Gallantry awards for Army, Paramilitary forces announce

On the eve of Independece day, the India President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday has approved 62 Gallantry Awards to personnel of the Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces, including 15 Shaurya Chakras, 1 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 42 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 3 NaoSena Medal (Gallantry) and 01 VayuSena Medal (Gallantry).

According to an official press release, the following is the list of awardees:

SHAURYA CHAKRA

1. Ic-56887x Lieutenant Colonel Dhruvjyoti Chanda, 13th Battalion The Sikh Regiment, Army
2. Ic-58687a Major Amit Mohindra, 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance And Observation)
3. Ic-59849m Major Tn Unnikrishnan, 15th Battalion, The Dogra Regiment
4. Ic-60369p Major Himanshu Panwar, 26th Maratha Light Infantry Battalion
5. Ic-61591h Major Chandra Shekhar Singh, 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance And Observation) (Posthumous)
6. Ic-66537y Major Vijayendra Singh Yadav, Brigade Of The Guards / 21st Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
7. Ic-67215l Major Saurabh Suya, Bar To Sena Medal, Armoured Corps / 22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
8. Ss-40921h Major Pradeep Mishra, Jat Regiment, 5th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
9. Ic-72377a Lieutenant Satya Jeet Ahlawat, Army Ordnance Corps / 9th Battalion The Sikh Light Infantry
10. 15126119h Havidar Charanjit Singh, Regiment Of Artillery /30th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
11. Wing Commander Vatsal Kumar Singh (24223), Flying (Pilot) Air Force
12. Squadron Leader Ajit Bhaskar Vasane (27697), Flying (Pilot)
13. Squadron Leader Gunadnya Ramesh Kharche (29037), Flying (Pilot)
14. Nagendra Singh, Assistant Commandant, Office Of The Commandant-207, Cobra At Gc, Crpf, Durgapur-14(Wb) Mha
15. Vinoj P. Joseph, Assistant Commandant, Office Of The Commandant-207, Cobra At Gc, Crpf, Durgapur-14(Wb)

BAR TO SENA MEDAL(GALLANTRY)

1. 15614636w Lance Naik Patey Tassuk Sena Medal Brigade Of The Guards / 21st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) Army

SENA MEDAL(GALLANTRY)

• Ic-54038x Colonel Vikrant Jain, Regiment Of Artillery / 98th Field Regiment Army
• Ic-60963w Major Ravindra Kumar Gurung, Shaurya Chakra, Regiment Of Artiliry / 33rd Field Regiment
• Ic-62696y Major Amrik Singh, 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance And Observation)
• Ic-63211x Major Chirom Ibungo, 8th Batallion The Garhwal Rifles
• Ic-63503a Major Bharat Sharma, Bihar Regiment /24th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Ic-64358a Major Junior Mutum, The Corps Of Engineers / 15th Battalion The Assam Rifles
• Ic-66682w Major Ranjeet Kumar Jha, Brigade Of The Guards/21st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Ic-67159x Major N Dinesh, The Grenadiers / 55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Ic-67358l Major Pradeep Singh Khati, 6th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
• Ic-68292m Major Animesh Srivastava, Corps Of Engineers / 17th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Ic-69305l Major Nimrodsun Mosahary, 17th Battalion The Mahar Regiment
• Ss-41962y Major Tribhuwan Kant Sharma, Army Air Defence / 10th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Ss-42513w Major Sourabh Ramchandra Deshpande, Regiment Of The Artiliery / 25th Assam Rifles
• Ic-68748a Captain Aman Mehta, 15th Battalion The Dogra Regiment
Ic-68878h Captain Aseem Gupta, Corps Of Engineers/55yh Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Ic-69133f Captain Kapse Sameer Ashokrao, Artiliery, 6th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Ss-41850y Captain Amos Hungyo, Regiment Of Artillery/42nd Battalion The Assam Rifles
• Ss-44249m Captain Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Corps Of Electrial And Mechanical Engineers 2/11th Battalion The Gorkha Rifles
• Ic-72025h Lieutenant Samrat Ghosh, Army Ordanance Corps / 7th Battalion The Dogra Regiment
• Ic-72284l Lieutenant Nishchal Bharadwaj, Army Ordnance Corps /19th Battalion The Madras Regiment
• Jc-459379a Subedar Ghule Ramesh Gangaram, 26th Battalion The Maratha Light Infantry
• Jc-499056a Subedar Mohinder Singh, Sikh Regiment / 6th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Jc-499444x Subedar Kashmir Singh, Sikh Regiment / 6th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• Jc-273366k Naib Subedar Gurdial Singh, Regiment Of Artillery / 217th Field Regiment (Posthumous)
• 4073839m Havildar Pawar Dnyanoba Pandurang, Maratha Light Infantry / 17th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Army
• 4075364m Havildar Devendra Singh, 8th Battalion The Garhwal Rifles
• 13755792x Havildar Ajay Subba, 3rd Battalion The Jammu And Kashmir Rifles
• 15612160w Lance Havildar Sanjeev Singh, Brigade Of The Guards / 21st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• 15485612m Acting Lance Dafadar Vikar Kumar, Armoured Corps/53rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• 2488089x Naik Bhupinder Singh, Punjab Regiment/22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• 3400413a Naik Harjinder Singh, 13th Battalion The Sikh Regiment
• 3994415k Naik Satpal Singh, 15th Battalion The Dogra Regiment
• 4272784l Naik Sewak Kachhap, Bihar Regiment /24th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• 2501150x Sepoy Karamveer Singh, The Punjab Regiment / 22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• 2608805w Sepoy Roshan Bc, 19th Battalion The Madras Regiment
• 3004195w Sepoy Rajiv Singh, Rajput Regiment / 44th Batallion The Rashtriya Rifles
• 4085260y Rifleman Ajay Singh, 8th Battalioh The Garhwal Rifles
• 10363038p Rifleman Amit Sharma, 126th Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (Posthumous)
• 2698239a Grenadier Yakoob, The Grenadiers / 39th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
• 2702858n Grenadier Amar Chand, The Grenadiers / 29th Battalioin The Rashtriya Rifles
• 14444925a Gunner Gindar Paik, Regiment Of Artillery / 33rd Field Regiment
• 15612686h Guardsman Imcha Toshi, Brigade Of The Guards / 21st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles

NAO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

1. Lieutenant Commander Sujith Parakkat Menon 05129-F Navy.
2. Lieutenant Sailesh Kumar Tyagi (06273-F)
3. Ramesh Kumar, Poa (Acmd) 118426-A

VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

1. Wing Commander Subramaniam Srinivasan (23773) Flying (Pilot) Air Force

--With Agencies Inputs--