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Name: Hony Capt Mani Chand
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1948 Polo - Hyderabad
Date of Award: 20 Apr 1948
Gazette Notification: 2 Pres 50, 26-1-50
Citation:
On 20 April 1948, during an attack on a feature north of the river Jhelum, Subedar Mani Chand was second in command of a company of4 Kumaon. The company was pinned down by heavy enemy automatic and rifle fire. Subedar Mani Chand, who was with the
Name: Brig Manjit Singh (retd)
Award: Mahavir Chakra (MVC)
Operation: 1987 Pawan Sri Lanka
Date of Award: 19 Oct 1987
Gazette Notification: 34 Pres/88 26.1.88
Citation:
Within hours of assuming command of an Infantry Brigade in Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force, Brigadier Manjit Singh was tasked to establish a link-up with Jaffna Fort, along Western Pincer in the face of all-out efforts by the militants to thwart their advance. Brigadier
Name: AVM Manjit Singh Dhillon
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 11 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 92 Pres/72, 29-7-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Flight Lieutenant Manjit Singh Dhillon flew 50 sorties in the Chhamb, Shakargarh and Poonch Sectors. On 7 December, he had to take off from Udhampur airfield when the enemy aircraft were in
Name: Maj Gen Manjit Singh Dugal (retd)
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 07 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 94 Pres/72,19-8-72
Citation:
Major Manjit Singh Dugal was the battery commander of Dogra Regiment during the operations in the Eastern Sector. Throughout the operations, he provided effective artillery support and repeatedly exposed himself to enemy small arms and mortar fire to engage
Name: Air Mrshl Manjit Singh Sekhon (retd)
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 13 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 92 Pres/72, 29-7-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Flight Lieutenant Manjit Singh Sekhon was commanding a detachment of a frontline fighter squadron. He flew 14 missions at a low height in very difficult terrain of Jammu and Kashmir and caused extensive damage to several
Name: Lt Gen Manmohan Khanna (retd)
Award: Mahavir Chakra (MVC)
Operation: 1948 Polo - Hyderabad
Date of Award: 01 Jan 1948
Gazette Notification: 2 Pres 50, 26.1.50
Citation:
(No Citation)
Name: Air Mrshl Manmohan Singh (retd)
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 05 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 37 Pres 73,16-6-73
Citation:
Wing Commander Manmohan Singh was in command of an operational fighter squadron in the Eastern Sector in December 1971. He personally led 19 sorties and successfully engaged enemy defence positions, gunboats and ships despite heavy ground fire When the heliborne operations
Name: Air Cmde Manohar Madhav Takle
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1961 Vijay - Goa Liberation
Date of Award: 06 Dec 1961
Gazette Notification: 58 Pres 62,10-9-62
Citation:
Squadron Leader Manohar Madhav Takle was the navigator of a Canberra, which was on a strafing sortie against an enemy airfield and other installations in Katanga. The aircraft was hit at several places by enemy fire. One of the bullets wounded Squadron Leader Takle, causing him to
Name: Vice Adm Manohar Pralhad Awati
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 16 Jan 1972
Gazette Notification: 86 Pres/72 15-7-72
Citation:
Manohar Pralhad Awati was the commanding officer of an Indian naval unit of the Eastern Fleet during the operations against Pakistan in December 1971. Throughout the period, he was called upon to operate within enemy waters where there was
Name: Col Manohar Singh Chauhan
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 03 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 124 Pres72,16-12-72
Citation:
2nd Lieutenant Manohar Singh Chauhan was commanding a platoon of a battalion of Gorkha Rifles which was occupying a defended locality in the Poonch Sector. His platoon was guarding an important approach to the locality. On 3 December 1971 night, the enemy
Name: Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey
Award: Param Vir Chakra (PVC)
Operation: Vijay - Kargil
Date of Award: 15 Aug 1999
Gazette Notification: 16-Pres/2000, 15.8.99
Citation:
Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey took part in a series of boldly led attacks during 'Operation Vijay', forcing back the intruders the heavy losses in Batalik including the
Name: Sep Manoj Kumar Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 01 Jan 1999
Gazette Notification: 154 Pres/2000,15.8.2000
Citation:
On 9 November 1999, Sepoy Manoj Kumar Singh was part of the Ghatak platoon when the enemy launched an attack on our post in a forward area in Jammu & Kashmir. The attack was successfully repulsed and the enemy was made to retreat. Seizing the opportunity, an operation was
Name: Maj Manoj Madhukar Deshpande
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 24 Aug 2000
Gazette Notification: 129 Pres/2001, 15.8.2001
Citation:
On 24 August 2000, Major Manoj M. Deshpande led a Special mission operation at the Line of Control in Doda-Poonch Sector in Jammu and Kashmir and successfully, thwarted enemy's attack to capture own forward post. Based on reliable intelligence sources that
Name: Brig Manoranjan Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1987 Pawan Sri Lanka
Date of Award: 18 Oct 1987
Gazette Notification: 35 Pres/88, 22-1-88
Citation:
Lieutenant Colonel Manoranjan Singh, as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, was tasked to capture Kopai North, a citadel of the militants from 13 October 1987 onwards. His battalion made repeated attempts to capture this strongly held
Name: Sub Maj (Hony Capt) Maria Russel
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Op Savage (Sikkim)
Date of Award: 26 Jan 1990
Gazette Notification: 33 Pres/90, 26-1-90
Citation:
Subedar Maria Russel was a Platoon Commander of Alfa Company 5 Madras, located at Karainagar in Sri Lanka. On 26 November 1988 the Junior Commissioned Officer while leading a patrol intercepted two militants who instantaneously started firing. With exceptional courage and
Name: Capt Maridhyodhan Veetil Sooraj
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: Vijay - Kargil
Date of Award: 15 Aug 1999
Gazette Notification: 18 Pres/2000,15-8-99
Citation:
On 29 June 1999 during "Operation Vijay", Captain Maridhyodhan Veetil Sooraj, second-in-command Charlie Company, was ordered to capture Point 4700 in the
Name: Nk Maruty Nakil
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 13 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 124 Pres72,16-12-72
Citation:
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Naik Maruti Nakil was the MMG section commander with a company of Maratha Light Infantry. The company was acting as the vanguard for the battalion's advance in an area in the Eastern Sector. The enemy brought down
Name: Rfn Mathan Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1965 Riddle
Date of Award: 06 Sep 1965
Gazette Notification: 132 Pres 65,17-9-65
Citation:
On 6 September 1965, during a counter-attack on the enemy on the bridge over the river Ravi near Dera Baba Nanak, Rifleman Mathan Singh was the leader of an LMG unit in one of the sections of Rajputana Rifles. After the battalion had captured its objective, the portion which Rifleman
Name: Hony Lt Megdan Gurung
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 08 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 94 Pres/72,19-8-72
Citation:
Megdan Gurung was commanding a platoon of Gorkha Rifles during a raid on an enemy post in Rajasthan Sector. During the attack, the enemy brought down intense artillery fire on the forming-up place, thereby interfering with the assault. Subedar Megdan Gurung, with complete
Name: Cdr Megh Nath Sangal
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 05 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 74 Pres.72 1-6-72
Citation:
Megh Nath Sangal, Master ChiefElectrical Artificer (Power) Second Class, was a member ofthe crew of an Indian naval ship, which attacked Karachi on the night of 4 December 1971. In the face of imminent air attack and in the presence of enemy shore gun batteries, he led his men into the
Name: L/Nk Megh Raj
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 13 Nov 1971
Gazette Notification: 94 Pres/72,19-8-72
Citation:
Lance Naik Megh Raj was the commander of the LMG detachment in a platoon of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles occupying a defended locality in the Eastern Sector. The enemy made three desperate attacks under heavy and sustained artillery fire to capture this
Name: Lt Col Megh Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1965 Riddle
Date of Award: 01 Sep 1965
Gazette Notification: 132 Pres 65,17-9-65
Citation:
Lieutenant Colonel Megh Singh, then a Major, with a Brigade in Jammu and Kashmir, successfully conducted three important raids into enemy territory from 1 to 11 September 1965. On 2 September, his force blew up a big culvert on the
Name: Hony Lt Megh Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1948 Polo - Hyderabad
Date of Award: 16 Jun 1948
Gazette Notification: 10 Pres 52,26-1-52
Citation:
On 16 June 1948, a company of 6 Raputana Rifles attacked a high hill feature southwest of Uri on which the enemy had fortified and well-dug positions. Jemadar Megh Singh, with complete disregard for his personal safety, dashed forward through the
Name: Sep Mehar Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 05 Dec 1971
Gazette Notification: 77 Pres/72,17-6-72
Citation:
On 5 December 1971, a battalion of Punjab Regiment was holding an area in the Eastern Sector. The enemy attacked the battalion positions in strength supported by heavy machine gun and artillery fire. Sepoy Mehar Singh, who was manning a medium machine gun, came out of the
Name: Nk Mehar Singh
Award: Vir Chakra (VrC)
Operation: 1948 Polo - Hyderabad
Date of Award: 17 Mar 1948
Gazette Notification: 2 Pres 50, 26-1-50
Citation:
During the advance on Jhangar and attack on Pir Thal Nakka on 17 March 1948, Naik Mehar Singh was leading the right forward section. During the assault the enemy LMG and grenades came down on his section and wounded two of his men. He pushed on throwing grenades in front of
