On the occasion of Parakram Diwas (birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose), PM Narendra Modi named 21 islands in the Andaman belt after Param Vir Chakra winners.
PHOTO: tenor gifsGranted to brave war veterans, the Param Vir Chakra is the highest military decoration in India. Now, unnamed Andaman islands will be named in their honour.
PHOTO: ANIThe largest island is named after Major Somnath Sharma fighting Pakistani terrorists near Srinagar airport in 1947. He was also the first PVC awardee.
Rajput Regiment's Jadunath Singh single-handedly went against a Pakistani unit with just a Stern gun in the Indo-Pak War of 1947.
PHOTO: GALLANTRY AWARDS.GOVSecond Lieutenant Rama Ragobha Rane was the first living recipient. He recaptured Rajauri by clearing minefields off the road in the 1947 War.
PHOTO: GALLANTRY AWARDS.GOVPiru Singh was a Company Havildar Major in Rajputana Rifles and took over a Pak machine gun post in 1948 during the Indo-Pak war.
PHOTO: IMDB photo-gallantry awards. govThe second living Param Vir Chakra awardee, Karam Singh was a Lance Naik when he saved an Indian post in Kashmir in 1948.
photo-gallantry awards. gov1 Gorkha Rifles Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria fought secessionist Katangese forces as for India's UN Peacekeeping Mission to Congo (1961)
photo-gallantry awards. govLieutenant Colonel Dhan Thapa and his men repelled three attacks during the Indo-China War of 1962. He was captured as a POW but released after the war.
photo-gallantry awards. govSingh managed to lead his outnumbered platoon against Chinese forces during the War of 1962. He single-handedly killed more than 50 soldiers.
photo-gallantry awards. govDuring the Indo-China War, 13 Kumaon's Major Shaitan Singh rapidly moved from post to post to reorganise the defences in every post.
photo-gallantry awards. govAbdul Hamid single-handedly destroyed eight tanks in the Indo-Pak War of 1965 and died while destroying the ninth one.
Leading the Poona Horse Regiment in several tank battles in the 1965 War, Tarapore and his troops managed to destroy 60 Pakistani tanks.
photo-gallantry awards. govDuring the War of 1971, Ekka saved Agartala from Pakistan by attacking an enemy bunker, bayoneting soldiers, and throwing a grenade into the bunker.
photo-gallantry awards. govThe first Air Force man to get a PVC, Sekhon shot down 2 of the 6 Pakistani aircrafts that had attacked a Srinagar airfield in 1971.
photo-gallantry awards. govAttacking enemy posts, capturing their soldiers, and destroying tanks, Khetrapal emerged as a major hero from the Indo-Pak War of 1971.
photo-gallantry awards. govGrenadiers Reguments's Hoshiar Singh single-handedly manning a machine gun pit (while injured) till the enemy retreated.
photo-gallantry awards. govNaib Subedar Bana Singh earned a PVC after his heroic acts against Pakistan at Siachen in 1987. He later retired as a Captain.
photo-gallantry awards. govParameswaram valiantly took down several militants in Sri Lanka as a part of Operation Pawan (1987) before he was killed in action.
photo-gallantry awards. govThe inspiration behind the movie Shershaah, Captain Batra killed 3 enemies in close combat during the Kargil War while overruning Pakistani outposts.
photo-gallantry awards. govForcing back Pakistani intruders from Baltaik and recapturing the Jaubar Top, Lt Col Manoj Kumar Pandey was killed during the Kargil War.
photo-gallantry awards. govDuring the Kargil War, Grenadier Yogendra Yadav climbed 60 feet to capture an enemy bunker, killing 4 enemies.
photo-gallantry awards. govRifleman Kumar, tasked with taking a position in the Mushkoh Valley in 1999, climbed the ledge, picked up an enemy machine gun, and killed 3 soldiers.
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