier	Pagadala K Nandagopal	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[116]	28-Sep-1965
112	Subedar	Tika Bahadur Thapa	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[117]	30-Sep-1965
113	Major	Bhupinder Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[118]	11-Oct-1965
114	Naik	Darshan Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[119]	02-Nov-1965
115	Captain	Gautam Mubayi	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[120]	02-Nov-1965
116	Brigadier	Sant Singh	Indian Army	1965 Operation Riddle[121]	02-Nov-1965
117	Major	Harbhajan Singh	Indian Army	1967 Indo-China War[122]	11-Sep-1967
118	Brigadier	Rai Singh Yadav	Indian Army	1967 Indo-China War[123]	11-Sep-1967
119	Lieutenant Colonel	Mahatam Singh	Indian Army	1967 Indo-China War[124]	01-Oct-1967
120	Lieutenant General	Anand Sarup	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[125]	01-Jan-1971
121	Brigadier	Arun Bhimrao Harolikar	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[126]	01-Jan-1971
122	Major General	Anthony Harold Edward Michigan	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[127]	01-Jan-1971
123	Major General	Hardev Singh Kler	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[128]	01-Jan-1971
124	Captain	Mohan Narayan Rao Samant	Indian Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[129]	01-Jan-1971
125	Brigadier	Rajkumar Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[130]	01-Jan-1971
126	Lieutenant Colonel	Surinder Kapur	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[131]	01-Jan-1971
127	Lance Naik	Ram Ugrah Pandey	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[132]	24-Nov-1971
128	Sepoy	Ansuya Prasad	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[133]	30-Nov-1971
129	Rifleman	Pati Ram Gurung	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[134]	30-Nov-1971
130	Lieutenant Colonel	Shamsher Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[135]	01-Dec-1971
131	Vice Admiral	Swaraj Parkash	Indian Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[136]	01-Dec-1971
132	Major	Anup Singh Gahlaut	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[137]	03-Dec-1971
133	Brigadier	Basdev Singh Mankotia	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[138]	03-Dec-1971
134	Major General	Anant Vishwanath Natu	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[139]	03-Dec-1971
135	Major General	Kashmiri Lal Rattan	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[140]	03-Dec-1971
136	Major General	Prem Kumar Khanna	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[141]	03-Dec-1971
137	Lieutenant Colonel	Jaivir Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[142]	03-Dec-1971
138	Air Vice-Marshal	Vidya Bhushan Vasisht	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[143]	03-Dec-1971
139	Group Captain	Allan Albert D’Costa	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[144]	04-Dec-1971
140	Subedar Major	Bir Bahadur Pun	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[145]	04-Dec-1971
141	Commodore	Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao	Indian Navy	1971 Operation Trident[146]	04-Dec-1971
142	General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[113]	05-Dec-1971
143	Commodore	Babru Bhan Yadav	Indian Navy	1971 Operation Trident[147]	05-Dec-1971
144	Captain	Devinder Singh Ahlawat	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[148]	05-Dec-1971
145	Lieutenant General	Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[149]	05-Dec-1971
146	Brigadier	Kuldip Singh Chandpuri	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[150]	05-Dec-1971
147	Brigadier	Narinder Singh Sandhu	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[151]	05-Dec-1971
148	Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[103]	05-Dec-1971
149	Air Marshal	Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[152]	05-Dec-1971
150	Lieutenant Colonel	Sawai Bhawani Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[153]	05-Dec-1971
151	Lieutenant General	Joginder Singh Gharaya	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[154]	06-Dec-1971
152	Brigadier	Kailash Prasad Pande	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[155]	06-Dec-1971
153	Brigadier	Mohindar Lal Whig	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[156]	06-Dec-1971
154	Sepoy	Pandurang Salunkhe	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[157]	06-Dec-1971
155	Air Vice-Marshal	Chandan Singh	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[158]	07-Dec-1971
156	Lieutenant Colonel	Chittoor Venugopal	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[159]	07-Dec-1971
157	Lieutenant General	Joginder Singh Bakshi	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[160]	07-Dec-1971
158	Subedar Major	Mohinder Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[161]	07-Dec-1971
159	Major	Chewang Rinchen	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[43]	08-Dec-1971
160	Petty Officer	Chiman Singh	Indian Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[162]	08-Dec-1971
161	Commander	Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha	Indian Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[163]	08-Dec-1971
162	Brigadier	Udai Singh Bhati	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[164]	08-Dec-1971
163	Captain	Mahendra Nath Mulla	Indian Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[165]	09-Dec-1971
164	Naik	Sugan Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[166]	09-Dec-1971
165	Brigadier	Rattan Nath Sharma	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[167]	10-Dec-1971
166	Lieutenant Colonel	Harish Chandra Pathak	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[168]	11-Dec-1971
167	Major	Kulwant Singh Pannu	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[169]	11-Dec-1971
168	Brigadier	Sukhjit Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[170]	11-Dec-1971
169	Major	Vijay Rattan Choudhry	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[171]	11-Dec-1971
170	Lance Naik	Drig Pal Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[172]	13-Dec-1971
171	Captain	Pradip Kumar Gour	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[173]	14-Dec-1971
172	Brigadier	Amarjit Singh Bal	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[174]	15-Dec-1971
173	Havildar	Thomas Philipose	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[175]	15-Dec-1971
174	Lieutenant Colonel	Ved Prakash Ghai	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[176]	15-Dec-1971
175	Lieutenant General	Hanut Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[177]	16-Dec-1971
176	Lieutenant General	Raj Mohan Vohra	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[178]	16-Dec-1971
177	Captain	Shankar Shankhapan Walkar	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[179]	16-Dec-1971
178	Air Vice-Marshal	Cecil Vivian Parker	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[180]	17-Dec-1971
179	Air Commodore	Harcharan Singh Manget	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[181]	17-Dec-1971
180	Air Vice-Marshal	Madhavendra Banerji	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[182]	17-Dec-1971
181	Subedar	Malkiat Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[183]	17-Dec-1971
182	Group Captain	Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[184]	17-Dec-1971
183	Air Commodore	Ramesh Sakharam Benegal	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[185]	17-Dec-1971
184	Second Lieutenant	Shamsher Singh Samra	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[186]	17-Dec-1971
185	Lance Naik	Shanghara Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[187]	17-Dec-1971
186	Lance Havildar	Dil Bahadur Chettri	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[188]	21-Dec-1971
187	Rear Admiral	Santosh Kumar Gupta	Indian Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[189]	21-Dec-1971
188	Brigadier	Vijay Kumar Berry	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[190]	28-Dec-1971
189	Air Chief Marshal	S. K. Kaul	Indian Air Force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[191]	30-Dec-1971
190	Subedar	Nar Bahadur Chhetri	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[192]	31-Dec-1971
191	Colonel	Dharam Vir Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[193]	01-Jan-1972
192	Brigadier	Sant Singh	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[121]	02-Jan-1972
193	Major	Daljit Singh Narang	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[194]	20-Jan-1972
194	Lieutenant General	Ved Prakash Airy	Indian Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[195]	20-Jan-1972
195	Assistant commandant	Ram Krishna Wadhwa	BSF	1971 Indo-Pakistan War[196]	10-Dec-1972
196	Lieutenant Colonel	Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi	Indian Army	1987 Operation Pawan[197]	16-Oct-1987
197	Brigadier	Manjit Singh	Indian Army	1987 Operation Pawan[198]	19-Oct-1987
198	Lieutenant	Arvind Singh	Indian Navy	1987 Operation Pawan[199]	22-Jan-1988
199	Squadron Leader	Ajjamada B. Devaiah	Indian Air Force	1965 Operation Ablaze[200]	26-Jan-1988
200	Colonel	Krishna Gopal Chatterjee	Indian Army	1987 Operation Rajiv[201]	26-Jan-1988
201	Lance Havildar	Nar Bahadur Ale	Indian Army	1987 Operation Rajiv[202]	26-Jan-1988
202	Naik	Prem Bahadur Gurung	Indian Army	1987 Operation Rajiv[203]	26-Jan-1988
203	Subedar	Sansar Chand	Indian Army	1987 Operation Rajiv[204]	26-Jan-1988
204	Lieutenant Colonel	Inder Bal Singh Bawa	Indian Army	1987 Operation Pawan[205]	02-Apr-1988
205	Captain	Pratap Singh	Indian Army	1984 Operation Meghdoot[206]	25-May-1988
206	Second Lieutenant	Rajeev Sandhu	Indian Army	1987 Operation Pawan[207]	19-Jul-1988
207	Colonel	Vijay Kumar Bakshi	Indian Army	1989 Operation Pawan[208]	29-Mar-1989
208	Captain	Anuj Nayyar	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[209]	15-Aug-1999
209	Major	Balwan Singh	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[210]	15-Aug-1999
210	Major	Rajesh Singh Adhikari	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[211]	15-Aug-1999
211	Lieutenant Colonel	Sonam Wangchuk	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[212]	15-Aug-1999
212	Captain	Keishing Clifford Nongrun	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[213]	15-Aug-1999
213	Naik	Digendra Kumar	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[214]	15-Aug-1999
214	Captain	Neikezhakuo Kengurüse	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[215]	15-Aug-1999
215	Major	Padmapani Acharya	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[216]	15-Aug-1999
216	Major	Vivek Gupta	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[217]	15-Aug-1999
217	Sepoy	Imliakum Ao	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[218]	26-Jan-2000
218	Captain	Gurjinder Singh Suri	Indian Army	1999 Operation Vijay[219]	01-Jan-2001
219	Colonel	B. Santosh Babu	Indian Army	2020 Operation Snow Leopard[220]	26-Jan-2021