* 1999 – Vikram Batra, Indian army officer and Param Vir Chakra recipient ( b. 1974 )

* Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honor

* The Param Vir Chakra is the highest military award in India given to those who show the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.

* Param Vir Chakra, a 1995 Hindi film based on Indo-Pak War, directed by Ashok Kaul.

The 1965 war between India and Pakistan witnessed the personal bravery of an Indian soldier, Abdul Hamid, who was honoured with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award, for knocking out seven Pakistani Patton tanks with a recoilless gun.

* Param Vir Chakra ( India )

Following is a list of the recipients of the Indian award Param Vir Chakra, and the Pakistani award Nishan-E-Haider:

Sinha was a Kargil war hero who had won the Vir Chakra.

The Param Vir Chakra ( PVC ) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.

Provision was made for the award of a bar for second ( or subsequent ) awards of the Param Vir Chakra.

The Ashoka Chakra is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the " most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice " other than in the face of the enemy.

Subedar Major Bana Singh of the Eighth Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was the only serving personnel of the Indian defence establishment with a Param Vir Chakra till the Kargil operations.

Coincidentally, the first Param Vir Chakra was awarded to her son-in-law Lt Gen Surinder Nath Sharma's ( ENC ) elder brother, Major Somnath Sharma for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947.

The words Param Vir Chakra are written in Hindi and English.

A purple ribbon, long, holds the Param Vir Chakra.

* Maha Vir Chakra, a military decoration in India

Among the awards he won during his time in the Indian were: Vir Chakra, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Vishisht Seva Medal.

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* Abdul Hamid ( soldier ) ( 1933 – 1965 ), Indian soldier and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra

The Maha Vir Chakra ( MVC ) is the second highest military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.

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In the year 1594 Jahangir's was dispatched by his father the Mughal Emperor Akbar, alongside Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan and Abu ' l-Fazl ibn Mubarak to defeat the renegade Vir Singh Deo of Bandela and capture the city of Orchha, which was considered the center of the revolt.

The term Khalistan was coined by the Sikh leader Dr. Vir Singh Bhatti in March 1940.

Browne's coffin-plate, which was also stolen the same time as his skull, was eventually recovered, broken into two halves, one of which is on display at St. Peter Mancroft Church, alludes to the commonplace opus of alchemy reads-Amplissimus Vir ,.... hoc Lucuolo indormiens, Corporis spagyrcci pulvere plumbum in aurum Convertit-loosely translated from Latin reads -

He rewrote the text Debotar Grash by Rabindranath Tagore as an opera-libretto, which was put to music by Param Vir Singh.

Unlike the Adi Kaal ( also called the Vir Gatha Kaal ) which was characterized by an overdose of Poetry in the Vir Rasa ( Heroic Poetry ), the Bhakti Yug marked a much more diverse and vibrant form of poetry which spanned the whole gamut of rasas from Shringara rasa ( love ), Vir Rasa ( Heroism ).

Accordingly, in following Ivane Javakhishvili's theory, the ethnic designation of " Sber ", a variant of Sver, was derived the word " Hber " (" Hver ") ( and thus Iberia ) and the Armenian variants, Ver and Vir.

His head was placed upon a pike on the Centauri royal grounds, a gift from Londo to his aide, Vir Cotto, who mocks him in the exact manner he said he would, back when Morden had asked Vir what the latter wanted.

All the characters who answered the Shadow Question got exactly what they asked for, although Vir was the only one who was satisfied with the results.

Furst was a regular in the science fiction series Babylon 5 playing Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto and as Dr. Elliot Axelrod on St.

Londo and Vir know that it was more than likely a friend of Morden's.

Vir mistakes this as an order to pack his own stuff, but Londo reveals that if Vir was to leave, Londo would as well.

The Narn shouted a blood oath before he was killed, and Sheridan wonders why anyone would have a blood oath against someone as gentle as Vir.

Ivanova uses the tricks that Vir was using to keep the underground railroad going as a way to save more Narns, adding more detail to the fake identity of " Abrahamo Lincolni ", including a doctored photo of Sheridan as a Centauri.

Initially, the two had a comically adversarial relationship: Vir was guileless, naive and extremely honest and empathetic making him completely inept at Centauri political process, which irked Londo to no end.

Mollari began a conspiracy to have Cartagia assassinated, with the help of Vir Cotto, a number of high-ranking Centauri and G ' Kar, who was Cartagia's prisoner at the time.

The plot was successful, although as it turned out, Cartagia attacked Londo and Vir was forced to inject the poison.

In addition, since Indian independence in 1947, Gurkhas serving in the Indian Army have also been awarded three Param Vir Chakras, which are roughly equivalent.

He was mortally injured by a close-quarters machine-gun burst, and posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra ( MVC ), the second-highest Indian decoration for battlefield gallantry.

It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the " most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice " other than in the face of the enemy.

The highlight of the tenure undoubtedly was when the unit provided their services during Operation Tomahawk on 21 March, 1951 to the US Army ’ s 187 Airborne Regimental Combat Team for which the unit was awarded two Mahavir Chakras, one bar to Vir Chakra and six Vir Chakras.

He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for valour in the face of the enemy.

He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal, posthumously, for displaying conspicuous bravery and determination.

Lance-Naik Albert Ekka was posthumously awarded India's highest wartime gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra.

The citation for the Param Vir Chakra awarded to him reads:

* Lance Naik Albert Ekka, 14 Guards of the Indian Army, who fought in this battle, received the only Param Vir Chakra to be awarded in the Eastern Sector during the 1971 War.

* Maj J B S Yadava ( later Lt General ) and Maj Abjeet Mamik ( later Brigadier ), both then company commanders of 5 / 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army were awarded Vir Chakra the third highest galangry award of India.

Major Rajesh Adhikari ( posthumously ) and Digendra Kumar were awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest military honour for their daring actions on the peak.

He was later awarded with the coveted Vir Chakra.

* Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honour was awarded to Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, 17th Poona Horse

* Vir Chakra, India's third highest military honour was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel B. T. Pandit, Madras Engineer Group

* Vir Chakra, was awarded to Naib Subedar Doraiswamy, Madras Engineer Group.

The citation for the Param Vir Chakra awarded to him reads:

Gallantry awards have been awarded to Rimcollians including the Victoria Cross to Lt Gen PS Bhagat, Distinguished Service Order to Gen KS Thimayya and the Param Vir Chakra to Major Som Nath Sharma.