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ST. TERESA’S SCHOOL 1st Raj. Girls Battalion NCC
NAME: AVANI SHEKHAWAT
FATHER’s NAME: MR. BHAWANI SINGH SHEKHAWAT
RANK: CADET
CLASS: IX
PROFESSTION: STUDENT
TOPIC: WARTIME GALLENTRY AWARD ‘PARAM VEER CHAKRA’ WINNERS
PARAM VEER CHAKRA India's highest military adornment, after Bharat Ratna which is awarded
to those courageous and daring or the braves ,who self-sacrifice their life for their motherland,
while fighting with enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. Param Veer Chakra cannot be
asked, it need to be earnrd. This award comes to those ,if death strikes before them, they prove
their blood, they swear, they can kill death. It was introduced on 26 January, 1950 on the first
Republic Day. This award may be given posthumously. The medal of the PVC was designed
by Savitri Khanolkar. The list of 21 Brave Military Men who have received this award to date are:
1. Maj. Somnath Sharma
4 Kumaon|Badgam, Kashmir|November 3, 1947
Major Sharma, with a broken arm, staved off enemy attacking on Badgam
aerodrome and Srinagar. He was personally filling magazines and issuing them to
the light machine gunners. His death inspired the fellow soldiers to fight the enemy
7:1 for six hours.
2. Naik Jadunath Singh
1 Rajput|Taindhara, Naushera, Kashmir| February 6, 1948
Naik Singh was commanding a forward post when the enemy attacked. We suffered
heavy losses. Eventually Singh somehow saved his troops, but fell to bullets.
3. 2nd Lt Rama Raghoba Rane
Bombay Engineers|Naushera-Rajouri Road|April 8-11, 1948
Rane braved machine gun fire, cleared mines and roadblocks as he laid a path for
tanks. His diligence over days, despite being wounded, facilitated the advance on
Rajouri. He drove to a roadblock in a tank, crouched under it, and cleared the
mines.
4. Company Haviladar Major Piru Singh
6 Rajputana Rifles|Tithwal sector, J&K|July 18, 1948
Major Singh single-handedly occupied an enemy post and moved to attack another
when a grenade hit him. He still lobbed grenades and managed to destroy another
bunker before succumbing to death.
5. Lance Naik Karam Singh
1 Sikh|Tithwal sector, J&K|October 13, 1948
Lance Naik Singh commanded a post when the enemy launched eight strikes. The
Sikhs repulsed each wave but Karam Singh was wounded. When 2 enemy soldiers
came too close, he bayoneted the intruders to death.
6. Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria
3/1 Gorkha Rifles|Elizabethville, Katanga, Congo|December 5, 1961
Part of the UN Force, Capt. Salaria and his Gorkhas charged a roadblock, killing 40
and knocking out two enemy cars. The rest fled. Salaria died of heavy bullet
wounds.
7. Major Dhan Singh Thapa
1/8 Gorkha Rifles|Ladakh|October 21, 1962
Major Thapa's post in Ladakh came under Chinese attack. He killed many in hand-
to-hand combat before he was overpowered. He was presumed dead but it came
to light that he'd been taken PoW. Major Thapa was later freed.
8. Subedar Joginder Singh
1 Sikh|Tawang, Arunachal|October 20-23, 1962
Holding a position in Tongpeng La area, Subedar Singh faced repeated attacks by
the Chinese. Despite a wound in the thigh, he refused evacuation. He manned a
light machine gun and killed a large number of enemies. Finally better weapons of
the enemy prevailed and Singh was martyred.
9. Major Shaitan Singh
13 Kumaon Regiment|Rezang La, Chusul sector, Ladakh|November 18, 1962
Holding a key position, Major Singh's men came under heavy Chinese attack. Hurt,
he ordered his men to leave him there. They placed him behind a boulder where
he succumbed to his injuries.
10. Lt. Col. A B Tarapore
17 Poona Horse|Phillora, Sialkot, Pakistan|September 11-16, 1965
Told to deliver the armoured thrust to capture Phillora, Lt.Col. Tarapore was at
the helm of the tank battle of 1965 Indo-Pak war. He led assault on Jassoran &
Butur-Dograndi. He was mortally wounded.
11. Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid
4 Grenadiers|Cheema, Khem Karan|September 10, 1965
Havilar moved out with his anti-tank recoilless rifle mounted on a jeep when Pak
forces attacked Karan sector. Hamid was mortally wounded.
12. Lance Naik Albert Ekka
14 Guards|Gangasagar, 6 1/2km west of Agartala|December 4, 1971
Ordered to capture a position during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Ekka charged an
enemy bunker, bayoneted enemy soldiers, silenced a LMG, hurled a grenade into
an enemy bunker before finally succumbing to injuries.
13. Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon
No.18 "Flying Bullets" Squadron|Srinagar|December 14, 1971
Srinagar airfield was attacked by a wave of 6 Sabre aircraft. Flying officer Sekhon
engaged a pair of the attacking Sabres, succeeded in damaging two of the enemy
aircraft before his plane crashed.
14. Second Lt. Arun Khetarpal
17 Poona Horse, 47 Infantry Brigade| Shakargarh sector|December 16, 1971
To establish a bridge-head across a river in the '71 war, he attacked enemy points,
captured soldiers and destroyed tanks. Later he died when his tank was hit.
15. Major Hoshiar Singh
Grenadiers Regiment| Shakargarh sector| December 17, 1971
Facing a wave of counter attacks, Major Singh, while he was injured, rushed to a
machine-gun pit and manned the gun himself till the enemy retreated. Singh
refused to be evacuated till the ceasefire.
16. Naib Subedar Bana Singh
J&K Light Infantry|Siachen|1987
Leading his men through a hazardous route to rid the area of Pakistani infiltrators
in '87, Naib Subedar Singh lobbed grenades, charged with a bayonet, and, moving
from trench to trench, cleared the post of all intruders.
17. Major Ramaswamy Parameswaram
Mahar Regiment|Sri Lanka (Operation Pawan)|November 25, 1987
Parameswaram's column was ambushed. He encircled the enemy and charged.
Despite getting shot in the chest, he snatched the rifle from a militant and shot
him in the head. He gave orders till his last breath.
18. Captain Vikram Batra
13 J&K Rifles|July 7, 1999
During the Kargil war, Captain Batra engaged three enemy soldiers in close
combat and killed them as his Delta Company recaptured Point 5140 before
overrunning enemy posts at Point 4750 and Point 4875. He was killed by enemy
fire as he tried to rescue a fellow officer.
19. Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey
1/11 Gorkha Rifles|July 2-3, 1999
Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey forced back intruders from Batalik and led his men to
recapture Jaubar Top. In a bid to recapture Khalubar, the battalion was halted by
enemy fire but Pandey surged ahead through a hail of bullets, collapsing only
after the last of the enemies had been killed.
20. Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
18 Grenadiers|July 3-4, 1999
Tasked to capture 3 Tiger Hill bunkers, Grenadier Yadav, after being hit by three
bullets, climbed the remaining 60 feet to an enemy bunker at the top and lobbed
a grenade, killing 4 and neutralising enemy fire.
21. Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
13 J&k Rifles|July 4, 1999
Tasked with capturing a point in Ladakh's Mushkoh Valley, Rifleman Kumar
crawled alone up the ledge, picked up an enemy machine gun and killed three
enemy soldiers.
These were the real heroes, who were awarded with param veer chakra award, the highest
gallantry award after bharat ratna. Some sacrificed their life in the war. These 21 legends
showed great bravery during the war. They came back after hoisting the national tricolor, or
they came back wrapped in it. Thanks to my motherland that she had given me such brave
soldiers who self sacrificed, their life to safe their motherland.
Jai Hind……
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