Vir Chakra
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| Award Information | ||
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| Type | War Time Gallantry | |
| Category | National Bravery | |
| Instituted | 1952 | |
| First Awarded | 1947 | |
| Last Awarded | 1999 | |
| Awarded by | Government of India | |
| Description | The third highest military decoration in India. | |
| Ribbon | Half dark blue, half orange | |
| Award Rank | ||
| Maha Vir Chakra ← Vir Chakra → none | ||
Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefield. Award of the decoration carried with it the right to use Vr.C. as a postnominal abbreviation (note the care to distinguish this abbreviation from that for the Victoria Cross (V.C.). It is third in precedence in the war time gallantry awards and comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra.[1]
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[edit] Origin
Established by the President of India on 26 January 1950 (with effect from 15 August 1947). The statutes were amended 12 January 1952 to readjust the order of wearing as new decorations were established.
[edit] Appearance
The medal is 1-3/8 inch circular silver medal. A five pointed star, with the chakra in the center, and, on this, the domed gilded state emblem. The decoration is named on the rim and suspended from a swiveling straight-bar suspender. The decoration is almost always named and dated on the edge. Around a plain center, two legends separated by lotus flowers; above Vir Chakra in Hindi and in English. The ribbon is 32 mm, half dark blue and half orange-saffron. Dark blue 16 mm, saffron 16 mm.
[edit] Notable Vir Chakra Awardees
Some are listed:
- 2nd Lt. Hardev Pal Nayyar SS-23397
- Denzil Keelor
- Trevor Keelor
- Krishan Kant Saini
- Mohammad Ahmed Zaki
- Satish Nambiar
- BT Pandit
- Capt Ashok K Karkare,Arty
- RN Gupta
- Doraiswamy
- Arun Prakash
- Jerry Prem Raj
- Rajiq Khan
- Shish Ram Gill
- Laxminarayan Ramdas
- Zafar Ali Shah
- Harbaksh Singh
- Subedar Randhir Singh
- Sunil Khokhar
- Vijayant Thapar
- Gopal Krishna Trivedi
- Haneef Uddin
- Zorawar Chand Bakhshi
- Gurdev Singh Hans
- Gopalam Lakshminarayana Swamy
- Wing Commander Vishnu Narain Johri
- Nb Sub Chuni Lal,AC, VrC, SM (Gallantry)
- Lieutenant Ram Lal Chauhan (1947)
- Ajay Ahuja
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.
[edit] References
Capt Ashok Kumar Karkare
[edit] External links
- Indian Army - Awardees of Vir Chakra
- Indian Navy - Awardees of Vir Chakra
- Indian Air Force - Awardees of Vir Chakra
- Indian Gallantry Awards
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