They gave their today for our tommorow

15th August 1999 - The nation saluted its brave soldiers by awarding various gallantry awards for sacrifice during Operation Vijay.
The following list is compiled from information available in the public domain. If any name is missed that is just because of the lack of information, not to be taken otherwise.
I salute thee ...


Param Vir Chakra

Capt. Vikram Batra, 13 JAK Rifles - Posthumous
Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1/11 Gorkha Rifles - Posthumous
Grenedier Yogender Singh Yadav, 18 Grenediers
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAK Rifles

Maha Vir Chakra

Maj. Vivek Gupta, 2 Rajputana Rifles
Maj. Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles
Capt. N Kenguruse, 2 Rajputana Rifles
Naik Digendra Kumar, 2 Rajputana Rifles
Maj. Rajesh Singh Adhikari, 18 Grenadiers
Lt. Balwan Singh, 18 Grenadiers
Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 17 Jat
Lt. Keshing Clifford Nongrum, 12 JAK Light Infantry
Major Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh Scouts

Vir Chakra

Col Umesh Singh Bawa,
Col Lalit Rai,
Col M.B. Ravindranat ,
Lt Col Yogesh Kumar Joshi,
Maj S. Vijay Bhaskar,
Maj Deepak Rampal,
Maj Vikas Vohra,
Maj Amrinder Singh Kasana,
Maj Rajesh Sah,
Maj Mohit Saxena,
Maj M. Saravanan (posthumous),
Capt Shyamal Sinha.
Capt Amol Kalia (posthumous),
Capt Sachin Annarao Nimbalkar,
Capt Sanjeev Singh.
Capt Haneef Uddin (posthumous).
Capt Sumeet Roy (posthumous),
Capt Maridhvodan Veetil Sooraj,
Capt Jintu Gogoi (posthumous),
Capt R.Jery Prem Raj (posthumous),
Lt Vijyant Thapar (posthumous),
Sub Chhering Stobdan.
Sub Bahadur Singh (posthumous),
Sub Lobzang Chhotak (posthumous),
Sub Randhir Singh (posthumous),
Sub Bhawar Lal (posthumous),
Sub Raghunath Singh