History vir chakra Reward of INDIA
| Vir Chakra | |
|---|---|
  Vir Chakra and its ribbon, the third highest military decoration of India | |
| Type | Medal |
| Awarded for | Acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land or at sea or in the air. |
| Country |  Republic of India |
| Presented by | Republic of India |
| Eligibility | Military Personnel Only |
| Post-nominals | VrC |
| Status | Currently Awarded |
| First awarded | 1947 |
| Last awarded | 2021 |
Origin
Vir Chakra is a Indian wartime military bravery award
presented for acts of conspicuous gallantry. in the presence of the enemy on
the battlefield and is third in precedence in wartime gallantry awards and
comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra.
Appearance
The medallion is 1-3/8 in. circular prize. A 5 pointed star,
with the chakra within the centre, and, on this, the vaulted gilded state
emblem. The decoration is called on the rim and suspended from a swiveling
straight-bar wear. The decoration is nearly perpetually named and dated on the
sting. Around a clear centre, 2 legends area unit separated by lotus flowers;
with Vir Chakra in Hindi on top of and in English below. The ribbon is thirty
two metric linear unit, navy blue and orange-saffron; navy blue sixteen metric
linear unit, saffron sixteen metric linear unit.
The award carries with it a money allowance and, in some
cases, a payment money award. This has been a rather disputable issue
throughout the lifetime of the decoration. From one Feb 1999, the central
government set a monthly regular payment of Rs. 850 for recipients of the
award. additionally, many countries have established individual pension rewards
for the recipients of the decoration.
List of
Vir Chakra recipients
Rank Recipient Service
Date
Captain TGN Pai Indian Army 26 Jan 1950 Kashmir War
Late Lt Col Vikram Deuskar Indian Army 16 Dec 1971
Operation succulent Lilly
Major Tirath Singh Oberoi Indian Army 26 Jan 1950 Kashmir War
Brigadier Harbaksh Singh Indian Army 1 might 1948 1948 Operation Polo
Wg Cdr Krishan Kant Saini Indian Air Force 18 Nov 1962 Operation Leg Horn
Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi Indian Army 05 August 1965 Operation Ablaze
Wg Cdr Trevor Keelor Indian Air Force 03 Sept 1965 Operation Riddle
Flt. Lt. Virendera Singh Pathania Indian Air Force
04 Sept 1965 Operation Riddle[7]
Air Cmde Alfred Tyrone Cooke Indian Air Force 07 Sept 1965 Operation Riddle
Naib Subedar Ganesh Datt Joshi Indian Army 07 Sept 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1965
Air Mrshl Denzil Keelor Indian Air Force 19 Sept 1965 Operation Riddle
Lt Gen Mohammad Ahmad Zaki Indian Army 20 Sept 1965 Operation Riddle
Adm Laxminarayan Ramdass Indian Navy 01 Dec 1971
Operation succulent liliaceous plant
Lt Col Satish Nambiar Indian Army 11 Dec 1971
Operation succulent liliaceous plant
Air Cmde Jasjit Singh Indian Air Force 17 Dec 1971
Operation succulent liliaceous plant
Squadron Leader Ramesh Chander Kohli Indian Air
Force 17 Dec 1971 Multiple missions throughout the 1971 Indo-Pak War
Adm Arun Prakash Indian Navy 21 Dec 1971 Operation succulent liliaceous plant
Squadron Leader M A Ganapathy Indian Air force
1972 Boyra Encounter (1971)
Group Captain Donald ‘Don’ Lazarus Indian Air
force 1972 Boyra Encounter (1971)
[8]
Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Frederic Pereira Indian
Air Force 26 Gregorian calendar month 1972 Operation succulent Lilly
Lieutenant-General Francis Tiburtius Dias Indian
Army 15 August 1972 Operation succulent Lilly
Major-General Dalvir Singh Indian Army 26 Gregorian calendar month 1988 Jaffna University Helidrop, Operation
Pawan
Lt Commander Deepak Agarwal Indian Navy 26 Gregorian calendar month 1988 Operation Pawan
Captain Jintu Gogoi Indian Army 15 August 1999 Operation Vijay
Kargil War
Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja Indian Air Force 01 Gregorian calendar month 1999 Operation Safed Sagar, Kargil War
Col Magod Basappa Ravindranath Indian Army, a pair of Rajputana Rifles 28 Jun 1999 Battle of
Tololing, Kargil War
Lt Colonel Ramakrishnan Vishwanathan Indian Army, eighteen grenadiers Jun 1999 Battle of Tololing,
Kargil War
L/HAV Ram Kumar Indian Army, eighteen grenadiers Jun 1999 Battle of Tololing,
Kargil War[9]
Major Mariappan Saravanan Indian Army 15 August 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Col Lalit Rai Indian Army 15 August 1999 Operation Vijay (1999), Kargil War
Lt. Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi Indian Army 15 August 1999 Operation Vijay (1999), Kargil War[10]
Captain Sanjeev Singh Jamwal Indian Army Operation
Vijay, Kargil War
Sepoy Roshan Kumar Indian Army 15 August 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Captain Vijyant Thapar Indian Army 16 Dec 1999
Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Havildar Chuni Lal Indian Army 30 August 2000 Operation Vijay, Kargil War
Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman Indian Air Force 15 August 2019 2019 India-Pakistan standoff
Sepoy Gurtej Singh Indian Army 26 Gregorian calendar month 2021 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes