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The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Param Vir Chakra translates as the "Wheel of the Ultimate Brave", and the award is granted for "most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy".
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1 Param Vir Chakra 1 Military Crosses 3 Ashoka Chakras 1 Padma Bhushan 7 Param Vishist Seva Medals 2 Maha Vir Chakras 9 Ati Vishist Seva Medals 11 Vir Chakras 5 Shaurya Chakras 35 Sena Medals 14 Vishisht Seva Medals 18 Mentioned-in-Despatches: Battle honours: Shingo River, Bogra and Batalik Theater Honours: East Pakistan 1971 and J&K 1971 ...
He was the first NDA alumnus and is the only UN Peacekeeper to be awarded a Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest wartime military decoration. In December 1961, Salaria was among the Indian troops deployed to the Republic of the Congo as part of the United Nations Operation in the Congo.
2 Param Vir Chakras, 4 Ashoka Chakras [2] 8 Maha Vir Chakras, 24 Kirti Chakras, 64 Vir Chakras, 55 Shaurya Chakras, 375 Sena Medals; 22 Param Vishisht Seva Medal; 40 Ati Vishisht Seva Medal; 45 Vishisht Seva Medals; 13 UYSM; 21 YSM "Unit Citation" to 8 Sikh; Commanders; Colonel of the Regiment: Lt Gen P.G.K Menon ,AVSM [3] Insignia; Regimental ...
On 21 June 1950, Somnath Sharma's award of the Param Vir Chakra, for his actions on 3 November 1947 in defending the Srinagar airport, was gazetted. This was the first time the honour had been awarded since its inception. [8] Coincidentally, Savitri Khanolkar, the mother-in-law of Sharma's brother, was the designer of the Param Vir Chakra. [9] [10]
Savitri Bai Khanolkar (born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, 20 July 1913 – 26 November 1990) [1] was a Swiss-Indian designer, best known for designing the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. Khanolkar also designed several other major gallantry medals including ...
Captain Vikram Batra pronunciation ⓘ, PVC (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an Indian Army officer.He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War; on 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while fighting Pakistani troops around Area Ledge, Point 4875, in the Kargil district of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir.