455 Gallantry & other Defence Decorations: Full list of Our Heroes

455 Gallantry & other Defence Decorations: Full list of Our Heroes

The President has approved awards of 455 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others on the eve of 72nd Republic Day celebrations. These include one Mahavir Chakra, 05 Kirti Chakras, 05 Vir Chakras, 07 Shaurya Chakras.

♦Mahavir Chakra (1)

• Colonel Santosh Babu (posthumous), Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar Regiment.

♦Kirti Chakra (5)

• Sanjiv Kumar (posthumous), Subedar, 4th Parachute Regiment,
• Pintu Kumar Singh, Inspector/GD, CRPF (posthumous),
• Shyam Narayan Singh Yadava, Head Constable/GD, CRPF (posthumous),
• Vinod Kumar, Constable, CRPF (posthumous),
• Rahul Mathur, Deputy Commandant, CRPF.

♦Vir Chakra (5)

• Naib Subedar Nuduram Soren (posthumous),
• Havildar K Palani (posthumous),
• Sepoy Gurtej Singh (posthumous),
• Havildar Tejinder Singh and
• Naik Deepak Singh (posthumous).

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♦Shaurya Chakra (7)

• Major Anup Sood (posthumous), 21st Battalion, Rashtriya Rifles;
• Rifleman Pranab Jyoti Das, 6th battalion, Assam Rifles;
• Paratrooper Sonam Tshering Tamang, 4th battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special forces);
• Arshad Khan (posthumous), Inspector, J&K Police;
• Ghulam Mustafa Barah (posthumous), SGCT, J&K Police;
• Naseer Ahmad Kolie (posthumous), Constable, J&K Police;
• Bilal Ahmad Magray (posthumous), Special Police Officer, J&K Police