List Param Vir Chakra Awards Winners from 1947 to 2023

General Knowledge Information about Param Vir Chakra:

Param Vir Chakra:

Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration awarded for gallantry and sacrifice of a high order in the presence of enemies. In most cases this honor is given posthumously. The award was instituted on 26 January 1950. 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.

Quick Info about Param Vir Chakra:

Category of the award	Wartime Gallantry Awards
Establishment Year	26 January 1950
Country	India
1st winner	Major Somnath Sharma (posthumously)
The Ultimate Winner	Captain Vikram Batra (1999)

Meaning of Param Vir Chakra:

The literal meaning of 'Param Vir Chakra' is "the wheel of gallantry". The word is derived from the Sanskrit words "Param", "Veer" and "Chakra".

Prize money given to Param Vir Chakra:

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 low amount of pension that is given to military widows before their remarriage or death has been controversial so far.

In March 1999, this amount was increased to Rs 1500 per month. While many provincial governments provide pensions of much higher amount to the dependents of Param Vir Chakra awarded military officers. Subedar Major Banna Singh was the only person who survived the Kargil war among the bravehearts to receive the Param Vir Chakra. Subedar Singh was serving in the Eighth Regiment of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry.

Name of the honoree	year	Comment
Major Somnath Sharma	November 03, 1947	posthumously
Lance Naik Karam Singh	13th October, 1948	-
Second Lieutenant Ram Raghoba Rane	April 08, 1948	-
Nayak Yadunath Singh	February 1948	posthumously
Company Havildar Major Piru Singh	July 17-18, 1948	posthumously
Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria	December 05, 1961	posthumously
Major Dhan Singh Thapa	20th October, 1962	-
Subedar Joginder Singh	23rd October, 1962	posthumously
Major Shaitan Singh	18th November, 1962	posthumously
Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid	September 10, 1965	posthumously
Lt. Col. Ardeshir Tarapore	15th October, 1965	posthumously
Lance Naik Albert Ekka	December 03, 1971	posthumously
Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon	14th December, 1971	posthumously
Lieutenant Arun Kshetrapal	16th December, 1971	posthumously
Major Hoshiyar Singh	17th December, 1971	-
Naib Subedar Banna Singh	June 23, 1987	-
Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran	25th November, 1987	posthumously
Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey	July 03, 1999	posthumously
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav	July 04, 1999	-
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar	July 05, 1999	-
Captain Vikram Batra	July 06, 1999	posthumously