Maha Vir Chakra

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Maha Vir Chakra
Mahavir-chakra

Maha Vir Chakra ribbon.svg
Maha Vir Chakra medal and ribbon
TypeMedal
Awarded for"... acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea or in the air."[1]
CountryIndia Republic of India
Presented byIndia Republic of India
EligibilityMilitary personnel
StatusCurrently awarded
Established26 January 1950; 71 years ago (26 January 1950)
First awarded1947
Last awarded2021
Total awarded posthumously74
Total recipients219 (As of 2021)[2][3]
Precedence
Next (higher)Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Param Vishisht Seva Medal[4]
EquivalentKirti Chakra ribbon.svg Kirti Chakra[4]
Next (lower)IND Padma Shri BAR.png Padma Shri[4]

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) (lit. great warrior medal) 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.[5]

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:

# Rank Name Date of First Award Date of Second Award
1 Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath 1 January 1962 1 September 1965
2 Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow 19 March 1948 6 September 1965
3 General Arun Shridhar Vaidya 16 September 1965 5 December 1971
4 Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam 6 September 1965 5 December 1971
5 Colonel Chewang Rinchen 1 July 1948 8 December 1971
6 Brigadier Sant Singh 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:[6][7]

Key
† Indicates posthumous honour
# Rank Name Operation/War Date of Award
1 Lieutenant Colonel Dewan Ranjit Rai 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 27-Oct-1947
2 Sepoy 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 03-Nov-1947
3 Naik Chand Singh 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 22-Nov-1947
4 Subedar Bishan Singh 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 12-Dec-1947
5 Jemadar Nand Singh 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 12-Dec-1947
6 Civilian Ram Chander 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
7 Major 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[8] 26-Jan-1950
8 Lieutenant Colonel 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[9] 26-Jan-1950
9 Lieutenant Colonel 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[10] 26-Jan-1950
10 Brigadier Mohammad Usman 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
11 Lt General 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[11] 26-Jan-1950
12 Brigadier Rajendra Singh 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[12] 26-Jan-1950
13 Lieutenant Colonel 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[13] 26-Jan-1950
14 Major 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[14] 26-Jan-1950
15 Sepoy 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[15] 26-Jan-1950
16 Havildar 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[16] 26-Jan-1950
17 Colonel Kishan Singh Rathore 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
18 Subedar-major (Hon. Captain) 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[17] 26-Jan-1950
19 Major 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[18] 26-Jan-1950
20 Major 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[19] 26-Jan-1950
21 Lieutenant Colonel 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[20] 26-Jan-1950
22 Sepoy 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad 17-Mar-1948
23 Subedar 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[21] 26-Jan-1950
24 Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
25 Brigadier 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[22] 26-Jan-1950
26 Naik Sis Pal Singh 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
27 Rfn 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[23] 26-Jan-1950
28 Lieutenant Colonel 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[24] 26-Jan-1950
29 Jemadar 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[25] 26-Jan-1952
30 Jemadar 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[26] 26-Jan-1950
31 Naik 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[27] 26-Jan-1950
32 Naik 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[28] 26-Jan-1950
33 Subedar 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[29] 26-Jan-1950
34 Civilian Porter 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[30] 26-Jan-1950
35 Sepoy 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[31] 26-Jan-1950
36 Major Chewang Rinchen 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 01-Jul-1948
37 Naik 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[32] 26-Jan-1950
38 Jemadar 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[33] 26-Jan-1950
39 Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
40 Subedar (Hon. Captain) 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[34] 26-Jan-1950
41 Lieutenant Colonel 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[35] 26-Jan-1950
42 Lt General 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[36] 26-Jan-1950
43 Lance Naik 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[37] 26-Jan-1950
44 Lieutenant Colonel 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[38] 26-Jan-1950
45 Major General Anant Singh Pathania 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[39] 26-Jan-1950
46 Havildar 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[40] 26-Jan-1950
47 Jemadar 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad 15-Nov-1948
48 Brigadier 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[41] 26-Jan-1950
49 Captain 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War[42] 26-Jan-1950
50 Air Commodore Mehar Singh 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
51 Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War 26-Jan-1950
52 Wing Commander 1951 Operation Tomahawk 26-Jan-1950
53 Lieutenant Colonel 1951 Operation Tomahawk 24-Mar-1951
54 Colonel 1951 Operation Tomahawk[43] March-1951
55 Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar 1961 Operation Vijay, Goa 08-Dec-1951
56 Lance Naik 1961 United Nations Operation in the Congo 06-Dec-1961
57 Naik 1962 United Nations Operation in the Congo 16-Dec-1961
58 Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath 1962 Operation Leg Horn 01-Jan-1962
59 Naik 1962 Operation Leg Horn 10-Oct-1962
60 Subedar 1962 Operation Leg Horn 10-Oct-1962
61 Havildar 1962 Operation Leg Horn 19-Oct-1962
62 Lieutenant Colonel 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
63 Second lieutenant 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
64 Lieutenant Colonel 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
65 Captain 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
66 Major 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
67 Lieutenant Colonel 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
68 Brigadier 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
69 Subedar 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
70 General Tapishwar Narain Raina 1962 Operation Leg Horn 20-Oct-1962
71 Naib Subedar (Hon. Subedar) 1962 Operation Leg Horn 21-Oct-1962
72 Colonel 1962 Operation Leg Horn 22-Oct-1962
73 Major General 1962 Operation Leg Horn 25-Oct-1962
74 Sepoy 1962 Operation Leg Horn 26-Oct-1962
75 Havildar 1962 Operation Leg Horn 27-Oct-1962
76 Jemadar 1962 Operation Leg Horn 27-Oct-1962
77 Rfn Jaswant Singh Rawat 1962 Operation Leg Horn 17-Nov-1962
78 Major 1965 Operation Ablaze 18-Nov-1962
79 Lieutenant Congo Crisis 29-Dec-1962
80 Major General 1965 Operation Ablaze 15-Apr-1965
81 Major 1965 Operation Ablaze 17-May-1965
82 Captain 1965 Operation Ablaze 05-Aug-1965
83 Major General 1965 Operation Ablaze 05-Aug-1965
84 Lt General 1965 Operation Ablaze 05-Aug-1965
85 Lt General Zorawar Chand Bakshi 1965 Operation Ablaze 05-Aug-1965
86 Colonel 1965 Operation Riddle 15-Aug-1965
87 Lt General Ranjit Singh Dyal 1965 Operation Riddle 25-Aug-1965
88 Major Bhaskar Roy 1965 Operation Riddle 01-Sep-1965
89 Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath 1965 Operation Riddle 01-Sep-1965
90 Air Commodore 1965 Operation Riddle 01-Sep-1965
91 Subedar 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
92 Brigadier Desmond Hayde 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
93 Major 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
94 Major Rajinder Singh Sparrow 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
95 Lt General 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
96 Lt General Khem Karan Singh 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
97 Lieutenant Colonel 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
98 Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
99 Air Marshal 1965 Operation Riddle 06-Sep-1965
100 Brigadier 1965 Operation Riddle 07-Sep-1965
101 Lieutenant Colonel 1965 Operation Riddle 08-Sep-1965
102 Naib Subedar (Hon. Subedar) 1965 Operation Riddle 08-Sep-1965
103 Brigadier Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj 1965 Operation Riddle 08-Sep-1965
104 Major 1965 Operation Riddle 09-Sep-1965
105 Brigadier 1965 Operation Ablaze 09-Sep-1965
106 Major General 1965 Operation Riddle 10-Sep-1965
107 Major General 1965 Operation Riddle 11-Sep-1965
108 General Arun Shridhar Vaidya 1965 Operation Riddle 16-Sep-1965
109 Major Asaram Tyagi 1965 Operation Ablaze 21-Sep-1965
110 Captain 1965 Operation Riddle 21-Sep-1965
111 Brigadier 1965 Operation Riddle 28-Sep-1965
112 Subedar 1965 Operation Riddle 30-Sep-1965
113 Major 1965 Operation Riddle 11-Oct-1965
114 Naik 1965 Operation Riddle 02-Nov-1965
115 Captain 1965 Operation Riddle 02-Nov-1965
116 Brigadier Sant Singh 1965 Operation Riddle 02-Nov-1965
117 Major Harbhajan Singh 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes[44] 11-Sep-1967
118 Brigadier Rai Singh 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes[45] 11-Sep-1967
119 Lieutenant Colonel 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes[46] 01-Oct-1967
120 Lt General 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1971
121 Brigadier 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1971
122 Major General 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1971
123 Major General 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1971
124 Captain Mohan Narayan Rao Samant 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1971
125 Brigadier 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1971 [47]
126 Lieutenant Colonel 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1971
127 Lance Naik Ram Ugrah Pandey 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 24-Nov-1971
128 Sepoy 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 30-Nov-1971
129 Rfn 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 30-Nov-1971
130 Major 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Dec-1971
131 Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Dec-1971
132 Major 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 03-Dec-1971
133 Brigadier 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 03-Dec-1971
134 Major General 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 03-Dec-1971
135 Major General 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 03-Dec-1971
136 Major General 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 03-Dec-1971
137 Lieutenant Colonel 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 03-Dec-1971
138 Air Vice-Marshal 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 03-Dec-1971
139 Group Captain 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 04-Dec-1971
140 Subedar-major (Hon. Captain) 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 04-Dec-1971
141 Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao 1971 Operation Trident 04-Dec-1971
142 General Arun Shridhar Vaidya 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
143 Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav 1971 Operation Trident 05-Dec-1971
144 Captain 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
145 Lt General 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
146 Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
147 Brigadier Narinder Singh Sandhu 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
148 Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
149 Air Marshal Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
150 Lieutenant Colonel Sawai Bhawani Singh 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 05-Dec-1971
151 Lt General Joginder Singh Gharaya 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 06-Dec-1971
152 Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 06-Dec-1971
153 Brigadier Mohindar Lal Whig 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 06-Dec-1971
154 Sepoy Pandurang Salunkhe 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 06-Dec-1971
155 Air Vice-Marshal Chandan Singh 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 07-Dec-1971
156 Lieutenant Colonel Chittoor Venugopal 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 07-Dec-1971
157 Lt General Joginder Singh Bakshi 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 07-Dec-1971
158 Subedar-major 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 07-Dec-1971
159 Major Chewang Rinchen 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 08-Dec-1971
160 Petty Officer Chiman Singh 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 08-Dec-1971
161 Commander 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 08-Dec-1971
162 Brigadier Udai Singh Bhati (details here) 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 08-Dec-1971
163 Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 09-Dec-1971
164 Naik 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 09-Dec-1971
165 Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 10-Dec-1971
166 Lieutenant Colonel Harish Chandra Pathak 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 11-Dec-1971
167 Major Kulwant Singh Pannu 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 11-Dec-1971
168 Brigadier Sukhjit Singh 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 11-Dec-1971
169 Major Vijay Rattan Choudhry 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 11-Dec-1971
170 Lance Naik 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 13-Dec-1971
171 Captain 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 14-Dec-1971
172 Brigadier Amarjit Singh Bal 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 15-Dec-1971
173 Havildar (Hon. Captain) Thomas Philipose 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 15-Dec-1971
174 Lieutenant Colonel 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 15-Dec-1971
175 Lt General Hanut Singh 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 16-Dec-1971
176 Lt General Raj Mohan Vohra 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 16-Dec-1971
177 Captain 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 16-Dec-1971
178 Air Vice-Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
179 Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
180 Air Vice-Marshal Madhavendra Banerji 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
181 Subedar 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
182 Group Captain 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
183 Air Commodore Ramesh Sakharam Benegal 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
184 Second Lieutenant 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
185 Lance Naik 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 17-Dec-1971
186 Lance Havildar 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 21-Dec-1971
187 Rear Adm Santosh Kumar Gupta 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 21-Dec-1971
188 Brigadier Vijay Kumar Berry 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 28-Dec-1971
189 Air Chief Marshal S. K. Kaul 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 30-Dec-1971
190 Subedar 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 31-Dec-1971
191 Colonel 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 01-Jan-1972
192 Brigadier Sant Singh 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 02-Jan-1972
193 Major 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly 20-Jan-1972
194 Lt General Ved Prakash Airy 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly, 20-Jan-1972
195 Asst Comdt 1971 10-Dec-1971
196 Lieutenant Colonel 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka 16-Oct-1987
197 Brigadier Manjit Singh 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka 19-Oct-1987
198 Lieutenant[48] Arvind Singh 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka 22-Jan-1988
199 Squadron Leader Ajjamada B. Devaiah 1965 Operation Ablaze[49] 26-Jan-1988
200 Colonel 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen[50] 26-Jan-1988
201 Lance Havildar 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen[51] 26-Jan-1988
202 Naik 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen[52] 26-Jan-1988
203 Subedar Sansar Chand 1987 Operation Rajiv, Siachen[53] 26-Jan-1988
204 Lieutenant Colonel 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka[54] 02-Apr-1988
205 Second Lieutenant 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka 19-Jul-1988
206 Captain Pratap Singh 1989 Siachen conflict 1989
207 Colonel Jammu and Kashmir 29-Mar-1989
208 Captain Anuj Nayyar 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 01-Jan-1999
209 Major Balwan Singh 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 01-Jan-1999
210 Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 01-Jan-1999
211 Lieutenant Colonel Sonam Wangchuk 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 01-Jan-1999
212 Captain Keishing Clifford Nongrun 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 01-Jan-1999
213 Naik Digendra Kumar 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 15-Aug-1999
214 Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 15-Aug-1999
215 Major Padmapani Acharya 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 15-Aug-1999
216 Major Vivek Gupta 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil 15-Aug-1999
217 Sepoy 1999 Operation Vijay – Kargil 26-Jan-2000
218 Captain 1999 Operation Vijay – Kargil 01-Jan-2001
219 Colonel B. Santosh Babu 2020 Operation Snow Leopard[55] 26-Jan-2021

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