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Param Vir Chakra

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is the highest gallantry award for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the highest degree of valour in the presence of the enemy. It was established on January 26, 1950, by the President of India, with effect from August 15, 1947.

The medal was designed by Mrs Savitri Khanolankar who was married to an Indian Army officer. The medal is of 1-3/8 inch radius and is made of bronze. In the center, on a raised circle is the state emblem, surrounding which are the four replicas of Indra's Vajra.

The decoration is suspended from a straight swiveling suspension bar. On the rear, around a plain center, two legends separated by lotus flowers. The words Param Vir Chakra are written in Hindi and English. The ribbon which holds the PVC is of 32 mm length and purple in colour. The award carries a cash allowance for those under the rank of second lieutenant (or the appropriate service equivalent) and, in some cases, a lump-sum cash award.

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1999

Name	Place
Captain Vikram Batra	Point 5140, Point 4875, Kargil Area
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav	Tiger Hill, Kargil area
Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey	Khaluber/Juber Top, Batalik sector, Kargil area, Jammu and Kashmir
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar	Area Flat Top, Kargil Area

1987

Name	Place
Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran	Sri Lanka
Naib Subedar Bana Singh	Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir

1971

Name	Place
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon	Srinagar, Kashmir
Lance Naik Albert Ekka	Gangasagar
Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal	Jarpal, Shakargarh Sector
Major Hoshiar Singh	Basantar River, Shakargarh Sector

1965

Name	Place
Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid	Chima, Khem Karan Sector
Lieutenant-Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore	Phillora, Sialkot Sector, Pakistan

1962

Name	Place
Major Dhan Singh Thapa	Ladakh, India
Major Shaitan Singh	Rezang La
Subedar Joginder Singh	Tongpen La, Northeast Frontier Agency, India

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