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President Droupadi Murmu approves 76 Gallantry awards

President Smt Droupadi Murmu has given her approval for 76 Gallantry awards to members of the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces on the occasion of Independence Day 2023. Among these honors are four Kirti Chakra awards (awarded posthumously), 11 Shaurya Chakra awards (including five posthumous), two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 52 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), and four Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

Additionally, the President has sanctioned 30 Mention-in-Despatches awards to Army personnel, including a posthumous award for Army dog Madhu, and one for an Air Force member. These recognitions acknowledge their significant contributions in various military operations, such as Operation Rakshak, Operation Snow Leopard, Operation Casualty Evacuation, Operation Mount Chomo, Operation Pangsau Pass, Operation Meghdoot, Operation Orchid, Operation Kalisham Valley, Rescue Operation, and Operation Evacuation.

Following is the list of Gallantry awards approved by the President:

KIRTI CHAKRA

S No Name and Rank Service Award
1 Late Shri Dilip Kumar Das Insp/GD CRPF (Posthumous)
2 Late Shri Raj Kumar Yadava HC/GD CRPF (Posthumous)
3 Late Shri Bablu Rabha Constable/GD CRPF (Posthumous)
4 Late Shri Sambhu Roy Constable C/GD CRPF (Posthumous)

SHAURYA CHAKRA

S No Name and Rank Service Award
1 IC-76052K Major Vijay Verma The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
2 IC-76877P Major Vikas Bhambhu, Sena Medal (Posthumous) 252 Army Aviation Squadron Army
3 IC-81741P Major Mustafa Bohara (Posthumous) 252 Army Aviation Squadron Army
4 IC-79120X Major Sachin Negi The Grenadiers, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
5 SC-00905H Major Rajendra Prasad Jat The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
6 SC-00971L Major Ravinder Singh Rawat The Armoured Corps, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
7 16013482F Hav Vivek Singh Tomar (Posthumous) 5th Battalion, The Rajputana Rifles Army
8 16022160H Naik Bhim Singh The Rajputana Rifles, 9th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
9 13779235X Rifleman Kulbushan Manta (Posthumous) The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, 52nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
10 Late Shri Saifullah Qadri, Sg. Constable (Now Posthumous) J&K Police MHA
11 Shri Gamit Mukesh Kumar, Constable 61 CRPF MHA

BAR TO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

S No Name and Rank Service Award
1 IC-76180F Major Nitish Tyagi, Sena Medal 12th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Army
2 IC-80201K Major A Ranjith Kumar, Sena Medal The Parachute Regiment, High Altitude Warfare School Army

SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

S No Name and Rank Service Award
1 IC-64244P Lieutenant Colonel Yogesh Kumar Sati 523 Intelligence and Field Security Unit Army
2 IC-71048X Lieutenant Colonel Dhruv Rajan The Grenadiers, 29th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
3 IC-74633H Major Abhimanyu Repswal The Armoured Corps, 22nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
4 IC-75393H Major Neikhotso Secu Angami 3rd Battalion, The 8th Gorkha Rifles Army
5 IC-76219H Major Vikas Giri The Parachute Regiment, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
6 IC-77779F Major Abhishek Tyagi The Grenadiers, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
7 IC-78013K Major Borawake Apoorv Suhas The Corps of Engineers, 3rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
8 IC-78151L Major Aashish Dhonchak The Sikh Light Infantry, 19th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
9 IC-78779N Major Navdeep Goswami 6th Battalion, The Jat Regiment Army
10 IC-79029F Major Rishabh Negi The Corps of Engineers, 3rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
11 IC-80202M Major Sanjay Singh Jamwal 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Army
12 IC-80568K Major Abhishek Katoch 5th Battalion, The Rajput Regiment Army
13 IC-81592M Major Saurabh Kumar 15th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment Army
14 IC-81775H Major Ranjit Kumar The Brigade of the Guards, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
15 IC-83008H Major Santosh Kumar 11 Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts Battalion Army
16 IC-83108N Major Rishabh Kumar Nashine 9th Battalion, The Dogra Regiment Army
17 IC-85077X Major Ronish Kumar 19th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment Army
18 SC-00943Y Major Dhumal Rohan Shahaji The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
19 SS-46282H Major Maanas Narla The Corps of Engineers, 30 (Independent) Reconnaissance and Observation Flight Army
20 SS-46286Y Major Jaiveer Yadav 2nd Battalion, The Bihar Regiment Army
21 SS-48532X Major Thakre Akash Ashok 61 Engineer Regiment Army
22 SS-48926W Major Vikas Lamba 12th Battalion, The Mahar Regiment Army
23 IC-82947Y Captain Aayush Chauhan The Rajputana Rifles, 9th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
24 IC-85483X Captain Saurabh Gupta 12th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Army
25 SS-50195M Captain Chetan Singh The Corps of Signals, 34th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
26 JC-247925L Risaldar Sanjay Kumar 55 Armoured Regiment Army
27 JC-551984N Naib Subedar Dipti Kumar Hazwari 5th Battalion, The Assam Regiment Army
28 3202898H Havildar Manoj Kumar The Jat Regiment, 34th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
29 4008286N Havildar Arun Kumar The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
30 4193965P Havildar Ranveer Singh The Kumaon Regiment, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
31 4199936W Havildar Pradeep Kumar Singh 15th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment Army
32 13630562K Naik Sovindra Kumar 12th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Army
33 18005135A Naik Dharmvir The Corps of Engineers, 3rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
34 19002538L Naik Hardeep Singh 24th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment Army
35 2706631X Naik Munish Kumar The Grenadiers, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
36 3012008F Naik Satyendra Singh The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
37 3012377Y Naik Khemchand 5th Battalion, The Rajput Regiment Army
38 4486359P Naik Harjinder Singh The Sikh Light Infantry, 19th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
39 9114169H Naik Rafiq Ahmad Mir The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
40 20004865Y Lance Naik Abhishek The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
41 3018169A Lance Naik Sanwra Choudhary The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
42 20007762L Sepoy Yashwant Singh The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
43 2518207X Sepoy Akashdeep Singh 18th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment Army
44 3016460N Sepoy Sateram The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
45 3018182K Sepoy Lakshmi Narayan Adhana The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
46 3018252X Sepoy Dhan Singh Gurjar The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
47 3211310X Sepoy Vikash The Jat Regiment, 34th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
48 12975042N Rifleman Shaheen Husain Gan 162 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Army
49 15511217Y Sowar Ravi Sharma The Armoured Corps, 22nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
50 16123961L Sapper Vishal Yadav The Corps of Engineers, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
51 2713315F Grenadier Salim Khan The Grenadiers, 29th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army
52 15251500W Gunner Ramalingam K The Regiment of Artillery, 19th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles Army

NAO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

S No Name and Rank Service
1 Lieutenant Commander Paneerselvam Vishnu Prasanna (08495-F) Navy
2 Commander Kaustab Banerjee (06158-W) Navy
3 Commander Hanish Singh Karki (05093-Z) Navy

VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

S No Name and Rank Service
1 Wing Commander Shiv Kumar Chauhan (28472) Flying (Pilot) Air Force
2 Wing Commander Shrey Tomar (30170) Flying (Pilot) Air Force
3 Squadron Leader GL Vineeth (31529) Flying (Pilot) Air Force
4 Flight Lieutenant Pradeep Murugan (36071) MET/GARUD Air Force

Following is the list of ‘Mention-In-Despatches’ of Army and Air Force Personnel:

S No Name and Rank Operation Service
1 Lieutenant Colonel Gimmy Thomas (IC-64239K) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
2 Major Ajit Kumar Rout (IC-72069A) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
3 Major Jaiddep Jakhar (IC-77241A) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
4 Major Amandeep Singh (IC-82779L) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
5 Major Ankit (SS-49906P) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
6 Havildar Amandeep Rana (4580203W) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
7 Naik Bashir Ahmad Ganai (12974354X) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
8 Acting Lance Dafadar Mohd Ibrahim Khan Mustufa Khan (7244077N) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
9 Sepoy Yudhveer (4205174M) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
10 Army Dog Madhu (8B99, Posthumous) Operation Rakshak Indian Army
11 Lieutenant Colonel Aakash Majumdar (SS-44547H) Operation Snow Leopard Indian Army
12 Major Jasvinder Chauhan (IC-79220H) Operation Snow Leopard Indian Army
13 Major Prateek Bist (IC-81520H) Operation Snow Leopard Indian Army
14 Captain Rahul Kaushal (SS-49899K) Operation Snow Leopard Indian Army
15 Havildar Madhukar Kumar (15168221M) Operation Snow Leopard Indian Army
16 Trainee Rapten Phuntsok (00073247K) Operation Snow Leopard Indian Army
17 Lieutenant Colonel Vikramjit Singh (IC-67128X) Operation Casualty Evacuation Indian Army
18 Lieutenant Colonel Roshnikanta Irungbam (IC-71283W) Operation Casualty Evacuation Indian Army
19 Captain Navneet Singh Rana (IC-83294P) Operation Mount Chomo Indian Army
20 Naib Subedar Jarnail Singh (JC-192911H) Operation Pangsa Pass Indian Army
21 Rifleman Tidip Siksa (G/5013009H) Operation Pangsa Pass Indian Army
22 Havildar Jagjit Singh (13626980F) Operation Meghdoot Indian Army
23 Havildar Lovejit Singh (4483607P) Operation Meghdoot Indian Army
24 Havildar Rai Singh Uikey (G/3200992N) Operation Orchid Indian Army
25 Havildar Jagroop Singh (13626896F) Operation Kalisham Valley Indian Army
26 Naik Aravind Kumar Maurya (15583031L) Rescue Operation Indian Army
27 Major Parambeer Singh (IC-79986M) CH&AC Meeting Approval Indian Army
28 Major Nongmeikapam Danish (TA-42681P) CH&AC Meeting Approval Indian Army
29 Captain Abhishek Dhaka (IC-86130K) CH&AC Meeting Approval Indian Army
30 Naik Mahesh Shrestha (5050882X) CH&AC Meeting Approval Indian Army
31 Wing Commander Ashish Kapoor (28218) Operation Evacuation Indian Air Force

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