Vir Chakra - Notable Vir Chakra Awardees

Notable Vir Chakra Awardees

Some are listed:

  1. 2nd Lt. Hardev Pal Nayyar SS-23397
  2. Denzil Keelor
  3. Trevor Keelor
  4. Krishan Kant Saini
  5. Mohammad Ahmed Zaki
  6. Satish Nambiar
  7. BT Pandit
  8. Capt Ashok K Karkare,Arty
  9. RN Gupta
  10. Doraiswamy
  11. Arun Prakash
  12. Jerry Prem Raj
  13. Rajiq Khan
  14. Shish Ram Gill
  15. Laxminarayan Ramdas
  16. Zafar Ali Shah
  17. Harbaksh Singh
  18. Subedar Randhir Singh
  19. Sunil Khokhar
  20. Vijayant Thapar
  21. Gopal Krishna Trivedi
  22. Haneef Uddin
  23. Zorawar Chand Bakhshi
  24. Gurdev Singh Hans
  25. Gopalam Lakshminarayana Swamy
  26. Wing Commander Vishnu Narain Johri
  27. Nb Sub Chuni Lal,AC, VrC, SM (Gallantry)
  28. Lieutenant Ram Lal Chauhan (1947)
  29. Ajay Ahuja
  30. Jagandoj Limbu
  31. Major G C Verma 3 Dogra

The award carries with it a cash allowance and, in some cases, a lump sum cash award. This has been a rather controversial issue throughout the life of the decoration. From 1 February 1999, the central government set a monthly stipend of Rs. 850 for recipients of the award. In addition, many states have established individual pension rewards for the recipients of the decoration.

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