Pride Of India

The Param Vir Chakra Winners

1) IC-25067
2/Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal
17th Poona Horse
December 16, 1971
Jarpal, Shakargarh Sector
Posthumous

2) IC-8497
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria
3rd Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
December 5, 1961
Elizabethville, Katanga, Congo
Posthumous

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

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

5) 2831592
Company Havildar Major Piru Singh
6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles
July 17/18, 1948
Tithwal, Kashmir
Posthumous

6) 2639885
Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid
4th Battalion, The Grenadiers
September 10, 1965
Chima, Khem Karan Sector
Posthumous

7) 2690572
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
18th Battalion, The Grenadiers
July 4, 1999
Tiger Hill, Kargil area

8) 4239746
Lance Naik Albert Ekka
14th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards
December 3, 1971
Gangasagar
Posthumous

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16) IC-521
Major Som Nath Sharma
4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment
November 3, 1947
Badgam, Kashmir
Posthumous

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

18) 27373
Naik Jadu Nath Singh
1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment
February 1948
Naushera, Kashmir
Posthumous

19) 13760533
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
13th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
July 5, 1999
Area Flat Top, Kargil Area

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

21) 10877 F(P)
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
No.18 Squadron, Indian Air Force
December 14, 1971
Srinagar, Kashmir
Posthumous

Incidentally, both Major Sharma (the first recipient) and Captain Batra belong to the same village, Palampur, in India's Himachal Pradesh state.

Pray Ur TRIBUTES to them on the occacion of "RepubicDay Of India"