Winners List of Maha Veer Chakra Award:-
The Maha Veer Chakra (MVC) established on 26th January, 1950 is the second highest Indian military decoration and is awarded for acts of extraordinary gallantry and bravery in war on land, at sea or in the air. The medal is circular and is made of standard silver. Embossed on the obverse is a five pointed heraldic star with circular centre-piece bearing the gilded State emblem in the centre. The words “Maha Vir Chakra” are embossed in Devanagari and English on the reverse with two lotus flowers in the middle.
Quick Facts about Maha Vir Chakra
- Established – 26th January 1950
- First Awarded – 1947
- Last Awarded – 2001
- 218 Peoples Has been Honored by this award.
- This Honor can given even after death.
Below is the list of Maha Vir Chakra Awardees:
| Name | Operation/War | Date of Award |
| Dewan Ranjit Rai | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 27 October 1947 |
| Dewan Singh | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 03 November 1947 |
| Chand Singh | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 22 November 1947 |
| Bishan Singh | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 12 December 1947 |
| Nand Singh | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 12 December 1947 |
| Ram Chander | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 18 December 1947 |
| Gen Yadunath Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 01 January 1948 |
| IJS Butalia | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 01 January 1948 |
| Khushal Chand | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 01 January 1948 |
| Mohammad Usman | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 01 January 1948 |
| Manmohan Khanna | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 01 January 1948 |
| Rajinder Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 01 January 1948 |
| Thakur Prithi Chand | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 01 January 1948 |
| Annavi Krishnaswamy Ramaswamy | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 16 January 1948 |
| Man Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 25 January 1948 |
| Daya Ram | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 06 February 1948 |
| Kishan Singh Rathore | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 06 February 1948 |
| Krishna Sonawale | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 06 February 1948 |
| Sardar Malkiat Singh Brar | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 08 February 1948 |
| Satyapal Chopra | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 15 March 1948 |
| Hari Chand | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 17 March 1948 |
| Hari Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 17 March 1948 |
| Gurdial Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 18 March 1948 |
| Rajindar Singh Sparrow | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 19 March 1948 |
| Arvind Nilkanth Jatar | 1948 Rajauri, Jammu & Kashmir | 08 April 1948 |
| Sis Pal Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 09 April 1948 |
| Dhonkal Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 30 April 1948 |
| Kaman Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 18 May 1948 |
| Lal Bahadur Khattri | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 18 May 1948 |
| Hardev Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 24 May 1948 |
| Nar Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 31 May 1948 |
| Raju | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 11 June 1948 |
| Chuna Ram | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 15 June 1948 |
| Porter Mohd Ismail | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 23 June 1948 |
| Amar Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 25 June 1948 |
| Chewang Rinchen | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 01 July 1948 |
| Pritam Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 03 July 1948 |
| Sampooran Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 06 July 1948 |
| Sher Jung Thapa | The Hero of Skardu | 14 August 1948 |
| Fateh Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 14 September 1948 |
| Harbans Singh Virk | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 16 September 1948 |
| Anil Krishna Barat | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 25 September 1948 |
| Rabi Lal Thapa | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 27 September 1948 |
| Dharam Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 08 November 1948 |
| Anant Singh Pathania | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 14 November 1948 |
| Ram Parsad Gurung | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 15 November 1948 |
| Lal Singh | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 15 November 1948 |
| Kanhya Lal Atal | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 23 November 1948 |
| Dara Dinshaw Mistry | 1948 Operation Polo, Hyderabad | 15 December 1948 |
| Mehar Singh | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 26 January 1950 |
| Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 26 January 1950 |
| SB Noronha | 1951 Operation Tomahawk | 26 January 1950 |
| AG Rangaraj | 1947 Indo Pak Kashmir War | 24 March 1951 |
| Nirod Baran Banerjee | 1961 Operation Vijay, Goa | 29 March 1951 |
| Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1961 Operation Vijay, Goa | 08 December 1951 |
| Ran Bahadur Gurung | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 06 December 1961 |
| Mahabir Thapa | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 16 December 1961 |
| Jag Mohan Nath | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 01 January 1962 |
| Chain Singh | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 10 October 1962 |
| Kanshi Ram | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 10 October 1962 |
| Saroop Singh | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 19 October 1962 |
| Bhagwan Dutt Dogra | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Gopalkrishna Venkatesa Prasanna Rao | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Gurdial Singh | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Mahabir Prasad | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Mahander Singh Chaudhary | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Sardul Singh Randhawa | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Sonam Stobdan | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Tapishwar Narain Raina | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 20 October 1962 |
| Rabi Lal Thapa | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 21 October 1962 |
| Ajit Singh | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 22 October 1962 |
| Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 25 October 1962 |
| Kewal Singh | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 26 October 1962 |
| Satigian Phunchok | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 27 October 1962 |
| Ishe Tundup | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 27 October 1962 |
| Jaswant Singh Rawat | 1962 Operation Leg Horn | 17 November 1962 |
| Shyamal Dev Goswamy | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 18 November 1962 |
| Ved Prakash Trehan | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 29 December 1962 |
| Sushil Kumar Mathur | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 15 April 1965 |
| Baljit Singh Randhawa | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 17 May 1965 |
| Chander Narain Singh | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 August 1965 |
| Sarup Singh Kalaan | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 August 1965 |
| Ram Dharam Dass Hira | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 August 1965 |
| Zorawar Chand Bakshi | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 05 August 1965 |
| Gurbans Singh Sangha | 1965 Operation Riddle | 15 August 1965 |
| Ranjit Singh Dyal | 1965 Operation Riddle | 25 August 1965 |
| Bhaskar Roy | 1965 Operation Riddle | 01 September 1965 |
| Jag Mohan Nath | 1965 Operation Riddle | 01 September 1965 |
| William Mac Donald Goodman | 1965 Operation Riddle | 01 September 1965 |
| Ajit Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Desmond Hayde | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Gen Gurbaksh Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Gen Rajindar Singh Sparrow | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Har Krishen Sibal | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Khem Karan Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Narindera Nath Khanna | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Padmanabha Gautam | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Prem Pal Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 06 September 1965 |
| Raghubir Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 07 September 1965 |
| Harbans Lal Mehta | 1965 Operation Riddle | 08 September 1965 |
| Naubat Ram | 1965 Operation Riddle | 08 September 1965 |
| Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj | 1965 Operation Riddle | 08 September 1965 |
| Gen Mohindar Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 09 September 1965 |
| Sampuran Singh | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 09 September 1965 |
| Salim Caleb | 1965 Operation Riddle | 10 September 1965 |
| Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi | 1965 Operation Riddle | 11 September 1965 |
| Arun Shridhar Vaidya | 1965 Operation Riddle | 16 September 1965 |
| Asaram Tyagi | 1965 Operation Ablaze | 21 September 1965 |
| Kapil Singh Thapa | 1965 Operation Riddle | 21 September 1965 |
| Pagadala Kuppuswamy Nandagopal | 1965 Operation Riddle | 28 September 1965 |
| Tika Bahadur Thapa | 1965 Operation Riddle | 30 September 1965 |
| Bhupinder Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 11 October 1965 |
| Darshan Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 02 November 1965 |
| Gautam Mubayi | 1965 Operation Riddle | 02 November 1965 |
| Sant Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 02 November 1965 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 1965 Operation Riddle | 11 September 1967 |
| Rai Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 September 1967 |
| Mahatam Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 October 1967 |
| Anand Sarup | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1971 |
| Arun Bhimrao Harolikar | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1971 |
| Anthony Harold Edward Michigan | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1971 |
| Hardev Singh Kaler | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1971 |
| Mohan Narayan Rao Samant | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1971 |
| Rajkumar Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1971 |
| Surinder Kapur | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1971 |
| Ram Ugrah Pandey | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 24 November 1971 |
| Ansuya Prasad | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 30 November 1971 |
| Pati Ram Gurung | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 30 November 1971 |
| Gen Shamsher Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 December 1971 |
| Swaraj Parkash | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 December 1971 |
| Anup Singh Gahlaut | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 December 1971 |
| Basdev Singh Mankotia | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 December 1971 |
| Anant Vishwanath Natu | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 December 1971 |
| Kashmiri Lal Rattan | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 December 1971 |
| Prem Kumar Khanna | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 December 1971 |
| Jaivir Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 December 1971 |
| Vidya Bhushan Vasisht | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 03 December 1971 |
| Allan Albert D’Costa | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 04 December 1971 |
| Bir Bahadur Pun | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 04 December 1971 |
| Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 04 December 1971 |
| Arun Shridhar Vaidya | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Babru Bahan Yadav | 1971 Operation Trident | 05 December 1971 |
| Devinder Singh Ahlawat | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Kuldip Singh Chandpuri | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Narinder Singh Sandhu | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Padmanabha Gautam | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Sawai Bhawani Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 05 December 1971 |
| Joginder Singh Gharaya | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 December 1971 |
| Kailash Prasad Pande | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 December 1971 |
| Mohindar Lal Whig | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 December 1971 |
| Pandurang Salunkhe | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 06 December 1971 |
| Chandan Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 December 1971 |
| Gen Chittoor Venugopal | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 December 1971 |
| Joginder Singh Bakshi | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 December 1971 |
| Mohinder Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 07 December 1971 |
| Chewang Rinchen | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 December 1971 |
| Chiman Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 December 1971 |
| Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 December 1971 |
| Udai Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 08 December 1971 |
| Mahendra Nath Mulla | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 09 December 1971 |
| Sugan Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 09 December 1971 |
| Rattan Nath Sharma | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 10 December 1971 |
| Gen Harish Chandra Pathak | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 December 1971 |
| Kulwant Singh Pannu | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 December 1971 |
| Sukhjit Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 December 1971 |
| Vijay Rattan Choudhry | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 11 December 1971 |
| Drig Pal Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 13 December 1971 |
| Pradip Kumar Gour | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 14 December 1971 |
| Amarjit Singh Bal | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 15 December 1971 |
| Thomas Phillopose | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 15 December 1971 |
| Ved Prakash Ghai | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 15 December 1971 |
| Hanut Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 16 December 1971 |
| Raj Mohan Vohra | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 16 December 1971 |
| Shankar Rao Shankhapan Walkar | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 16 December 1971 |
| Cecil Vivian Parker | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Harcharan Singh Mangat | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Madhavendra Banerji | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Malkiat Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Ramesh Sakharam Benegal | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Shamsher Singh Samra | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Shangara Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 17 December 1971 |
| Dil Bahadur Chettri | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 21 December 1971 |
| Santosh Kumar Gupta | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 21 December 1971 |
| Vijay Kumar Berry | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 28 December 1971 |
| S. K. Kaul | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 30 December 1971 |
| Nar Bahadur Chhetri | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 31 December 1971 |
| Dharam Vir Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 01 January 1972 |
| Sant Singh | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 02 January 1972 |
| Daljit Singh Narang | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly | 20 January 1972 |
| Ved Prakash Airy | 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly, | 20 January 1972 |
| Ram Krishna Wadhwa | 1971 Indo-Pak War-Raja Mohtam | 10 December 1971 |
| Nar Bahadur Ale | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 26 January 1987 |
| Prem Bahadur Gurung | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 26 January 1987 |
| Krishna Gopal Chatterjee | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 15 August 1987 |
| Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 16 October 1987 |
| Manjit Singh | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 19 October 1987 |
| Arvind Singh | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 22 January 1988 |
| Ajjamada B. Devaiah | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 26 January 1988 |
| Sansar Chand | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 26 January 1988 |
| Inder Bal Singh Bawa | 1984 Operation Meghdoot, Siachen | 02 April 1988 |
| Rajeev Sandhu | 1987 Operation Pawan, Sri Lanka | 19 July 1988 |
| Pratap Singh | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 26 January 1989 |
| Vijay Kumar Bakshi | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 29 March 1989 |
| Anuj Nayyar | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 January 1999 |
| Balwan Singh | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 January 1999 |
| Rajesh Singh Adhikari | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 January 1999 |
| Sonam Wangchuk | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 January 1999 |
| Keishing Clifford Nongrun | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 01 January 1999 |
| Digendra Kumar | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 August 1999 |
| Neikezhakuo Kenguruse | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 August 1999 |
| Padmapani Acharya | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 August 1999 |
| Vivek Gupta | 1999 Operation Vijay, Kargil | 15 August 1999 |
| Imliakum Ao | 1999 Operation Vijay – Kargil | 26 January 2000 |
| Gurjinder Singh Suri | 1999 Operation Vijay – Kargil | 01 January 2001 |
source by wikipedia
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