NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu approved gallantry awards for 93 personnel from the armed forces and central armed police forces on the eve of Republic Day. These include two Kirti Chakras and 14 Shaurya Chakras, with some awarded posthumously.
The Kirti Chakra, India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award, was awarded to Major Manjit from 22 Rashtriya Rifles and posthumously to Naik Dilwar Khan of 28 Rashtriya Rifles.
Among the 14 Shaurya Chakra recipients are Major Ashish Dahiya (50 RR), Major Kunal (1 RR), Major Satender Dhankar (4 RR), Captain Deepak Singh (48 RR, posthumous), and Assistant Commandant Eshenthung Kikon (4 Assam Rifles).
Other Shaurya Chakra awardees include Subedar Vikas Tomar (1 Para), Subedar Mohan Ram (20 JAT Regiment), Havildar Rohit Kumar Dogra (posthumous), Havildar Prakash Tamang (32 RR), Flight Lieutenant Aman Singh Hans, Corporal Dabhi Sanjay Hiffabai Essa, Vijayan Kutty G (posthumous), Vikrant Kumar, Deputy Commandant of CRPF, and Inspector Jeffrey Hmingchullo of CRPF.
The ministry of defence said, “These include two Kirti Chakras, including one posthumous; 14 Shaurya Chakras, including three posthumous; one Bar to Sena Medal (gallantry); 66 Sena Medals, including seven posthumous; two Nao Sena Medals (gallantry); and eight Vayu Sena Medals (gallantry).”
Here’s the full list
Kirti Chakra:
- Major Manjit 22 RR (Army)
- Naik Dilwar Khan ARTY, 28 RR (posthumous)(Army)
Shaurya Chakra:
- Major Ashish Dahiya, ENGRS, 50 RR (Army)
- Major Kunal, ASC, 1 RR (Army)
- Major Satender Dhankar, ARMD, 4 RR (Army)
- Captain Deepak Singh (posthumous) (Army)
- Assistant Commandant Eshenthung Kikon (Army)
- Subedar Vikas Tomar (Army)
- Subedar Mohan Ram (Army)
- Havildar Rohit Kumar (posthumous) (Army)
- Havildar Prakash Tamang (Army)
- Flight Lieutenant Aman Singh Hans (Air Force)
- Corporal Dabhi Sanjay Hiffabai Essa (Air Force)
- Vijayan Kutty G (BRDB)
- Vikrant Kumar (CRPF)
- Jeffrey Hmingchullo (CRPF)
Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry):
- Lieutenant Colonel KH Shem (Army)
Sena Medal (Gallantry):
- Lieutenant Colonel Jitendra Bhiroria (Army)
- Lieutenant Colonel Santosh Kumar Yadav (Army)
- Lieutenant Colonel Aseem Alagh (Army)
- Lieutenant Colonel Vijay Guleria (Army)
- Lieutenant Colonel Devreddy Rahul Rao (Army)
- Lieutenant Colonel Ashutosh Ashish (Army)
- Major Aashish Khandka (Army)
- Major Ravin Phaugat (Army)
- Major Rahul Roka (Army)
- Major Sushrujen Pangeijam (Army)
- Major Ashutosh Kumar Yadav (Army)
- Major Maan Singh Grewal (Army)
- Major Pratik Kumar Pandey (Army)
- Major Anurag Sawarni (Army)
- Major Rajender Singh (Army)
- Major Arman Singh Shekhawat (Army)
- Major Archit Indurkar (Army)
- Major Aditya Singh (Army)
- Major Akshay Kumar (Army)
- Major Sandeep Bhatt (Army)
- Major Aditya Pratap Singh Baghel (Army)
- Major Arun Kumar (Army)
- Major Alok Jaiswal (Army)
- Major Ravindra Bhatt (Army)
- Major Ojaswi Sharma (Army)
- Captain Dushyant Sihag (Army)
- Captain Sangam Dixit (Army)
- Captain Abhishek Raj (Army)
- Captain Saptarishi Chakraborty (Army)
- Captain Brijesh Thapa (Army)
- Captain Rohit Bhagchandani (Army)
- Lieutenant Mohd Wasim (Army)
- Subedar Sunil Dutt (Army)
- Subedar Shiv Charan Chick Baraick (Army)
- Subedar G Raguvaran (Army)
- Ris Rajjak Ali Khan (Army)
- Naib Subedar Ukleekar Shankar Basappa (Army)
- Naib Subedar Babu Ram (Army)
- Havildar Gurpreet Singh (Army)
- Havildar Kokku Rajesh (Army)
- Havildar Dubey Jagdish Chandra Narottam (Army)
- Havildar Thakur Bahadur Ale Magar (Army)
- Havildar Pemba Tshering Bhutia (Army)
- Naik Than Singh (Army)
- Naik Akshaya Sen (Army)
- Naik Kawaljeet Singh (Army)
- Naik Anil Rana (Army)
- Naik Rahul Singh Nagi (Army)
- Naik Suresh Yadav (Army)
- Naik Satish Ray (Army)
- Naik Goutam Rajbanshi (Army)
- Naik Kuldip Singh (Army)
- Naik Pravakar Pradhan (Army)
- Naik Manish Gurung (Army)
- Lance Naik Roman Pradhan (Army)
- Lance Naik Adarsh P (Army)
- Lance Naik Rajesh Chand (Army)
- Lance Naik Prithvi (Army)
- Lance Naik Stanzin Targias (Army)
- Lance Naik Samtan Gurmeth (Army)
- Sepoy Narotam (Army)
- Sepoy Darre Pullaiah (Army)
- Sepoy Mohit Singh Airy (Army)
- Rifleman Shailendra Singh (Army)
- Sowar Anil Kumar (Army)
- Sowar Mhase Jagdish Madhukar (Army)
Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry):
- Lieutenant Commander Sourabh Malik (Navy)
- Lieutenant Commander Satyam Singh (Navy)
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry):
- Group Captain Ankit Raj Singh (Air Force)
- Wing Commander Akshay Saxena (Air Force)
- Wing Commander Ankit Sood (Air Force)
- Wing Commander Dushyant Singh Rathore (Air Force)
- Wing Commander Jude Joseph Pereira (Air Force)
- Squadron Leader Prathamesh D Dongre (Air Force)
- Flight Lieutenant Tarun Nair (Air Force)
- Corporal Vikky Pahade (Air Force)