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Gallantry Awards 2025 Announced on the Eve of Republic Day

On the eve of Republic Day 2025, President Droupadi Murmu approved gallantry awards for 93 personnel from the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces. These awards recognize their extraordinary bravery and selfless service to the nation. The honours include 2 Kirti Chakras, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 1 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 66 Sena Medals, 2 Nao Sena Medals, and 8 Vayu Sena Medals. Among these, several awards have been conferred posthumously, reflecting the ultimate sacrifice made by the recipients.

Here is the complete list of Gallantry Awardee’s 2025

Republic Day 2025 Gallantry Awards: President Droupadi Murmu honours 93 brave personnel with Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal, Nao Sena Medal, and Vayu Sena Medal for their extraordinary valour and selfless service to the nation.

Kirti Chakra

Award Name Rank Unit/Regiment Branch
Kirti Chakra Major Manjit Major 22 RR Army
Kirti Chakra Naik Dilwar Khan Naik (Posthumous) ARTY, 28 RR Army

Shaurya Chakra Recipients

Award Name Rank Unit/Regiment Branch
Shaurya Chakra Major Ashish Dahiya Major ENGRS, 50 RR Army
Shaurya Chakra Major Kunal Major ASC, 1 RR Army
Shaurya Chakra Major Satender Dhankar Major ARMD, 4 RR Army
Shaurya Chakra Captain Deepak Singh Captain (Posthumous) Army
Shaurya Chakra Assistant Commandant Eshenthung Kikon Assistant Commandant Army
Shaurya Chakra Subedar Vikas Tomar Subedar Army
Shaurya Chakra Subedar Mohan Ram Subedar Army
Shaurya Chakra Havildar Rohit Kumar Havildar (Posthumous) Army
Shaurya Chakra Havildar Prakash Tamang Havildar Army
Shaurya Chakra Flight Lieutenant Aman Singh Hans Flight Lieutenant Air Force
Shaurya Chakra Corporal Dabhi Sanjay Hiffabai Essa Corporal Air Force
Shaurya Chakra Vijayan Kutty G BRDB
Shaurya Chakra Vikrant Kumar CRPF
Shaurya Chakra Jeffrey Hmingchullo CRPF

Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry)

Award Name Rank Branch
Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel KH Shem Lieutenant Colonel Army

Sena Medal (Gallantry)

Award Name Rank Branch
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel Jitendra Bhiroria Lieutenant Colonel Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel Santosh Kumar Yadav Lieutenant Colonel Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel Aseem Alagh Lieutenant Colonel Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel Vijay Guleria Lieutenant Colonel Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel Devreddy Rahul Rao Lieutenant Colonel Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Colonel Ashutosh Ashish Lieutenant Colonel Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Aashish Khandka Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Ravin Phaugat Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Rahul Roka Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Sushrujen Pangeijam Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Ashutosh Kumar Yadav Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Maan Singh Grewal Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Pratik Kumar Pandey Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Anurag Sawarni Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Rajender Singh Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Arman Singh Shekhawat Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Archit Indurkar Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Aditya Singh Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Akshay Kumar Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Sandeep Bhatt Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Aditya Pratap Singh Baghel Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Arun Kumar Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Alok Jaiswal Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Ravindra Bhatt Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Major Ojaswi Sharma Major Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Captain Dushyant Sihag Captain Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Captain Sangam Dixit Captain Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Captain Abhishek Raj Captain Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Captain Saptarishi Chakraborty Captain Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Captain Brijesh Thapa Captain Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Captain Rohit Bhagchandani Captain Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Mohd Wasim Lieutenant Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Subedar Sunil Dutt Subedar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Subedar Shiv Charan Chick Baraick Subedar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Subedar G Raguvaran Subedar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Ris Rajjak Ali Khan Ris Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naib Subedar Ukleekar Shankar Basappa Naib Subedar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naib Subedar Babu Ram Naib Subedar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Havildar Gurpreet Singh Havildar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Havildar Kokku Rajesh Havildar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Havildar Dubey Jagdish Chandra Narottam Havildar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Havildar Thakur Bahadur Ale Magar Havildar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Havildar Pemba Tshering Bhutia Havildar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Than Singh Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Akshaya Sen Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Kawaljeet Singh Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Anil Rana Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Rahul Singh Nagi Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Suresh Yadav Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Satish Ray Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Goutam Rajbanshi Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Kuldip Singh Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Pravakar Pradhan Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Naik Manish Gurung Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lance Naik Roman Pradhan Lance Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lance Naik Adarsh P Lance Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lance Naik Rajesh Chand Lance Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lance Naik Prithvi Lance Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lance Naik Stanzin Targias Lance Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lance Naik Samtan Gurmeth Lance Naik Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Sepoy Narotam Sepoy Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Sepoy Darre Pullaiah Sepoy Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Sepoy Mohit Singh Airy Sepoy Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Rifleman Shailendra Singh Rifleman Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Sowar Anil Kumar Sowar Army
Sena Medal (Gallantry) Sowar Mhase Jagdish Madhukar Sowar Army

Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry)

Award Name Rank Branch
Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Commander Sourabh Malik Lieutenant Commander Navy
Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) Lieutenant Commander Satyam Singh Lieutenant Commander Navy

Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry)

Award Name Rank Branch
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Group Captain Ankit Raj Singh Group Captain Air Force
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Wing Commander Akshay Saxena Wing Commander Air Force
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Wing Commander Ankit Sood Wing Commander Air Force
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Wing Commander Dushyant Singh Rathore Wing Commander Air Force
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Wing Commander Jude Joseph Pereira Wing Commander Air Force
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Squadron Leader Prathamesh D Dongre Squadron Leader Air Force
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Flight Lieutenant Tarun Nair Flight Lieutenant Air Force
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Corporal Vikky Pahade Corporal Air Force
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