Param Vir Chakras

 

Of the 21 awardees, 20 are from the Indian Army and one from the Indian Air Force. The Grenadiers have received the most number of Param Vir Chakras, with 3 awards. The Gorkha Rifles have received 3 awards, with the 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) and 8th Gorkha Rifles and 11th Gorkha Rifles .

Number Name Regiment Date Place Notes
IC-521 Major Somnath Sharma 4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment ,November 3, 1947 Badgam, Kashmir Posthumous

IC-22356 Lance Naik Karam Singh 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment October 13, 1948 Tithwal, Kashmir

SS-14246 Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane Corps of Engineers April 8, 1948 Naushera, Kashmir

27373 Naik Jadu Nath Singh 1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment February 1948 Naushera, Kashmir Posthumous


2831592 Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles 17 July 1948–18 July 1948 Tithwal, Kashmir Posthumous


IC-8947 Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria 3rd Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) December 5, 1961 Elizabethville, Katanga,Congo Posthumous


IC-7990 Major Dhan Singh Thapa 1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles October 20, 1962 Ladakh, India

JC-4547 Subedar Joginder Singh 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment October 23, 1962 Tongpen La, Northeast Frontier Agency, India Posthumous


IC-7990 Major Shaitan Singh 13th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment November 18, 1962 Rezang La Posthumous


2639885 Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid 4th Battalion, The Grenadiers September 10, 1965 Pakistan, Khem Karan Sector Posthumous


IC-5565 Lieutenant-Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore 17th Poona Horse October 15, 1965 Phillora, Sialkot Sector,Pakistan Posthumous


4239746 Lance Naik Albert Ekka 14th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards December 3, 1971 Gangasagar, AgartalaSector,Posthumous


10877 F(P) Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon No.18 Squadron, Indian Air Force
December 14, 1971 Srinagar, Kashmir Posthumous


IC-25067 2/Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal 17th Poona Horse December 16, 1971 Jarpal, ShakargarhSector Posthumous


IC-14608 Major Hoshiar Singh 3rd Battalion, The Grenadiers December 17, 1971 Basantar River,Shakargarh Sector

JC-155825 Naib Subedar Bana Singh 8th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
June 23, 1987 Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir

IC-32907 Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran 8th Battalion, Mahar Regiment
November 25, 1987 Sri Lanka Posthumous


IC-56959 Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey 1st Battalion, 11th Gorkha Rifles
July 3, 1999 Khaluber/Juber Top,Batalik sector, Kargilarea, Jammu and Kashmir
Posthumous


2690572 Yogendra Singh Yadav 18th Battalion, The Grenadiers July 4, 1999 Tiger Hill, Kargil area

13760533 Rifleman Sanjay Kumar 13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles July 5, 1999 Area Flat Top, KargilArea

IC-57556 Captain Vikram Batra 13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles July 6, 1999 Point 5140, Point 4875,Kargil Area Posthumous