Maha Vir Chakra

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) (Template:Lit.) is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The medal may be awarded posthumously.

Appearance

The medal is made of standard silver and is circular in shape. Embossed on the obverse is a five pointed heraldic star with circular center-piece bearing the gilded state emblem of India in the center. The words "Mahavira Chakra" are embossed in Hindi and English on the reverse with two lotus flowers in the middle. The decoration is worn on the left chest with a half-white and half-orange riband about 3.2 cm in width, the orange being near the left shoulder.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

More than 218 acts of bravery and selfless courage have been recognized since the inception of the medal. The most MVCs awarded in a single conflict was in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, when eleven were given to the Indian Air Force.

Bar to MVC

Provision was made for the award of a bar for a second award of the Maha Vir Chakra, the first two being awarded in 1965. To date, there are six known awards of a first bar:

S. No.	Rank	Name	Branch	Date of First Award	Date of Second Award
1	Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	Template:Air force	1 January 1962	1 September 1965
2	Major General	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	Template:Army	19 March 1948	6 September 1965
3	General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	Template:Army	16 September 1965	5 December 1971
4	Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	Template:Air force	6 September 1965	5 December 1971
5	Colonel	Chewang Rinchen	Template:Army	1 July 1948	8 December 1971
6	Brigadier	Sant Singh	Template:Army	2 November 1965	2 January 1972

No second bars have been awarded. Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use MVC as a post-nominal abbreviation.

List of recipients

The Mahavir Chakra awardees include:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Key

†	Indicates posthumous honour

S. No.	Rank	Name	Branch	Operation/War	Date of Award
1	Lieutenant Colonel	Dewan Ranjit Rai	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27-Oct-1947
2	Sepoy	Dewan Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Nov-1947
3	Naik	Chand Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	22-Nov-1947
4	Subedar	Bishan Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12-Dec-1947
5	Jemadar	Nand Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12-Dec-1947
6	Colonel	Thakur Prithi Chand	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1948
7	Civilian	Ram Chandar	Civilian	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
8	Major	Yadunath Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
9	Lieutenant Colonel	Inder Jit Singh Butalia	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
10	Lieutenant Colonel	Khushal Chand	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
11	Brigadier	Mohammad Usman	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
12	Lieutenant Colonel	Man Mohan Khanna	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
13	Brigadier	Rajinder Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
14	Major	Annavi K Ramaswamy	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
15	Sepoy	Man Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
16	Havildar	Daya Ram	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
17	Colonel	Kishan Singh Rathor	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
18	Subedar Major	Krishna Sonawane	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
19	Major	Sardar Malkit Singh Brar	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
20	Major	Satyapal Chopra	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
21	Lieutenant Colonel	Hari Chand	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
22	Sepoy	Hari Singh	Template:Army	1948 Operation Polo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Mar-1948
23	Subedar	Gurdial Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
24	Major General	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="gallantryawards.gov.in">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
25	Brigadier	Arvind Nilkanth Jatar	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
26	Naik	Shishpal Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
27	Rifleman	Dhonkal Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
28	Lieutenant Colonel	Kaman Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
29	Jemadar	Lal Bahadur Khattri	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1952
30	Jemadar	Hardev Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
31	Naik	Nar Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
32	Naik	Raju	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
33	Subedar	Chuni Ram	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
34	Civilian Porter	Mohd Ismail	Civilian	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
35	Sepoy	Amar Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
36	Major	Chewang Rinchen	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="ReferenceA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jul-1948
37	Naik	Pritam Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
38	Jemadar	Sampooran Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
39	Brigadier	Sher Jung Thapa	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
40	Subedar	Fateh Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
41	Lieutenant Colonel	Harbans Singh Virk	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
42	Lieutenant General	Anil Krishna Barat	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
43	Lance Naik	Rabi Lal Thapa	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
44	Lieutenant Colonel	Dharam Singh	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
45	Major General	Anant Singh Pathania	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
46	Havildar	Ram Parsad Gurung	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
47	Jemadar	Lal Singh	Template:Army	1948 Operation Polo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Nov-1948
48	Brigadier	Kanhya Lal Atal	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
49	Captain	Dara Dinshaw Mistry	Template:Army	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
50	Air Commodore	Mehar Singh	Template:Air force	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
51	Air Marshal	Minoo Merwan Engineer	Template:Air force	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
52	Wing Commander	Sidney Basil Norohna	Template:Air force	1947 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1950
53	Lieutenant Colonel	AG Rangaraj	Template:Army	1951 Operation Tomahawk<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	24-Mar-1951
54	Colonel	Nirod Baran Banerjee	Template:Army	1951 Operation Tomahawk<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	March-1951
55	Air Chief Marshal	Hrushikesh Moolgavkar	Template:Air force	1961 Operation Vijay: Goa<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	08-Dec-1951
56	Lance Naik	Ran Bahadur Gurung	Template:Army	1961 UN Operation: Congo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Dec-1961
57	Naik	Mahabir Thapa	Template:Army	1962 UN Operation: Congo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16-Dec-1961
58	Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	Template:Air force	1962 Operation Leg Horn<ref name="ReferenceB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1962
59	Naik	Chain Singh	Template:Army	1962 Operation Leg Horn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10-Oct-1962
60	Subedar	Kanshi Ram	Template:Army	1962 Operation Leg Horn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10-Oct-1962
61	Havildar	Sarup Singh	Template:Army	1962 Operation Leg Horn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19-Oct-1962
62	Lieutenant Colonel	Bhagwan Dutt Dogra	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
63	Second lieutenant	GKV Prasanna Rao	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
64	Lieutenant Colonel	Gurdial Singh	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
65	Captain	Mahabir Prasad	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
66	Major	Mahander Singh Chaudhary	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
67	Lieutenant Colonel	Sardul Singh Randhawa	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
68	Brigadier	Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
69	Subedar	Sonam Stopdhan	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
70	General	Tapishwar Narain Raina	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Oct-1962
71	Naib Subedar	Rabi Lal Thapa	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21-Oct-1962
72	Colonel	Ajit Singh	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	22-Oct-1962
73	Major General	Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	25-Oct-1962
74	Sepoy	Kewal Singh	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Oct-1962
75	Havildar	Satigian Phunchok	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27-Oct-1962
76	Jemadar	Isht Tundup	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27-Oct-1962
77	Rifleman	Jaswant Singh Rawat	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Nov-1962
78	Major	Shyamal Dev Goswami	Template:Army	1962 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	18-Nov-1962
79	Lieutenant	Ved Prakash Trehan	Template:Army	Congo Crisis<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	29-Dec-1962
80	Major General	Sushil Kumar Mathur	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Apr-1965
81	Major	Baljit Singh Randhawa	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-May-1965
82	Captain	Chander Narain Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Aug-1965
83	Major General	Swarup Singh Kalaan	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Aug-1965
84	Lieutenant General	Ram Dharam Dass Hira	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Aug-1965
85	Lieutenant General	Zorawar Chand Bakshi	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Aug-1965
86	Colonel	Gurbans Singh Sangha	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1965
87	Lieutenant General	Ranjit Singh Dayal	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	25-Aug-1965
88	Major	Bhaskar Roy	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Sep-1965
89	Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	Template:Air force	1965 Operation Riddle<ref name="ReferenceB"/>	01-Sep-1965
90	Air Commodore	William MacDonald Goodman	Template:Air force	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Sep-1965
91	Subedar	Ajit Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
92	Brigadier	Desmond Hayde	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
93	Major General	Gurbaksh Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
94	Major General	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref name="gallantryawards.gov.in"/>	06-Sep-1965
95	Lieutenant General	Har Krishen Sibal	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
96	Lieutenant General	Khem Karan Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
97	Lieutenant Colonel	Narindra Nath Khanna	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
98	Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	Template:Air force	1965 Operation Riddle<ref name="ReferenceC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
99	Air Marshal	Prem Pal Singh	Template:Air force	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Sep-1965
100	Brigadier	Raghubir Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	07-Sep-1965
101	Lieutenant Colonel	Harbans Lal Mehta	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	08-Sep-1965
102	Naib Subedar	Naubat Ram	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	08-Sep-1965
103	Brigadier	Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	08-Sep-1965
104	Major General	Mohindar Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	09-Sep-1965
105	Brigadier	Sampuran Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	09-Sep-1965
106	Major General	Salim Caleb	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10-Sep-1965
107	Major General	Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Sep-1965
108	General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref name="ReferenceD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16-Sep-1965
109	Major	Asa Ram Tyagi	Template:Army	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21-Sep-1965
110	Captain	Kapil Singh Thapa	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21-Sep-1965
111	Brigadier	Pagadala K Nandagopal	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	28-Sep-1965
112	Subedar	Tika Bahadur Thapa	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30-Sep-1965
113	Major	Bhupinder Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Oct-1965
114	Naik	Darshan Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	02-Nov-1965
115	Captain	Gautam Mubayi	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	02-Nov-1965
116	Brigadier	Sant Singh	Template:Army	1965 Operation Riddle<ref name="ReferenceE">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	02-Nov-1965
117	Major	Harbhajan Singh	Template:Army	1967 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Sep-1967
118	Brigadier	Rai Singh Yadav	Template:Army	1967 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Sep-1967
119	Lieutenant Colonel	Mahatam Singh	Template:Army	1967 Indo-China War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Oct-1967
120	Lieutenant General	Anand Sarup	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1971
121	Brigadier	Arun Bhimrao Harolikar	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1971
122	Major General	Anthony Harold Edward Michigan	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1971
123	Major General	Hardev Singh Kler	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1971
124	Captain	Mohan Narayan Rao Samant	Template:Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1971
125	Brigadier	Rajkumar Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1971
126	Lieutenant Colonel	Surinder Kapur	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1971
127	Lance Naik	Ram Ugrah Pandey	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	24-Nov-1971
128	Sepoy	Ansuya Prasad	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30-Nov-1971
129	Rifleman	Pati Ram Gurung	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30-Nov-1971
130	Lieutenant Colonel	Shamsher Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Dec-1971
131	Vice Admiral	Swaraj Parkash	Template:Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Dec-1971
132	Major	Anup Singh Gahlaut	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Dec-1971
133	Brigadier	Basdev Singh Mankotia	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Dec-1971
134	Major General	Anant Vishwanath Natu	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Dec-1971
135	Major General	Kashmiri Lal Rattan	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Dec-1971
136	Major General	Prem Kumar Khanna	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Dec-1971
137	Lieutenant Colonel	Jaivir Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Dec-1971
138	Air Vice-Marshal	Vidya Bhushan Vasisht	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	03-Dec-1971
139	Group Captain	Allan Albert D’Costa	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	04-Dec-1971
140	Subedar Major	Bir Bahadur Pun	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	04-Dec-1971
141	Commodore	Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao	Template:Navy	1971 Operation Trident<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	04-Dec-1971
142	Brigadier	K Gowrishankar	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="ReferenceD" />	05-Dec-1971
143	Brigadier	HS Kler	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="ReferenceC" />	---Dec-1971
144	General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="ReferenceD" />	05-Dec-1971
145	Commodore	Babru Bhan Yadav	Template:Navy	1971 Operation Trident<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Dec-1971
146	Captain	Devinder Singh Ahlawat	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Dec-1971
147	Lieutenant General	Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Dec-1971
148	Brigadier	Kuldip Singh Chandpuri	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Dec-1971
149	Brigadier	Narinder Singh Sandhu	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Dec-1971
150	Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="ReferenceC" />	05-Dec-1971
151	Air Marshal	Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Dec-1971
152	Lieutenant Colonel	Sawai Bhawani Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	05-Dec-1971
153	Lieutenant General	Joginder Singh Gharaya	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Dec-1971
154	Brigadier	Kailash Prasad Pande	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Dec-1971
155	Brigadier	Mohindar Lal Whig	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Dec-1971
156	Sepoy	Pandurang Salunkhe	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	06-Dec-1971
157	Air Vice-Marshal	Chandan Singh	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	07-Dec-1971
158	Lieutenant Colonel	Chittoor Venugopal	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	07-Dec-1971
159	Lieutenant General	Joginder Singh Bakshi	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	07-Dec-1971
160	Subedar Major	Mohinder Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	07-Dec-1971
161	Major	Chewang Rinchen	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="ReferenceA" />	08-Dec-1971
162	Petty Officer	Chiman Singh	Template:Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	08-Dec-1971
163	Commander	Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha	Template:Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	08-Dec-1971
164	Brigadier	Udai Singh Bhati	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	08-Dec-1971
165	Captain	Mahendra Nath Mulla	Template:Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	09-Dec-1971
166	Naik	Sugan Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	09-Dec-1971
167	Brigadier	Rattan Nath Sharma	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10-Dec-1971
168	Lieutenant Colonel	Harish Chandra Pathak	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Dec-1971
169	Major	Kulwant Singh Pannu	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Dec-1971
170	Brigadier	Sukhjit Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Dec-1971
171	Major	Vijay Rattan Choudhry	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11-Dec-1971
172	Lance Naik	Drig Pal Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13-Dec-1971
173	Captain	Pradip Kumar Gour	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	14-Dec-1971
174	Brigadier	Amarjit Singh Bal	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Dec-1971
175	Havildar	Thomas Philipose	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Dec-1971
176	Lieutenant Colonel	Ved Prakash Ghai	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Dec-1971
177	Lieutenant General	Hanut Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16-Dec-1971
178	Lieutenant General	Raj Mohan Vohra	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16-Dec-1971
179	Captain	Shankar Shankhapan Walkar	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16-Dec-1971
180	Air Vice-Marshal	Cecil Vivian Parker	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
181	Air Commodore	Harcharan Singh Manget	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
182	Air Vice-Marshal	Madhavendra Banerji	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
183	Subedar	Malkiat Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
184	Group Captain	Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
185	Air Commodore	Ramesh Sakharam Benegal	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
186	Second Lieutenant	Shamsher Singh Samra	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
187	Lance Naik	Shanghara Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17-Dec-1971
188	Lance Havildar	Dil Bahadur Chettri	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21-Dec-1971
189	Rear Admiral	Santosh Kumar Gupta	Template:Navy	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21-Dec-1971
190	Brigadier	Vijay Kumar Berry	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	28-Dec-1971
191	Air Chief Marshal	S. K. Kaul	Template:Air force	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30-Dec-1971
192	Subedar	Nar Bahadur Chhetri	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	31-Dec-1971
193	Colonel	Dharam Vir Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-1972
194	Brigadier	Sant Singh	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref name="ReferenceE" />	02-Jan-1972
195	Major	Daljit Singh Narang	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Jan-1972
196	Lieutenant General	Ved Prakash Airy	Template:Army	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20-Jan-1972
197	Assistant commandant	Ram Krishna Wadhwa	Template:Flagicon image BSF	1971 Indo-Pakistan War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10-Dec-1972
198	Lieutenant Colonel	Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi	Template:Army	1987 Operation Pawan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16-Oct-1987
199	Brigadier	Manjit Singh	Template:Army	1987 Operation Pawan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19-Oct-1987
200	Lieutenant	Arvind Singh	Template:Navy	1987 Operation Pawan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	22-Jan-1988
201	Squadron Leader	Ajjamada B. Devaiah	Template:Air force	1965 Operation Ablaze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1988
202	Colonel	Krishna Gopal Chatterjee	Template:Army	1987 Operation Rajiv<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1988
203	Lance Havildar	Nar Bahadur Ale	Template:Army	1987 Operation Rajiv<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1988
204	Naik	Prem Bahadur Gurung	Template:Army	1987 Operation Rajiv<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1988
205	Subedar	Sansar Chand	Template:Army	1987 Operation Rajiv<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-1988
206	Lieutenant Colonel	Inder Bal Singh Bawa	Template:Army	1987 Operation Pawan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	02-Apr-1988
207	Captain	Pratap Singh	Template:Army	1984 Operation Meghdoot<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	25-May-1988
208	Second Lieutenant	Rajeev Sandhu	Template:Army	1987 Operation Pawan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19-Jul-1988
209	Colonel	Vijay Kumar Bakshi	Template:Army	1989 Operation Pawan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	29-Mar-1989
210	Captain	Anuj Nayyar	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
211	Major	Balwan Singh	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
212	Major	Rajesh Singh Adhikari	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
213	Lieutenant Colonel	Sonam Wangchuk	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
214	Captain	Keishing Clifford Nongrun	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
215	Naik	Digendra Kumar	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
216	Captain	Neikezhakuo Kengurüse	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
217	Major	Padmapani Acharya	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
218	Major	Vivek Gupta	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15-Aug-1999
219	Sepoy	Imliakum Ao	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-2000
220	Captain	Gurjinder Singh Suri	Template:Army	1999 Operation Vijay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	01-Jan-2001
221	Colonel	B. Santosh Babu	Template:Army	2020 Operation Snow Leopard<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26-Jan-2021

External links

• List of Awardees, Awards given on 26 January 2011, India
• Writeups on Maha Vir Chakra winners
• Official Citations, Photos of MVC Awardees of the Indian Air Force
• Recipients of Mahavir Chakra from Indian Navy
• Recipients of Mahavir Chakra from Indian Army