President Droupadi Murmu approves How Many Gallantry awards on the occasion of Independence Day 2023?

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 76

President Smt Droupadi Murmu has given her approval for 76 Gallantry awards to members of the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces on the occasion of Independence Day 2023.

Among these honors are four Kirti Chakra awards (awarded posthumously), 11 Shaurya Chakra awards (including five posthumous), two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 52 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), and four Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

Additionally, the President has sanctioned 30 Mention-in-Despatches awards to Army personnel, including a posthumous award for Army dog Madhu, and one for an Air Force member.

These recognitions acknowledge their significant contributions in various military operations, such as Operation Rakshak, Operation Snow Leopard, Operation Casualty Evacuation, Operation Mount Chomo, Operation Pangsau Pass, Operation Meghdoot, Operation Orchid, Operation Kalisham Valley, Rescue Operation, and Operation Evacuation.

Following is the list of Gallantry awards approved by the President :

KIRTI CHAKRA :

S No	Name and Rank	Service	Award
1	Late Shri Dilip Kumar Das	Insp/GD	CRPF (Posthumous)
2	Late Shri Raj Kumar Yadava	HC/GD	CRPF (Posthumous)
3	Late Shri Bablu Rabha	Constable/GD	CRPF (Posthumous)
4	Late Shri Sambhu Roy	Constable C/GD	CRPF (Posthumous)

SHAURYA CHAKRA :

S No	Name and Rank	Service	Award
1	IC-76052K Major Vijay Verma	The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
2	IC-76877P Major Vikas Bhambhu, Sena Medal (Posthumous)	252 Army Aviation Squadron	Army
3	IC-81741P Major Mustafa Bohara (Posthumous)	252 Army Aviation Squadron	Army
4	IC-79120X Major Sachin Negi	The Grenadiers, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
5	SC-00905H Major Rajendra Prasad Jat	The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
6	SC-00971L Major Ravinder Singh Rawat	The Armoured Corps, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
7	16013482F Hav Vivek Singh Tomar (Posthumous)	5th Battalion, The Rajputana Rifles	Army
8	16022160H Naik Bhim Singh	The Rajputana Rifles, 9th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
9	13779235X Rifleman Kulbushan Manta (Posthumous)	The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, 52nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
10	Late Shri Saifullah Qadri, Sg. Constable (Now Posthumous)	J&K Police	MHA
11	Shri Gamit Mukesh Kumar, Constable 61 CRPF	–	MHA

BAR TO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) :

S No	Name and Rank	Service	Award
1	IC-76180F Major Nitish Tyagi, Sena Medal	12th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)	Army
2	IC-80201K Major A Ranjith Kumar, Sena Medal	The Parachute Regiment, High Altitude Warfare School	Army

SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) :

S No	Name and Rank	Service	Award
1	IC-64244P Lieutenant Colonel Yogesh Kumar Sati	523 Intelligence and Field Security Unit	Army
2	IC-71048X Lieutenant Colonel Dhruv Rajan	The Grenadiers, 29th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
3	IC-74633H Major Abhimanyu Repswal	The Armoured Corps, 22nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
4	IC-75393H Major Neikhotso Secu Angami	3rd Battalion, The 8th Gorkha Rifles	Army
5	IC-76219H Major Vikas Giri	The Parachute Regiment, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
6	IC-77779F Major Abhishek Tyagi	The Grenadiers, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
7	IC-78013K Major Borawake Apoorv Suhas	The Corps of Engineers, 3rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
8	IC-78151L Major Aashish Dhonchak	The Sikh Light Infantry, 19th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
9	IC-78779N Major Navdeep Goswami	6th Battalion, The Jat Regiment	Army
10	IC-79029F Major Rishabh Negi	The Corps of Engineers, 3rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
11	IC-80202M Major Sanjay Singh Jamwal	4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)	Army
12	IC-80568K Major Abhishek Katoch	5th Battalion, The Rajput Regiment	Army
13	IC-81592M Major Saurabh Kumar	15th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment	Army
14	IC-81775H Major Ranjit Kumar	The Brigade of the Guards, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
15	IC-83008H Major Santosh Kumar	11 Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts Battalion	Army
16	IC-83108N Major Rishabh Kumar Nashine	9th Battalion, The Dogra Regiment	Army
17	IC-85077X Major Ronish Kumar	19th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment	Army
18	SC-00943Y Major Dhumal Rohan Shahaji	The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
19	SS-46282H Major Maanas Narla	The Corps of Engineers, 30 (Independent) Reconnaissance and Observation Flight	Army
20	SS-46286Y Major Jaiveer Yadav	2nd Battalion, The Bihar Regiment	Army
21	SS-48532X Major Thakre Akash Ashok	61 Engineer Regiment	Army
22	SS-48926W Major Vikas Lamba	12th Battalion, The Mahar Regiment	Army
23	IC-82947Y Captain Aayush Chauhan	The Rajputana Rifles, 9th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
24	IC-85483X Captain Saurabh Gupta	12th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)	Army
25	SS-50195M Captain Chetan Singh	The Corps of Signals, 34th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
26	JC-247925L Risaldar Sanjay Kumar	55 Armoured Regiment	Army
27	JC-551984N Naib Subedar Dipti Kumar Hazwari	5th Battalion, The Assam Regiment	Army
28	3202898H Havildar Manoj Kumar	The Jat Regiment, 34th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
29	4008286N Havildar Arun Kumar	The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
30	4193965P Havildar Ranveer Singh	The Kumaon Regiment, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
31	4199936W Havildar Pradeep Kumar Singh	15th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment	Army
32	13630562K Naik Sovindra Kumar	12th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)	Army
33	18005135A Naik Dharmvir	The Corps of Engineers, 3rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
34	19002538L Naik Hardeep Singh	24th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment	Army
35	2706631X Naik Munish Kumar	The Grenadiers, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
36	3012008F Naik Satyendra Singh	The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
37	3012377Y Naik Khemchand	5th Battalion, The Rajput Regiment	Army
38	4486359P Naik Harjinder Singh	The Sikh Light Infantry, 19th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
39	9114169H Naik Rafiq Ahmad Mir	The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, 50th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
40	20004865Y Lance Naik Abhishek	The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
41	3018169A Lance Naik Sanwra Choudhary	The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
42	20007762L Sepoy Yashwant Singh	The Dogra Regiment, 62nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
43	2518207X Sepoy Akashdeep Singh	18th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment	Army
44	3016460N Sepoy Sateram	The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
45	3018182K Sepoy Lakshmi Narayan Adhana	The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
46	3018252X Sepoy Dhan Singh Gurjar	The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
47	3211310X Sepoy Vikash	The Jat Regiment, 34th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
48	12975042N Rifleman Shaheen Husain Gan	162 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army)	Army
49	15511217Y Sowar Ravi Sharma	The Armoured Corps, 22nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
50	16123961L Sapper Vishal Yadav	The Corps of Engineers, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
51	2713315F Grenadier Salim Khan	The Grenadiers, 29th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army
52	15251500W Gunner Ramalingam K	The Regiment of Artillery, 19th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles	Army

NAO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) :

S No	Name and Rank	Service
1	Lieutenant Commander Paneerselvam Vishnu Prasanna (08495-F)	Navy
2	Commander Kaustab Banerjee (06158-W)	Navy
3	Commander Hanish Singh Karki (05093-Z)	Navy

VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) :

S No	Name and Rank	Service
1	Wing Commander Shiv Kumar Chauhan (28472) Flying (Pilot)	Air Force
2	Wing Commander Shrey Tomar (30170) Flying (Pilot)	Air Force
3	Squadron Leader GL Vineeth (31529) Flying (Pilot)	Air Force
4	Flight Lieutenant Pradeep Murugan (36071) MET/GARUD	Air Force

Following is the list of ‘Mention-In-Despatches’ of Army and Air Force Personnel :

S No	Name and Rank	Operation	Service
1	Lieutenant Colonel Gimmy Thomas (IC-64239K)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
2	Major Ajit Kumar Rout (IC-72069A)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
3	Major Jaiddep Jakhar (IC-77241A)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
4	Major Amandeep Singh (IC-82779L)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
5	Major Ankit (SS-49906P)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
6	Havildar Amandeep Rana (4580203W)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
7	Naik Bashir Ahmad Ganai (12974354X)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
8	Acting Lance Dafadar Mohd Ibrahim Khan Mustufa Khan (7244077N)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
9	Sepoy Yudhveer (4205174M)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
10	Army Dog Madhu (8B99, Posthumous)	Operation Rakshak	Indian Army
11	Lieutenant Colonel Aakash Majumdar (SS-44547H)	Operation Snow Leopard	Indian Army
12	Major Jasvinder Chauhan (IC-79220H)	Operation Snow Leopard	Indian Army
13	Major Prateek Bist (IC-81520H)	Operation Snow Leopard	Indian Army
14	Captain Rahul Kaushal (SS-49899K)	Operation Snow Leopard	Indian Army
15	Havildar Madhukar Kumar (15168221M)	Operation Snow Leopard	Indian Army
16	Trainee Rapten Phuntsok (00073247K)	Operation Snow Leopard	Indian Army
17	Lieutenant Colonel Vikramjit Singh (IC-67128X)	Operation Casualty Evacuation	Indian Army
18	Lieutenant Colonel Roshnikanta Irungbam (IC-71283W)	Operation Casualty Evacuation	Indian Army
19	Captain Navneet Singh Rana (IC-83294P)	Operation Mount Chomo	Indian Army
20	Naib Subedar Jarnail Singh (JC-192911H)	Operation Pangsa Pass	Indian Army
21	Rifleman Tidip Siksa (G/5013009H)	Operation Pangsa Pass	Indian Army
22	Havildar Jagjit Singh (13626980F)	Operation Meghdoot	Indian Army
23	Havildar Lovejit Singh (4483607P)	Operation Meghdoot	Indian Army
24	Havildar Rai Singh Uikey (G/3200992N)	Operation Orchid	Indian Army
25	Havildar Jagroop Singh (13626896F)	Operation Kalisham Valley	Indian Army
26	Naik Aravind Kumar Maurya (15583031L)	Rescue Operation	Indian Army
27	Major Parambeer Singh (IC-79986M)	CH&AC Meeting Approval	Indian Army
28	Major Nongmeikapam Danish (TA-42681P)	CH&AC Meeting Approval	Indian Army
29	Captain Abhishek Dhaka (IC-86130K)	CH&AC Meeting Approval	Indian Army
30	Naik Mahesh Shrestha (5050882X)	CH&AC Meeting Approval	Indian Army
31	Wing Commander Ashish Kapoor (28218)	Operation Evacuation	Indian Air Force

Published On : August 16, 2023

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