Param Vir Chakra Winners List
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Here in this article, we are providing you Param Vir Chakra Winner List of 21 winners of this award of Bravery. Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest military honor. This award is mostly given posthumously. This honor is given to soldiers for exceptional valor, valor, and sacrifice. The award was first given to Major Somnath Sharma of the 4th division of the Kumaon brigade of the Indian Army on November 3, 1947. However, the official declaration of the award was made by the country’s first President Rajendra Prasad on January 26, 1950. The unique thing is that this Param Vir Chakra was intended by Savita Khanolkar, wife of Vikram Khanolkar, an army officer.
Officers or employees of any part of the Indian Army are eligible for this award and it is considered the most prestigious award after the country’s highest honor Bharat Ratna. Earlier, when the Indian Army worked under the British Army, the highest honor of the Army was the Victoria Cross. There is also a provision to give cash or pension to military personnel of the rank of lieutenant or below, on receiving this award, to them (or their dependents). However, the lesser amount of pension which is given to military widows before their remarriage or death
Updated List of Param Vir Chakra Winners
The following table contains all details of the Param Vir Chakra Winners List. here we give Name, Unit, Rank, conflict, and date and place of action. so if you need all details of the winners of Param Vir chakra winners.
| S.no | Name | Unit | Rank | Conflict | Date and place of action |
| 1 | Somnath Sharma | Kumaon Regiment | Major | Battle of Badgam | 11/3/1947 Badgam, jammu Kashmir, India |
| 2 | Jadunath Singh | Rajput Regiment | Naik | Indo-Pakistani war of 1947 | 2/6/1948 Naushera, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 3 | Rama Raghoba Rane | Bombay Sappers | Second Lieutenant | Indo-Pakistani war of 1947 | 4/8/1948 Naushera,Jammu and Kashmir,India |
| 4 | Piru Singh | Rajputana Rifles | Company Havildar Major | Indo-Pakistani war of 1947 | 17 July 1948 Tithwal, Jammu And Kashmir, India |
| 5 | Karam Singh | Sikh Regiment | Lance Naik | Indo-Pakistani war of 1947 | 10/13/1948 Tithwal, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 6 | Gurbachan Singh Salaria | 1 Gorkha Rifles | Captain | Congo Crisis | 12/5/1961 Elisabethville, Katanga, Kashmir, india |
| 7 | Dhan Singh Thapa | 8 Gorkha Rifles | Major | Sino-Indian War | 10/20/1962 Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 8 | Joginder Singh | Sikh Regiment | Subedar | Sino-Indian War | 10/23/1962 North-East Frontier, India |
| 9 | Shaitan Singh | Kumaon Regiment | Major | Sino-Indian War | 11/18/1962 Rezang La, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 10 | Abdul Hamid | The Grenadiers | Company Quarter Master Havildar | Battle ofAsal uttar | 9/10/1965 Khemkaran, India |
| 11 | Ardeshir Tarapore | Poona Horse | Lieutenant Colonel | battle of Chawinda | 9/11/1965 Sialkot, Pakistan |
| 12 | Albert Ekka | Brigade of the Guards | Lance Naik | battle of hilli | 12/3/1971 Gangasagar, Agarthala, India |
| 13 | Nirmal jit singh Sekhon | No. 18 Squadron IAF | Flying Officer | Indo-Pakistani war of 1947 | 12/14/1971 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 14 | Arun khetarpal | Poona Horse | Second Lieutenant | Battle of basantar | 12/16/1971 Barapind-Jarpal, Shakargath, Pakistan |
| 15 | Hosihar Singh Dahiya | The Grenadiers | Major | battle of basantar | 12/17/1971 Basantar River, Shakargarh, Pakistan |
| 16 | Bana Singh | Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry | Naib Subedar | Operation Rajiv | 5/23/1987 Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 17 | Ramaswamy Parameshwaran | Mahar Regiment | Major | Operation Rajiv | 11/25/1987 Sri Lanka |
| 18 | Manoj Kumar Pandey | 11 Gorkha Rifles | Lieutenant | Operation Rajiv | 7/3/1999 Khaluber/ Juber Top, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 19 | Yogendra Singh Yadav | The Grenadiers | Grenadier | battle of Tiger hill | 7/4/1999 Tiger Hill, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 20 | Sanjay Kumar | Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | Rifleman | Kargil war | 7/5/1999 Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 21 | Vikram Batra | Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | Captain | Operation Vijay | 7/7/1999 Kargil, Jammu and Kasmir, India |
The Param Vir Chakra is awarded for bravery displayed on the battlefield, in the highest category of gallantry. This award is given to a brave soldier personally or posthumously, to his representative. The award is presented by the then President of the country with his own hands in a special ceremony. This award is given equally to the heroes of all three armies. There is no discrimination between men and women in this award. The uniqueness of this award can be estimated from the fact that from 1947 till
Allowances by state governments for Param Vir Chakra Winners
Many Indian states have recognized individual pension rewards that far go beyond the central government’s stipend for recipients of the PVC
- Haryana-₹20 million
Telangana-₹10 million - Punjab-₹3 million
Assam-₹2.5 million - Chandigarh-₹2.5 million
- Chhattisgarh-₹2.5 million
- Delhi-₹2.5 million
- Goa-₹2.5 million
- Himachal Pradesh- ₹2.5 million
- Kerala-₹2.5 million
- Maharashtra-₹2.5 million
- Uttar Pradesh-₹2.5 million
- Uttarakhand-₹2.5 million
Rajasthan-₹2 million - Madhya Pradesh-₹2 million
Tamil Nadu-₹1.5 million - Mizoram-₹1.5 million
Jharkhand-₹1.5 million - Andhra Pradesh-₹1 million
- Bihar-₹1 million
Gujarat-₹22,500 - Jammu and Kashmir-₹22,500
- Karnataka-₹22,500
- Odisha-₹22,500
- Sikkim-₹22,500
- West Bengal-₹22,500