List of Winners of Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) Award

Maha Vir Chakra or MVC award is the military decoration in India which is being given for acts of bravery and outstanding gallantry in war at different terrains. Maharvir Chakra award winners list from the year 1947 from 2001 are given below. The winners list is displayed below.

Type of Silver: Standard

Shape of Award: Circular

Made of: Embossed in “Devanagari” & “English” on the back end with 2 lotus flowers in middle.

Serial Number Name Rank Date of Award Operation/War
1 Dewan Ranjit Rai Lt Col 27-Oct-1947 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War
2 Dewan Singh Sep 03-Nov-1947
3 Chand Singh Nt 22-Nov-1947
4 Bishan Singh Sub 12-Dec-1947
5 Nand Singh Jem 12-Dec-1947
6 Dhobi Ramachander Civ 18-Dec-1947
7 Gen Yadunath Singh Maj 01-Jan-1948 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad
8 IJS Butalia Lt Col 01-Jan-1948
9 Khushal Chand Lt Col 01-Jan-1948
10 Mohammad Usman Brig 01-Jan-1948
11 Manmohan Khanna Lt Gen 01-Jan-1948
12 Rajinder Singh Brig 01-Jan-1948
13 Thakur Prithi Chand Lt Col 01-Jan-1948
14 Annavi Krishnaswamy Ramaswamy Maj 16-Jan-1948
15 Man Singh Sep 25-Jan-1948
16 Daya Ram Hav 06-Feb-1948
17 Kishan Singh Rathore Col 06-Feb-1948
18 Krishna Sonawale Sub Maj (Hony Capt) 06-Feb-1948
19 Sardar Malkiat Singh Brar Maj 08-Feb-1948
20 Satyapal Chopra Maj 15-Mar-1948
21 Hari Chand Lt Col 17-Mar-1948
22 Hari Singh Sep 17-Mar-1948
23 Gurdial Singh Sub 18-Mar-1948
24 Gen Rajindar Singh Sparrow Maj 19-Mar-1948
25 Arvind Nilkanth Jatar Brig 08-Apr-1948
26 Sis Pal Singh Nt 09-Apr-1948
27 Dhonkal Singh Rfn 30-Apr-1948
28 Kaman Singh Lt Col 18-May-1948
29 Lal Bahadur Khattri Jem 18-May-1948
30 Hardev Singh Jem 24-May-1948
31 Nar Singh Nt 31-May-1948
32 Raju Nt 11-Jun-1948
33 Chuna Ram Sub 15-Jun-1948
34 Porter Mohd Ismail Civ 23-Jun-1948
35 Amar Singh Sep 25-Jun-1948
36 Chewang Rinchen Maj 01-Jul-1948 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War
37 Pritam Singh Nt 03-Jul-1948 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad
38 Sampooran Singh Jem 06-Jul-1948
39 Sher Jang Thapa Brig 14-Aug-1948
40 Fateh Singh Sub (Hony Capt) 14-Sep-1948
41 Harbans Singh Virk Lt Col 16-Sep-1948
42 Anil Krishna Barat Lt Gen 25-Sep-1948
43 Rabi Lal Thapa L/Nt 27-Sep-1948
44 Dharam Singh Lt Col 08-Nov-1948
45 Gen Anant Singh Pathania Maj 14-Nov-1948
46 Ram Parsad Gurung Hav 15-Nov-1948
47 Lal Singh Jem 15-Nov-1948
48 Kanhya Lal Atal Brig 23-Nov-1948
49 Dara Dinshaw Mistry Capt 15-Dec-1948
50 Mehar Singh Air Cmde 26-Jan-1950 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War
51 MM Enginee Air Mrshl 26-Jan-1950
52 SB Noronha Wg Cdr 26-Jan-1950 1951 Operation Tomahawk
53 AG Rangaraj Lt Col 24-Mar-1951 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War
54 Nirod Baran Banerjee Col 29-Mar-1951 1961 Operation Vijay, Goa
55 Hrushikesh Moolgavkar ACM 08-Dec-1951
56 Ran Bahadur Gurung L/Nt 06-Dec-1961 1962 Operation Leg Horn
57 Mahabir Thapa Nt 16-Dec-1961
58 Jag Mohan Nath Wg Cdr 01-Jan-1962
59 Chain Singh Nt 10-Oct-1962
60 Kanshi Ram Sub 10-Oct-1962
61 Saroop Singh Hav 19-Oct-1962
62 Bhagwan Dutt Dogra Lt Col 20-Oct-1962
63 Gopalkrishna Venkatesa Prasanna Ra 2nd Lt. 20-Oct-1962
64 Gurdial Singh Lt Col 20-Oct-1962
65 Mahabir Prasad Capt 20-Oct-1962
66 Mahander Singh Chaudhary Maj 20-Oct-1962
67 Sardul Singh Randhawa Lt Col 20-Oct-1962
68 Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent Brig 20-Oct-1962
69 Sonam Stobdan Sub 20-Oct-1962
70 Tapishwar Narain Raina Gen 20-Oct-1962
71 Rabi Lal Thapa Nb Sub (Hony Sub) 21-Oct-1962
72 Ajit Singh Col 22-Oct-1962
73 Gen Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea Maj 25-Oct-1962
74 Kewal Singh Sep 26-Oct-1962
75 Satigian Phunchok Hav 27-Oct-1962
76 Ishe Tundup Jem 27-Oct-1962
77 Jashwant Singh Rawat Rfn 17-Nov-1962
78 Shyamal Dev Goswamy Maj 18-Nov-1962 1965 Operation Ablaze
79 Ved Prakash Trehan Lt 29-Dec-1962
80 Gen Sushil Kumar Mathur Maj 15-Apr-1965
81 Baljit Singh Randhawa Maj 17-May-1965
82 Chander Narain Singh Capt 05-Aug-1965
83 Gen Sarup Singh Kalaan Maj 05-Aug-1965
84 Ram Dharam Dass Hira Lt Gen 05-Aug-1965
85 Zorawar Chand Bakshi Lt Gen 05-Aug-1965
86 Gurbans Singh Sangha Col 15-Aug-1965 1965 Operation Riddle
87 Ranjit Singh Dyal Lt Gen 25-Aug-1965
88 Bhaskar Roy Maj 01-Sep-1965
89 Jag Mohan Nath Wg Cdr 01-Sep-1965
90 William Mac Donald Goodman Air Cmde 01-Sep-1965
91 Ajit Singh Sub 06-Sep-1965
92 Desmond Hayde Brig 06-Sep-1965
93 Gen Gurbaksh Singh Maj 06-Sep-1965
94 Gen Rajindar Singh Sparrow Maj 06-Sep-1965
95 Har Krishen Sibal Lt Gen 06-Sep-1965
96 Khem Karan Singh Lt Gen 06-Sep-1965
97 Narindera Nath Khanna Lt Col 06-Sep-1965
98 Padmanabha Gautam Wg Cdr 06-Sep-1965
99 Prem Pal Singh Air Mrshl 06-Sep-1965
100 Raghubir Singh Brig 07-Sep-1965
101 Harbans Lal Mehta Lt Col 08-Sep-1965
102 Naubat Ram Nb Sub (Hony Sub) 08-Sep-1965
103 Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj Brig 08-Sep-1965
104 Gen Mohindar Singh Maj 09-Sep-1965
105 Sampuran Singh Brig 09-Sep-1965
106 Gen Salim Caleb Maj 10-Sep-1965
107 Gen Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi Maj 11-Sep-1965
108 Arun Shridhar Vaidya Gen 16-Sep-1965
109 Asa Ram Tyagi Maj 21-Sep-1965
110 Kapil Singh Thapa Capt 21-Sep-1965
111 Pagadala Kuppuswamy Nandagopal Brig 28-Sep-1965
112 Tika Bahadur Thapa Sub 30-Sep-1965
113 Bhupinder Singh Maj 11-Oct-1965
114 Darshan Singh Nt 02-Nov-1965
115 Gautam Mubayi Capt 02-Nov-1965
116 Sant Singh Brig 02-Nov-1965
117 Harbhajan Singh Maj 11-Sep-1967
118 Rai Singh Brig 11-Sep-1967 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly
119 Mahatam Singh Lt Col 01-Oct-1967
120 Anand Sarup Lt Gen 01-Jan-1971
121 Arun Bhimrao Harolikar Brig 01-Jan-1971
122 Gen Anthony Harold Edward Michigan Maj 01-Jan-1971
123 Gen Hardev Singh Kaler Maj 01-Jan-1971
124 Mohan Narayan Rao Samant Capt 01-Jan-1971
125 Rajkumar Singh Brig 01-Jan-1971
126 Surinder Kapur Lt Col 01-Jan-1971
127 Ram Ugram Pandey L/Nt 24-Nov-1971
128 Ansuya Prasad Sep 30-Nov-1971
129 Pati Ram Gurung Rfn 30-Nov-1971
130 Gen Shamsher Singh Maj 01-Dec-1971
131 Swaraj Parkash Vice Adm 01-Dec-1971
132 Anup Singh Gahlaut Maj 03-Dec-1971
133 Basdev Singh Mankotia Brig 03-Dec-1971
134 Gen Anant Vishwanath Natu Maj 03-Dec-1971
135 Gen Kashmiri Lal Rattan Maj 03-Dec-1971
136 Gen Prem Kumar Khanna Maj 03-Dec-1971
137 Jaivir Singh Lt Col 03-Dec-1971
138 Vidya Bhushan Vasisht AVM 03-Dec-1971
139 Allan Albert D’Costa Gp Capt 04-Dec-1971
140 Bir Bahadur Pun Sub Maj (Hony Capt) 04-Dec-1971
141 Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao Cmde 04-Dec-1971
142 Arun Shridhar Vaidya Gen 05-Dec-1971
143 Babru Bahan Yadav Cmde 05-Dec-1971
144 Devinder Singh Ahlawat Capt 05-Dec-1971
145 Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar Lt Gen 05-Dec-1971
146 Kuldip Singh Chandpuri Brig 05-Dec-1971
147 Narinder Singh Sandhu Brig 05-Dec-1971
148 Padmanabha Gautam Wg Cdr 05-Dec-1971
149 Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj Air Mrshl 05-Dec-1971
150 Sawai Bhawani Singh Lt Col 05-Dec-1971
151 Joginder Singh Gharaya Lt Gen 06-Dec-1971
152 Kailash Prasad Pande Brig 06-Dec-1971
153 Mohindar Lal Whig Brig 06-Dec-1971
154 Pandurang Salunkhe Sep 06-Dec-1971
155 Chandan Singh AVM 07-Dec-1971
156 Gen Chittoor Venugopal Maj 07-Dec-1971
157 Joginder Singh Bakshi Lt Gen 07-Dec-1971
158 Mohinder Singh Sub Maj 07-Dec-1971
159 Chewang Rinchen Maj 08-Dec-1971
160 Chiman Singh P/O 08-Dec-1971
161 Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha Cdr 08-Dec-1971
162 Udai Sing Brig 08-Dec-1971
163 Mahendra Nath Mulla Capt 09-Dec-1971
164 Sugan Singh Nt 09-Dec-1971
165 Rattan Nath Sharma Brig 10-Dec-1971
166 Gen Harish Chandra Pathak Maj 11-Dec-1971
167 Gen Kulwant Singh Pannu Maj 11-Dec-1971
168 Sukhjit Singh Brig 11-Dec-1971
169 Vijay Rattan Chowdhary Maj 11-Dec-1971
170 Drig Pal Singh L/Nt 13-Dec-1971
171 Pradip Kumar Gour Capt 14-Dec-1971
172 Amarjit Singh Bal Brig 15-Dec-1971
173 Thomas Phillopose Sub Maj (Hony Capt) 15-Dec-1971
174 Ved Prakash Ghai Lt Col 15-Dec-1971
175 Hanut Singh Lt Gen 16-Dec-1971
176 Raj Mohan Vohra Lt Gen 16-Dec-1971
177 Shankar Rao Shankhapan Walkar Capt 16-Dec-1971
178 Cecil Vivian Parker AVM 17-Dec-1971
179 Harcharan Singh Mangat Air Cmde 17-Dec-1971
180 Madhavendra Banerji AVM 17-Dec-1971
181 Malkiat Singh Maj 17-Dec-1971
182 Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar Gp Capt 17-Dec-1971
183 Ramesh Sakharam Benegal Air Cmde 17-Dec-1971
184 Shamsher Singh Samra 2nd Lt. 17-Dec-1971
185 Shangara Singh L/Nt 17-Dec-1971
186 Dil Bahadur Chettri L/Hav 21-Dec-1971
187 Santosh Kumar Gupta Rear Adm 21-Dec-1971
188 Vijay Kumar Berry Brig 28-Dec-1971
189 Swaroop Krishna Kaul ACM 30-Dec-1971
190 Nar Bahadur Chhetri Sub 31-Dec-1971
191 Dharam Vir Singh Col 01-Jan-1972
192 Sant Singh Brig 02-Jan-1972
193 Daljit Singh Narang Maj 20-Jan-1972
194 Ved Prakash Airy Lt Gen 20-Jan-1972 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka
195 Ram Krishna Wadhwa Asst Comdt 10-Dec-1972
196 Nar Bahadur Ale L/Hav 26-Jan-1987
197 Prem Bahadur Gurung Nt 26-Jan-1987
198 Krishna Gopal Chatterjee Col 15-Aug-1987
199 Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi Lt Col 16-Oct-1987
200 Manjit Singh Brig 19-Oct-1987
201 Arvind Singh Capt 22-Jan-1988
202 Ajjamada Bopayya Devayya Sqn Ldr 26-Jan-1988
203 Sansar Chand Sub 26-Jan-1988
204 Inder Bal Singh Bawa Lt Col 02-Apr-1988
205 Rajeev Sandhu 2nd Lt. 19-Jul-1988
206 Pratap Singh Capt 26-Jan-1989 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil
207 Vijay Kumar Bakshi Col 29-Mar-1989
208 Anuj Nayyar Capt 01-Jan-1999
209 Balwan Singh Maj 01-Jan-1999
210 Rajesh Singh Adhikari Maj 01-Jan-1999
211 Sonam Wangchuk Lt Col 01-Jan-1999
212 Keishing Clifford Nongrun Lt 01-Jan-1999
213 Digendra Kumar Nt 15-Aug-1999
214 Neikezhakuo Kenguruse Capt 15-Aug-1999
215 Padmapani Acharya Maj 15-Aug-1999
216 Vivek Gupta Maj 15-Aug-1999
217 Imliakumao Nt 26-Jan-2000
218 Gurjinder Singh Suri Capt 01-Jan-2001

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