Name: L/Hav Dil Bahadur Chettri (retd)
Award: Mahavir Chakra (MVC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 21 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 18 Pres/72,12-2-72
Citation:
Rifleman Dil Bahadur Chettri was in a battalion of Gorkha Rifles, which was given the task of clearing the enemy from Atgram on the Eastern Front. This was a well-fortified position and was held in strength by the enemy. During the assault, the enemy brought down
Name: L/Hav Dilbagh Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 12 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 77 Pres/72,17-6-72
Citation:
Lance Havildar Dilbagh Singh was a section commander in a pioneer platoon of Punjab Regiment during the operations in the Shakargarh Sector. After the capture of Shabazpur position, Lance Havildar Dilbagh Singh was given the task of making safe
Name: Gp Capt Dilip Kamalkar Dighe (retd)
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 17 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 92 Pres/72, 29-7-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Flight Lieutenant Dilip Kamalakar Dighe as a pilot of a fighter bomber squadron, flew 14 sorties in support of our ground forces. On two of these missions he spotted enemy tank concentrations. He immediately
Name: Gp Capt Dilip Kumar Dass
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 06 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 92 Pres/72,27-1-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Squadron Leader Dilip Kumar Dass flew a number of operational missions. On 5 December, he was detailed on a mission to destroy a massive enemy thrust spearheaded by a tank regiment at
Name: Sub Dina Nath
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1965 Riddle
Date of Award: 15 Nov 1965
Gazette Notification: 72 Pres,66,30-9-66
Citation:
Subedar Dina Nath was commanding a platoon in a long-range border patrol in Rajasthan on 15 November 1965. When the patrol reached an advance base which had been encroached upon by the enemy, he volunteered to bring information about the enemy
Name: Wg Cdr Dinesh Chander Nayyar
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 16 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 92 Pres/72, 29-7-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Flight Lieutenant Dinesh Chander Nayyar was serving with a fighter bomber squadron in the Eastern Sector. He flew 11 missions during the conflict. On his counter air mission over Dacca airfield, he was shot at by enemy anti-aircraft
Name: Gp Capt Dinesh Chandra Bhandari
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 17 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 92 Pres/72,27-1-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Squadron Leader Dinesh Chandra Bhandari was serving with an operational bomber squadron. As a senior navigator, he was responsible for leading and planning the raids against various
Name: Maj Dipak Kumar Ganguli
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 29 Jan 1974
Gazette Notification: 37 Pres 73,16-6-73
Citation:
Major Dipak Kumar Ganguli was ordered to reinforce a defended locality in the Lipa Valley and he led his men in broad daylight in spite of heavy enemy shelling. The enemy launched two severe attacks but was repulsed, suffering heavy casualties
Name: Lt Col Diresh Kumar Sharma
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 04 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 94 Pres/72,19-8-72
Citation:
Captain Diresh Kumar Sharma was employed as the observation post officer with a battalion of Punjab Regiment in the Hussainiwala Sector. On 3 December 1971, the enemy engaged our defences with heavy automatic fire and intense shelling Undeterred, Captain Sharma continued to
Name: Brig Diwakar Anant Paranjape
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1965 Riddle
Date of Award: 22 Sep 1965
Gazette Notification: 72 Pres 66, 30-9-66
Citation:
Captain Diwakar Anant Paranjape was commanding a company which occupied the forward-most position of a battalion defended area in the Jammu-Sialkot Sector. On 22 September 1965, the enemy launched an attack supported by armour and artillery fire and took a heavy toll of
Name: L/Hav Diwan Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 15 Apr 1988
Gazette Notification: 37Pres/88 , 15-4-88
Citation:
Paratrooper Diwan Singh was LMG No. 1 of the leading Section of the 12 Platoon of D Company of 5 Para tasked to capture the South Eastern portion of the Road-Rail crossing on 2 November 1987. He was given the responsibility to provide covering and
Name: Flt Lt DO Barty
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 26 Jan 1950
Gazette Notification: 2 Pres 50, 26-1-50
Citation:
(No Citation)
Name: Gp Capt Donald Lazarus
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 22 Nov 1971
Gazette Notification: 92 Pres/72, 29-7-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan, Flying Officer Donald Lazarus was serving with a fighter squadron. On 22 November 1971, he was No. 4 in a formation of four Gnats, which was ordered to intercept four hostile aircraft, which had
Name: Gp Capt Donald Melvyn Conquest
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 08 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 75 Pres/72, 17-6-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan, Wing Commander Donald Melvyn Conquest led a formation, which attacked and set fire to Karachi port bulk oil installation on 4 December 1971. The next day he carried out an attack on Mauripur airfield and
Name: Sub Dorai Swami
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 11 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 73 Pres72, 17-6-72
Citation:
On the night of 11 December 1971, movement of our tanks across the minefield in an area in the Shakargarh Sector was disrupted due to one getting bogged in the nullah running across the minefield. An enemy counter-attack was imminent. It was, therefore,
Name: L/Nk Drig Pal Singh
Award: Mahavir Chakra (MVC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 13 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 18 Pres/72,12-2-72
Citation:
Lance Naik D.P. Singh was commanding a section of a battalion of Rajput Regiment during an attack on an enemy post on the Western Front. Even after the capture of the objective by the battalion, two enemy medium machine guns in pillboxes were still interfering with the reorganisation and
Name: L/Nk Durga Datt
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 05 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 77 Pres/72,17-6-72
Citation:
During the attack on an enemy post at Gadra in the Rajasthan Sector, on 5 December 1971 Lance Naik Durga Datt crawled to an enemy medium machine gun bunker, lobbed a grenade and destroyed the gun and its crew: While he was crawling to the other bunker, he was
Name: Hav Durga Shanker Paliwal
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 12 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 94 Pres/72,19-8-72
Citation:
On 12 December 1971, Sapper Durga Shanker Paliwal was the driver of the supply train plying 27 Km inside enemy territory in the Rajasthan Sector when six Pakistani jets attacked his train by rockets and incendiary bombs. One of the incendiary bombs dropped two metres away as a
Name: Nk Duryodhan Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 14 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 124 Pres72,16-12-72
Citation:
Naik Duryodhan Singh was the leading section commander during the capture of Sylhet railway station. Immediately after crossing the start line, his platoon was pinned down by intense and accurate fire of a heavy machine gun of the enemy. Unmindful of his
Name: Gnr E Joseph
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1948 Polo - Hyderabad
Date of Award: 22 Sep 1948
Gazette Notification: 2 Pres 50, 26-1-50
Citation:
(No Citation)
Name: Wg Cdr ED Masillamani
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 26 Jan 1950
Gazette Notification: 2 Pres 50, 26-1-50
Citation:
(No Citation)
Name: Nk Eknath Kardile
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 04 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 77 Pres/72,17-6-72
Citation:
On the night of 4 December 1971, a battalion of Maratha Light Infantry was given the task of capturing an enemy position in the Eastern Sector. The assault by our troops was held up by sustained and accurate enemy medium machine gun fire from a bunker. Naik Eknath Kardile charged the
Name: Capt Eshwar Narayan Iyengar
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1962 Leg Horn
Date of Award: 21 Nov 1962
Gazette Notification: 57 Pres 64, 23-4-64
Citation:
(No Citation)
Name: Wg Cdr Farokh Jehangir Mehta
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 13 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 75 Pres/72, 17-6-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Squadron Leader Farokh Jehangir Mehta flew 22 operational missions of close air support in Kutch and Barmer Sectors and made successful strikes at Mirpur and Badin. He flew five counter air missions against
Name: Hav Fateh Mohammed
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 02 Jan 1972
Gazette Notification: 73 Pres72, 17-6-72
Citation:
Naik Fateh Mohammed was in command of the leading section of a company of Ladakh Scouts during the attack on an enemy position in the Western Sector. The assault of his section was held up when two enemy light machine guns opened intense fire from
