Maha Vir Chakra Winners List from 1947 to 2024 PDF Download

Maha Vir Chakra Winners List 2024: This award was first established on 26 January 1950. The Maha Vir Chakra is to given only the personnel who act gallantry in war from the side of Indian military. This award is the highest military award after Param Vir Chakra Award.

If we say about its mettle so it is made of silver and in circular shape with five pointed star and state emblem embossed on it. Till now total of 129 army personnel has been awarded with Maha Vir Chakra Award and 74 military personnel has been awarded posthumously.

Maha Vir Chakra Winners List from 1947 to 2022 PDF

Maha Vir Chakra Winners List from 1947 to 2024

The first Maha Vir Chakra Award was given to Lieutenant Colonel Dewan Ranjit Rai on 27 October 1947 for the Indo Pak Kashmir War. Six army personnel's have been awarded twice.

The list is include wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath awarded in 1962 and 1965, General Arun Shridhar Vaidya in 1965 and 1971, Colonel Chewang Rinchen in 1948 and 1971, Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow in 1948 and 1965, Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam in 1965 and 1971, Brigadier Sant Singh in 1965 and 1972. Maha Vir Chakra Winners List from 1947 to 2023 is given below in the table.

Rank	Name	Date of Award
Lieutenant Colonel	AG Rangaraj	24-Mar-51
Colonel	Ajit Singh	22-Oct-62
Subedar	Ajit Singh	6-Sep-65
Squadron Leader	Ajjamada B. Devaiah	26-Jan-88
Group Captain	Allan Albert D’Costa	4-Dec-71
Sepoy	Amar Singh	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Amarjit Singh Bal	15-Dec-71
Lieutenant General	Anand Sarup	1-Jan-71
Major General	Anant Singh Pathania	26-Jan-50
Major General	Anant Vishwanath Natu	3-Dec-71
Lieutenant General	Anil Krishna Barat	26-Jan-50
Major	Annavi Krishnaswamy Ramaswamy	26-Jan-50
Sepoy	Ansuya Prasad	30-Nov-71
Major General	Anthony Harold Edward Michigan	1-Jan-71
Captain	Anuj Nayyar	1-Jan-99
Major	Anup Singh Gahlaut	3-Dec-71
Brigadier	Arun Bhimrao Harolikar	1-Jan-71
General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	16-Sep-65
General	Arun Shridhar Vaidya	5-Dec-71
Brigadier	Arvind Nilkanth Jatar	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant	Arvind Singh	22-Jan-88
Major	Asaram Tyagi	21-Sep-65
Colonel	B. Santosh Babu	26-Jan-21
Commodore	Babru Bhan Yadav	5-Dec-71
Major	Baljit Singh Randhawa	17-May-65
Major	Balwan Singh	1-Jan-99
Brigadier	Basdev Singh Mankotia	3-Dec-71
Major General	Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea	25-Oct-62
Lieutenant Colonel	Bhagwan Dutt Dogra	20-Oct-62
Major	Bhaskar Roy	1-Sep-65
Major	Bhupinder Singh	11-Oct-65
Subedar-major & Honorary Captain	Bir Bahadur Pun	4-Dec-71
Subedar	Bishan Singh	12-Dec-47
Air Vice-Marshal	Cecil Vivian Parker	17-Dec-71
Naik	Chain Singh	10-Oct-62
Naik	Chand Singh	22-Nov-47
Air Vice-Marshal	Chandan Singh	7-Dec-71
Captain	Chander Narain Singh	5-Aug-65
Major	Chewang Rinchen	1-Jul-48
Major	Chewang Rinchen	8-Dec-71
Petty Officer	Chiman Singh	8-Dec-71
Lieutenant Colonel	Chittoor Venugopal	7-Dec-71
Subedar	Chuna Ram	26-Jan-50
Major	Daljit Singh Narang	20-Jan-72
Captain	Dara Dinshaw Mistry	26-Jan-50
Naik	Darshan Singh	2-Nov-65
Havildar	Daya Ram	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Desmond Hayde	6-Sep-65
Captain	Devinder Singh Ahlawat	5-Dec-71
Lieutenant Colonel	Dewan Ranjit Rai	27-Oct-47
Sepoy	Dewan Singh Danu	3-Nov-47
Lieutenant Colonel	Dharam Singh	26-Jan-50
Colonel	Dharam Vir Singh	1-Jan-72
Rifleman	Dhonkal Singh	26-Jan-50
Naik	Digendra Kumar	15-Aug-99
Lance Havildar	Dil Bahadur Chettri	21-Dec-71
Lance Naik	Drig Pal Singh	13-Dec-71
Subedar	Fateh Singh	26-Jan-50
Captain	Gautam Mubayi	2-Nov-65
Second lieutenant	Gopalkrishna Venkatesa Prasanna Rao	20-Oct-62
Major	Gurbaksh Singh	6-Sep-65
Colonel	Gurbans Singh Sangha	15-Aug-65
Subedar	Gurdial Singh	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant Colonel	Gurdial Singh	20-Oct-62
Captain	Gurjinder Singh Suri	1-Jan-01
Lieutenant General	Hanut Singh	16-Dec-71
Lieutenant General	Har Krishen Sibal	6-Sep-65
Lieutenant Colonel	Harbans Lal Mehta	8-Sep-65
Lieutenant Colonel	Harbans Singh Virk	26-Jan-50
Major	Harbhajan Singh	11-Sep-67
Air Commodore	Harcharan Singh Manget	17-Dec-71
Jemadar	Hardev Singh	26-Jan-50
Major General	Hardev Singh Kaler	1-Jan-71
Lieutenant Colonel	Hari Chand	26-Jan-50
Sepoy	Hari Singh	17-Mar-48
Lieutenant Colonel	Harish Chandra Pathak	11-Dec-71
Air Chief Marshal	Hrushikesh Moolgavkar	8-Dec-51
Lieutenant Colonel	IJS Butalia	26-Jan-50
Sepoy	Imliakum Ao	26-Jan-00
Lieutenant Colonel	Inder Bal Singh Bawa	2-Apr-88
Jemadar	Isht Tundup	27-Oct-62
Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	1-Jan-62
Wing Commander	Jag Mohan Nath	1-Sep-65
Lieutenant Colonel	Jaivir Singh	3-Dec-71
Rifleman	Jaswant Singh Rawat	17-Nov-62
Lieutenant General	Joginder Singh Bakshi	7-Dec-71
Lieutenant General	Joginder Singh Gharaya	6-Dec-71
Commander	Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha	8-Dec-71
Brigadier	Kailash Prasad Pande	6-Dec-71
Lieutenant Colonel	Kaman Singh	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Kanhya Lal Atal	26-Jan-50
Subedar	Kanshi Ram	10-Oct-62
Captain	Kapil Singh Thapa	21-Sep-65
Commodore	Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao	4-Dec-71
Major General	Kashmiri Lal Rattan	3-Dec-71
Captain	Keishing Clifford Nongrun	1-Jan-99
Sepoy	Kewal Singh	26-Oct-62
Lieutenant General	Khem Karan Singh	6-Sep-65
Lieutenant Colonel	Khushal Chand	26-Jan-50
Colonel	Kishan Singh Rathore	26-Jan-50
Colonel	Krishna Gopal Chatterjee	26-Jan-88
Subedar-major	Krishna Sonawale	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant General	Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar	5-Dec-71
Brigadier	Kuldip Singh Chandpuri	5-Dec-71
Major	Kulwant Singh Pannu	11-Dec-71
Jemadar	Lal Bahadur Khattri	26-Jan-52
Jemadar	Lal Singh	15-Nov-48
Major General	Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi	11-Sep-65
Air Vice-Marshal	Madhavendra Banerji	17-Dec-71
Captain	Mahabir Prasad	20-Oct-62
Naik	Mahabir Thapa	16-Dec-61
Major	Mahander Singh Chaudhary	20-Oct-62
Lieutenant Colonel	Mahatam Singh	1-Oct-67
Captain	Mahendra Nath Mulla	9-Dec-71
Subedar	Malkiat Singh	17-Dec-71
Group Captain	Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar	17-Dec-71
Lieutenant General	Man Mohan Khanna	26-Jan-50
Sepoy	Man Singh	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Manjit Singh	19-Oct-87
Air Commodore	Mehar Singh	26-Jan-50
Air Marshal	Minoo Merwan Engineer	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Mohammad Usman	26-Jan-50
Captain	Mohan Narayan Rao Samant	1-Jan-71
Civilian Porter	Mohd Ismail	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Mohindar Lal Whig	6-Dec-71
Major	Mohindar Singh	9-Sep-65
Subedar-major	Mohinder Singh	7-Dec-71
Jemadar	Nand Singh	12-Dec-47
Lance Havildar	Nar Bahadur Ale	26-Jan-88
Subedar	Nar Bahadur Chhetri	31-Dec-71
Naik	Nar Singh	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Narinder Singh Sandhu	5-Dec-71
Lieutenant Colonel	Narindera Nath Khanna	6-Sep-65
Naib Subedar (Hon. Subedar)	Naubat Ram	8-Sep-65
Captain	Neikezhakuo Kengurüse	15-Aug-99
Colonel	Nirod Baran Banerjee	Mar-51
Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	6-Sep-65
Wing Commander	Padmanabha Gautam	5-Dec-71
Major	Padmapani Acharya	15-Aug-99
Brigadier	Pagadala Kuppuswamy Nandagopal	28-Sep-65
Sepoy	Pandurang Salunkhe	6-Dec-71
Rifleman	Pati Ram Gurung	30-Nov-71
Captain	Pradip Kumar Gour	14-Dec-71
Captain	Pratap Singh	1989
Naik	Prem Bahadur Gurung	26-Jan-88
Major General	Prem Kumar Khanna	3-Dec-71
Air Marshal	Prem Pal Singh	6-Sep-65
Naik	Pritam Singh	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant Colonel	Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi	16-Oct-87
Lance Naik	Rabi Lal Thapa	26-Jan-50
Naib Subedar (Honorary Subedar)	Rabi Lal Thapa	21-Oct-62
Brigadier	Raghubir Singh	7-Sep-65
Brigadier	Rai Singh	11-Sep-67
Lieutenant General	Raj Mohan Vohra	16-Dec-71
Second Lieutenant	Rajeev Sandhu	19-Jul-88
Brigadier	Rajendra Singh	26-Jan-50
Major	Rajesh Singh Adhikari	1-Jan-99
Major General	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	26-Jan-50
Major	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	6-Sep-65
Brigadier	Rajkumar Singh	01-Jan-1971
Naik	Raju	26-Jan-50
Civilian	Ram Chander	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant General	Ram Dharam Dass Hira	5-Aug-65
Assistant commandant	Ram Krishna Wadhwa	10-Dec-71
Havildar	Ram Parsad Gurung	26-Jan-50
Lance Naik	Ram Ugrah Pandey	24-Nov-71
Air Commodore	Ramesh Sakharam Benegal	17-Dec-71
Lance Naik	Ran Bahadur Gurung	6-Dec-61
Lieutenant General	Ranjit Singh Dyal	25-Aug-65
Brigadier	Rattan Nath Sharma	10-Dec-71
Air Marshal	Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj	5-Dec-71
Air Chief Marshal	S. K. Kaul	30-Dec-71
Major General	Salim Caleb	10-Sep-65
Jemadar	Sampooran Singh	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Sampuran Singh	9-Sep-65
Subedar	Sansar Chand	26-Jan-88
Brigadier	Sant Singh	2-Nov-65
Brigadier	Sant Singh	2-Jan-72
Rear Admiral	Santosh Kumar Gupta	21-Dec-71
Major	Sardar Malkit Singh Brar	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant Colonel	Sardul Singh Randhawa	20-Oct-62
Havildar	Saroop Singh	19-Oct-62
Major General	Sarup Singh Kalaan	5-Aug-65
Major	Satya Pal Chopra	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant Colonel	Sawai Bhawani Singh	5-Dec-71
Wing Commander	SB Noronha	26-Jan-50
Major	Shamsher Singh	1-Dec-71
Second Lieutenant	Shamsher Singh Samra	17-Dec-71
Lance Naik	Shanghara Singh	17-Dec-71
Captain	Shankar Rao Shankhapan Walkar	16-Dec-71
Brigadier	Sher Jung Thapa	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent	20-Oct-62
Major	Shyamal Dev Goswamy	18-Nov-62
Naik	Sis Pal Singh	26-Jan-50
Subedar	Sonam Stobdan	20-Oct-62
Lieutenant Colonel	Sonam Wangchuk	1-Jan-99
Havildar	Stanzin Phunchok	27-Oct-62
Naik	Sugan Singh	9-Dec-71
Brigadier	Sukhjit Singh	11-Dec-71
Lieutenant Colonel	Surinder Kapur	1-Jan-71
Major General	Sushil Kumar Mathur	15-Apr-65
Vice Admiral	Swaraj Parkash	1-Dec-71
General	Tapishwar Narain Raina	20-Oct-62
Lieutenant Colonel	Thakur Prithi Chand	26-Jan-50
Brigadier	Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj	8-Sep-65
Havildar & Honorary Captain	Thomas Philipose	15-Dec-71
Subedar	Tika Bahadur Thapa	30-Sep-65
Brigadier	Udai Singh Bhati	8-Dec-71
Lieutenant General	Ved Prakash Airy	20-Jan-72
Lieutenant Colonel	Ved Prakash Ghai	15-Dec-71
Lieutenant	Ved Prakash Trehan	29-Dec-62
Air Vice-Marshal	Vidya Bhushan Vasisht	3-Dec-71
Colonel	Vijay Kumar Bakshi	29-Mar-89
Brigadier	Vijay Kumar Berry	28-Dec-71
Major	Vijay Rattan Choudhry	11-Dec-71
Major	Vivek Gupta	15-Aug-99
Air Commodore	William Mac Donald Goodman	1-Sep-65
Major	Yadunath Singh	26-Jan-50
Lieutenant General	Zorawar Chand Bakshi	5-Aug-65