Param Vir Chakra Winners List PDF

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Param Vir Chakra Winners List - Summary

Param Vir Chakra Winners List PDF is the highest wartime gallantry medal for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the highest degree of valour in the presence of the enemy, on land, at sea or in the air.

The medal was introduced in January 1950 and with effect from 15 August 1947. It is made of bronze. It can be awarded posthumously. Param Vir Chakra is the equivalent award of Victoria Cross in the United Kingdom and the Medal of Honour in the United States.

Param Vir Chakra Winner List 2025

S.No	Name	Regiment	Date
1	Major Somnath Sharma	4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment	3 Nov, 1947, Posthumous
2	Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane	Bombay Engineers	08-Apr-48
3	Naik Jadu Nath Singh	1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment	6 February, 1948, Posthumous
4	Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat	6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles	18 July, 1948, Posthumous
5	Lance Naik Karam Singh	Sikh Regiment	13-Oct-48
6	Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria	3/1 Gorkha Rifles	05-Dec-61
7	Major Dhan Singh Thapa	1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles	21-Oct-62
8	Subedar Joginder Singh	1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment	23 October, 1962, Posthumous
9	Major Shaitan Singh	13th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment	18 November, 1962,Posthumous
10	Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid	4th Battalion, The Grenadiers	10 September, 1965, Posthumous
11	Lieutenant-Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore	17th Poona Horse	11 September, 1965, Posthumous
12	Lance Naik Albert Ekka	14th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards	4 December, 1971, Posthumous
13	Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon	No.18 Squadron, Indian Air Force	14 December, 1971, Posthumous
14	2/Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal	17 Poona Horse	16 December, 1971, Posthumous
15	Major Hoshiar Singh	3rd Battalion, The Grenadiers Regiment	17-Dec-71
16	Naib Subedar Bana Singh	Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry	23-May-87
17	Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran	8th Battalion, Mahar Regiment	25 November, 1987, Posthumous
18	Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey	1st Battalion, 11th Gorkha Rifles	3 July, 1999, Posthumous
19	Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav	18th Battalion, The Grenadiers	04-Jul-99
20	Rifleman Sanjay Kumar	13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles	04-Jul-99
21	Captain Vikram Batra	13th Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles	7 July, 1999, Posthumous