Gallantry Awards
Awards & Honors · वीरता पुरस्कार · 15 facts
Param Vir Chakra is highest wartime gallantry award
Maha Vir Chakra is second highest wartime gallantry award
Vir Chakra is third highest wartime gallantry award
Ashoka Chakra is highest peacetime gallantry award
Major Somnath Sharma was first Param Vir Chakra awardee
Captain Vikram Batra received Param Vir Chakra Kargil War
Subedar Joginder Singh received Param Vir Chakra 1962 war
Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon only Air Force PVC
Lance Naik Albert Ekka received PVC in 1971 war posthumously
Kirti Chakra is second highest peacetime gallantry award
Shaurya Chakra is third highest peacetime gallantry award
Param Vir Chakra made of bronze of captured enemy guns
Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal received PVC posthumously 1971
Total 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees till 2024
Havildar Abdul Hamid received PVC in 1965 war posthumously