Param Vir Chakra Winners List of all 21 Recipients

Param Vir Chakra Winners:- The Param Vir Chakra is Indian highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour or showing great courage in the face of danger during wartime. Param Vir Chakra translates as the "Wheel of the Ultimate Brave" and the award is granted for most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. The Param Vir Chakra was designed by Eva Yuonne Linda Maday-de-Marose, the design of Param Vir Chakra contains purple ribbon and motif of Rishi Dadhichi, it has four replicas of Indra's Vajra made from Dadhici's bones representing his supreme sacrifice, surrounding the national emblem.

The Medal is made of bronze in 1-3/8 inch radius and is suspended from a bar. The back of the medal has written Param Vir Chakra in both English and Hindi language separated by the lotus. The Param Vir Chakra is equivalent to the "Victoria Cross" in the United Kingdom and the "Medal of Honor" in the United States. The list of all 21 recipients of Param Vir Chakra winners is given below.

Param Vir Chakra Winners List 2023

The Param Vir Chakra has been awarded to 21 Indian soldiers, 14 posthumously and 16 from Indo-Pakistani conflicts, 20 have been from Indian army and one has been from the Indian Air Force. The flying officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was only Indian Air force officer awarded Param Vir Chakra in 1971. The Subedar Major Bana Singh, Subedar Sanjay Kumar and Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav are the only three living recipients of the Param Vir Chakra award. The only recipients of Param Vir Chakra namely Naib Subedar Sanjay is still active on duty. Major Somnath is the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra. The complete list of all recipients of Param Vir Chakra winners is given below.

S.No	Recipient's Name	Army Rank	Unit's Name	Date of Action	Conflict/War
1	Somnath Sharma	Major	Kumaon Regiment	3 November 1947	Battle of Badgam
2	Jadunath Singh	Naik	Rajput Regiment	6 February 1948	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
3	Rama Raghoba Rane	Second Lieutenant	Bombay Sappers	8 April 1948	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
4	Piru Singh	Company Havildar Major	Rajputana Rifles	17 July 1948	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
5	Karam Singh	Lance Naik	Sikh Regiment	13 October 1948	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
6	Gurbachan Singh Salaria	Captain	1 Gorkha Rifles	5 December 1961	Congo Crisis
7	Dhan Singh Thapa	Major	8 Gorkha Rifles	20 October 1962	Sino-Indian War
8	Joginder Singh	Subedar	Sikh Regiment	23 October 1962	Sino-Indian War
9	Shaitan Singh	Major	Kumaon Regiment	18 November 1962	Sino-Indian War
10	Abdul Hamid	Company Quarter Master Havildar	The Grenadiers	10 September 1965	Battle of Asal Uttar
11	Ardeshir Tarapore	Lieutenant Colonel	Poona Horse	11 September 1965	Battle of Chawinda
12	Albert Ekka	Lance Naik	Brigade of the Guards	3 December 1971	Battle of Hilli
13	Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon	Flying Officer	No. 18 Squadron IAF	14 December 1971	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
14	Arun Khetarpal	Second Lieutenant	Poona Horse	16 December 1971	Battle of Basantar
15	Hoshiar Singh Dahiya	Major	The Grenadiers	17 December 1971	Battle of Basantar
16	Bana Singh	Naib Subedar	Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry	23 May 1987	Operation Rajiv
17	Ramaswamy Parameshwaran	Major	Mahar Regiment	25 November 1987	Operation Pawan
18	Manoj Kumar Pandey	Lieutenant	11 Gorkha Rifles	3 July 1999	Operation Vijay
19	Yogendra Singh Yadav	Grenadier	The Grenadiers	4 July 1999	Battle of Tiger Hill
20	Sanjay Kumar	Rifleman	Jammu and Kashmir Rifles	5 July 1999	Kargil War
21	Vikram Batra	Captain	Jammu and Kashmir Rifles	7 July 1999	Operation Vijay

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