Vir Chakra




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Vir Chakra

Vir Chakra

Vir Chakra ribbon bar.svg
Vir Chakra and its ribbon, the third highest military decoration of India

Awarded by India Republic of India

Country
India Republic of India
Type Medal
Eligibility Military Personnel Only
Awarded for Acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land or at sea or in the air.
Status Currently Awarded
Post-nominals VrC
Statistics
First awarded 1947
Last awarded 1999
Posthumous
awards		 361
Distinct
recipients		 1322 (As of 2017)[1]
Precedence
Next (higher)
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal[2]
Next (lower)
Shaurya Chakra[2]

Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery on the battlefield. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use Vr.C. as a postnominal abbreviation (note the care to distinguish this abbreviation from that for the Victoria Cross (V.C.). It is third in precedence in the war time gallantry awards and comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Origin


  • 2 Appearance


  • 3 List of Vir Chakra recipients


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Origin


Established by the President of India on 26 January 1950 (with effect from 15 August 1947). The statutes were amended 12 January 1952 to readjust the order of wearing as new decorations were established.



Appearance


The medal is 1-3/8 inch circular silver medal. A five pointed star, with the chakra in the center, and, on this, the domed gilded state emblem. The decoration is named on the rim and suspended from a swiveling straight-bar suspender. The decoration is almost always named and dated on the edge. Around a plain center, two legends separated by lotus flowers; above Vir Chakra in Hindi and in English. The ribbon is 32 mm, half dark blue and half orange-saffron. Dark blue 16 mm, saffron 16 mm.[4]


The award carries with it a cash allowance and, in some cases, a lump sum cash award. This has been a rather controversial issue throughout the life of the decoration. From 1 February 1999, the central government set a monthly stipend of Rs. 850 for recipients of the award. In addition, many states have established individual pension rewards for the recipients of the decoration.



List of Vir Chakra recipients


Some of the notable Vir Chakra awardees include:[5]




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































Rank
 Name
 Branch
 Award Date
 Awarded for
Subedar
Nadikerianda Bheemaiah
Indian Army
 1947
Kashmir War
2nd Lieutenant
R Kanikasamy
Indian Army
 1947
Kashmir War
Capt
Harbaksh Singh
Indian Army
 1 May 1948
Operation Polo
Hony Lt
Gopal Singh Gusain
Indian Army
 1962
Operation Leg Horn at Nuranang
L Hav
Narender Dutt
Indian Army (Bengal Sappers)
 18 Nov 1962
Operation Leg Horn
Hav.
 Ishwar Singh
 Indian Army
 15 March 1948
 Operation Polo
Flt Lt
Vonthibettu Prabhakara Hegde
Indian Air Force
 26-Jan-1950
 Kashmir operations
Gp Capt
 Zafar Ali Shah
Indian Air Force
 20 Nov 1950
 Kashmir operations
Wg Cdr
Krishan Kant Saini
Indian Air Force
 18 Nov 1962
Operation Leg Horn
Lt Gen
Zorawar Chand Bakshi
Indian Army
 05 Aug 1965
Operation Ablaze
Wg Cdr
Trevor Keelor
Indian Air Force
 03 Sep 1965
Operation Riddle
Air Cmde
Alfred Tyrone Cooke
Indian Air Force
 07 Sep 1965
Operation Riddle
Air Mrshl
Denzil Keelor
Indian Air Force
 19 Sep 1965
Operation Riddle
Lt Gen
Mohammad Ahmad Zaki
Indian Army
 20 Sep 1965
Operation Riddle
Major
Prabhakar Shantaram Deshpande
Indian Army, Artillery
 10 Oct 1965
Barmer Sector[6]
Capt
Achhar Singh Kaila
Indian Army
 24 Nov 1965
Operation Riddle
2 Lt
Gopal Krishan Duggal
Indian Army
 17 Nov 1965
Operation Riddle
Adm
Laxminarayan Ramdass
Indian Navy
 01 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Subedar
Gurdev Singh Hans
Indian Army
 04 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Maj
Nanjappa K P
Indian Army
 05 Dec 1971
Battle of Daudkandi
Wg Cdr
Kukke Suresh
Indian Air Force
 05 Dec 1971
Battle of Longewala
Lt Col
 Raj Singh
Indian Army
 15 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily [7]
Lieutenant
 K.S. Brar
Indian Army
 16 Dec 1971
 Battle of Jamalpur
Flt. Lt. (Now Gp. Captain)
Mahabir P. Premi
Indian Air Force
 17 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Major
PK Sharma
Indian Army
 06 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Captain
Jatinder Kumar
Indian Army
 06 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Col
Gopal Krishan Trivedy
Indian Army
 11 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Lt Col
Satish Nambiar
Indian Army
 11 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Capt.
Gurbux Singh Bhatti
Indian Army
 16 Dec 1971
Battle of Basantar
Air Cmde
Jasjit Singh
Indian Air Force
 17 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Grenadier
Rafiq Khan
Indian Army
 19 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Vice Adm
Arun Prakash
Indian Navy
 21 Dec 1971
Operation Cactus Lily
Squadron Leader
M A Ganapathy
Indian Air force
 1972
Boyra Encounter (1971)
Air Commodore
 Kuldeep Singh Sahota
 Indian Air Force
 26 Jan 1972
 1971 Pakistan war
Flight Lieutenant
 Andre Rudolf Da Costa
 Indian Air Force
 26 Jan 1972
 1971 Pakistan war
Flight Lieutenant
Lawrence Frederic Pereira
 Indian Air Force
 26 Jan 1972
Operation Cactus Lilly
2nd Lt. (now Brigadier)
Ashok Choudhary
Indian Army (ASC)
 18 May 1988
Siachen Glacier, Bilafondla Complex

<http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/ashok-choudhary>
Rifle Man
 Kuldeep Singh
Indian Army
 24 May 1988
 Operation Savage (Sikkim)
Capt
Ashish Sonal
Indian Army
 26 Jan 1991
Operation Pawan
H/capt
 Swaran Singh
 Indian Army
 28 Apr 1990
Operation Pawan
Capt
Sunil Khokhar
Indian Army
 01 Jan 1996
 Kashmir operations
Sub
Randhir Singh
Indian Army
 01 Jan 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Sqn Ldr
Ajay Ahuja
Indian Air Force
 01 Jan 1999
Operation Safed Sagar, Kargil War
Maj
Gautam Shashikumar Khot
Indian Army, Army Aviation Corps
 26 Jan 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War[8]
Col
Magod Basappa Ravindranath
Indian Army, 2 Rajputana Rifles
 28 Jun 1999
Battle of Tololing, Kargil War
Capt
R Jery Prem Raj
Indian Army
 07 Jul 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War[9]
Hav
Sish Ram Gill
Indian Army
 15 Aug 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Capt
 Jintu Gogoi
Indian Army
 30 Jun 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Subedar
Bhawarlal Bhakar
Indian Army
 Jun 1999
Battle of Tololing, Kargil War
Havaldar
Yashvir Singh Tomar
Indian Army
 Jun 1999
Battle of Tololing, Kargil War
Lt Colonel
Ramakrishnan Vishwanathan
Indian Army, 18 grenadiers
 Jun 1999
Battle of Tololing, Kargil War
Captain
Amol Kalia
Indian Army, 12 J&K Light Infantry
 Jun 1999
 Batalik sector, Kargil War
Captain
Haneef Uddin
Indian Army, 11 Rajputana Rifles
 Jun 1999
 Batalik sector, Kargil War
Captain
Sumit Roy
Indian Army, 18 Garhwal Rifles
 Jun 1999
 Batalik sector, Kargil War
Havaldar
Madan lal
Indian Army
 5 Jul 1999
Battle of Tiger Hill, Kargil War
Capt
Vijayant Thapar
Indian Army
 15 Aug 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Major
Mariappan Saravanan
Indian Army
 15 Aug 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Col
Lalit Rai
Indian Army
 15 Aug 1999
Operation Vijay (1999), Kargil War
Lt. Col.
Yogesh Kumar Joshi
Indian Army
 15 Aug 1999
Operation Vijay (1999), Kargil War [10]
Col
M. B. Ravindranath
Indian Army
 15 August, 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War[11]
Capt
Baleyada Muthanna Cariappa
Indian Army
 2000
Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Havildar
Chuni Lal
Indian Army
 30 Aug 2000
Operation Vijay, Kargil War


References





  1. ^ http://gallantryawards.gov.in/awardees-0


  2. ^ ab "Precedence Of Medals". indianarmy.nic.in/. Indian Army. Retrieved 9 September 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/awavrc.htm


  4. ^ "BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR: Volume 3(6)". Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.


  5. ^ "Vir Chakra Awardee List". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


  6. ^ http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/pravhakar-shantaram-deshpande


  7. ^ http://twdi.in/node/4378


  8. ^ http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-every-soldier-who-fought-at-kargil-deserves-vir-chakra-/822420/


  9. ^ Singh, Ishwar. "hav". Missing or empty |url= (help)


  10. ^ "LT COL YOGESH KUMAR JOSHI".


  11. ^ "http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/officer-who-won-back-tololing-passes-away/571024.html Officer who won back Tololing passes away". External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)




External links




  • Vir Chakra awardees, TWDI


  • IAF Vir Chakra awardees, Bharat Rakshak










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