Gallantry awards to 93 Armed Forces personnel announced ahead of R-Day

President Droupadi Murmu approved Gallantry awards to 93 Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel, including 11 posthumous, on the eve of 76 Republic Day.

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 Medal (Gallantry) and eight Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

The President also approved 305 defence decorations to Armed Forces and other personnel. These include 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals; five Uttam Yudh Seva Medals; 57 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals; 10 Yudh Seva Medals; one Bar to Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty); 43 Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty);

eight Nao Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty); 15 Vayu Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty); four Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal and 132 Vishisht Seva Medals.

Here are the awards, names of the recipients with ranks, and the service they are in.

Kirti Chakra

1. Major Manjit, Punjab, 22 RR Army

2. Naik Dilwar Khan, Arty, 28 RR (Posthumous) Army

Shaurya Chakra

1. Major Ashish Dahiya, Engrs, 50 RR Army

2. Major Kunal, Asc, 1 RR Army

3. Major Satender Dhankar, Armd, 4 RR Army

4. Captain Deepak Singh, Sigs, 48 RR (Posthumous) Army

5. Assistant Commandant Eshenthung Kikon, 4 Assam Rifle Army

6. Subedar Vikas Tomar, 1 Para (SF) Army

7. Subedar Mohan Ram, 20 Jat Army

8. Havildar Rohit Kumar, Dogra, Haws (Posthumous) Army

9. Havildar Prakash Tamang, 9 GR, 32 RR Army

10. Flight Lieutenant Aman Singh Hans (36412), Flying (Pilot) Air Force

11. Corporal Dabhi Sanjay Hiffabai Essa (953327) Air Force

12. Late Vijayan Kutty G (Posthumous) BRDB

13. Shri Vikrant Kumar, Deputy Commandant, CRPF MHA

14. Shri Jeffrey Hmingchullo, Inspector(Gd), CRPF MHA

Bar To Sena Medal (Gallantry)

1. Lieutenant Colonel Kh Shem, Sm, 20 Jat Army

Sena Medal (Gallantry)

1. Lieutenant Colonel Jitendra Bhiroria, 666 Army Avn Sqn (R&O) Army

2. Lieutenant Colonel Santosh Kumar Yadav, 666 Army Avn Sqn (R&O) Army

3. Lieutenant Colonel Aseem Alagh, 666 Army Avn Sqn (R&O) Army

4. Lieutenant Colonel Vijay Guleria, 4 Ladakh Scouts Army

5. Lieutenant Colonel Devreddy Rahul Rao, 206 Army Avn Sqn (UH) Army

6. Lieutenant Colonel Ashutosh Ashish, 671 Army Avn Sqn (R&O) Army

7. Major Aashish Khandka, 3 Gr, 32 RR Army

8. Major Ravin Phaugat, 12 Para ((SF)) Army

9. Major Rahul Roka, Mahar, 1 RR Army

10. Major Sushrujen Pangeijam, Bihar, 4 Assam Rifle Army

11. Major Ashutosh Kumar Yadav, 9 Para ((SF)) Army

12. Major Maan Singh Grewal, Engrs, 1 RR Army

13. Major Pratik Kumar Pandey, 209 Army Avn Sqn ((UH)) Army

14. Major Anurag Sawarni, Kumaon, 46 Assam Rif Army

15. Major Rajender Singh, 3 Corps Int Bn Army

16. Major Arman Singh Shekhawat, Punjab, 22 RR Army

17. Major Archit Indurkar, 9 Para ((SF)) Army

18. Major Aditya Singh, Sigs, 38 RR Army

19. Major Akshay Kumar, Para, Haws Army

20. Major Sandeep Bhatt, Engrs, 4 Assam Rif Army

21. Major Aditya Pratap Singh Baghel, Jat, 5 RR Army

22. Major Arun Kumar, Sc, Kumaon, 13 RR Army

23. Major Alok Jaiswal, 15 Corps Int Bn Army

24. Major Ravindra Bhatt, Armd, 27 Assam Rif Army

25. Major Ojaswi Sharma, 21 Rajput Army

26. Captain Dushyant Sihag, 4/5 Gr Army  

27. Captain Sangam Dixit, 16 Kumaon Army  

28. Captain Abhishek Raj, 221 Para ((SF)) Army  

29. Captain Saptarishi Chakraborty, 5 Jak Rif Army  

30. Captain Brijesh Thapa, Aad, 10 RR (Posthumous) Army  

31. Captain Rohit Bhagchandani, 2 Mahar Army  

32. Lieutenant Mohd Wasim, 1/1 Gr Army  

33. Subedar Sunil Dutt, 18 Dogra Army  

34. Subedar Shiv Charan Chick Baraick, 8 Bihar Army  

35. Subedar G Raguvaran, 557 Asc Bn Army  

36. Ris Rajjak Ali Khan, Armd, 4 RR Army  

37. Naib Subedar Ukleekar Shankar Basappa, 112 Engr Regt (Posthumous) Army  

38. Naib Subedar Babu Ram, 18 Dogra Army  

39. Havildar Gurpreet Singh, 31 Punjab Army  

40. Havildar Kokku Rajesh, 20 Madras Army  

41. Havildar Dubey Jagdish Chandra Narottam, 1 Para ((SF)) Army  

42. Havildar Thakur Bahadur Ale Magar, 1 Gr, Haws (Posthumous) Army  

43. Havildar Pemba Tshering Bhutia, 11 Gr, 1 Sikkim Scouts Army  

44. Naik Than Singh, 1 Para ((SF)) Army  

45. Naik Akshaya Sen, 5 Jak Rif Army  

46. Naik Kawaljeet Singh, Arty, 32 RR Army  

47. Naik Anil Rana, Kumaon, 50 RR Army  

48. Naik Rahul Singh Nagi, Para, 31 RR Army  

49. Naik Suresh Yadav, Kumaon, 50 RR Army  

50. Naik Satish Ray, Bihar, 4 RR Army  

51. Naik Goutam Rajbanshi, Assam, Haws (Posthumous) Army  

52. Naik Kuldip Singh, 13 Sikh Li Army  

53. Naik Pravakar Pradhan, 2/1 Gr Army  

54. Naik Manish Gurung, 9 Para ((SF)) Army  

55. Lance Naik Roman Pradhan, 12 Para ((SF)) Army  

56. Lance Naik Adarsh P, 426 (I) Fd Coy (Posthumous) Army  

57. Lance Naik Rajesh Chand, 16 Kumaon Army  

58. Lance Naik Prithvi, 16 Kumaon Army  

59. Lance Naik Stanzin Targias, 5 Ladakh Scouts (Posthumous) Army  

60. Lance Naik Samtan Gurmeth, 5 Ladakh Scouts Army  

61. Sepoy Narotam, Aoc, 50 RR Army  

62. Sepoy Darre Pullaiah, 20 Madras Army  

63. Sepoy Mohit Singh Airy, Kumaon, 50 RR Army  

64. Rfn Shailendra Singh, Garh Scouts (Posthumous) Army  

65. Swr Anil Kumar, Armd, 4 RR Army  

66. Swr MHAse Jagdish Madhukar, Armd, 53 RR Army

Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) 

1. Lieutenant Commander Sourabh Malik Navy  

2. Lieutenant Commander Satyam Singh Navy  

Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry)

1. Group Captain Ankit Raj Singh, Flying (Pilot) Air Force  

2. Wing Commander Akshay Saxena, Flying (Pilot) Air Force  

3. Wing Commander Ankit Sood, Flying (Pilot) Air Force  

4. Wing Commander Dushyant Singh Rathore, Flying (Pilot) Air Force  

5. Wing Commander Jude Joseph Pereira, Flying (Pilot) Air Force  

6. Squadron Leader Prathamesh D Dongre, Flying (Pilot) Air Force  

7. Flight Lieutenant Tarun Nair, Flying (Pilot) Air Force  

8. Cpl Vikky Pahade, Communication Technician Air Force