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Press Information Bureau. Government of India October 12, 2001
President, Shri KR Narayanan conferred one Maha Vir Chakra, five Kirti Chakras, one Vir Chakra and twenty four Shaurya Chakras on those Armed Forces and civilian personnel who displayed conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan, here today.
The following is the list of awardees:-
Gallantry awards
MAHA VIR CHAKRA
Captain Gurjinder Singh Suri ( IC-56980), AOC, 12 Bihar (Posthumous)
KIRTI CHAKRA
1. Maj Deepak Mehra (IC-47013), 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 33 Rashtriya Rifles
2. Capt Amit Semwal (IC-57443), 16 Dogra (Posthumous)
3. Maj Pradeep R Tathawade (IC-41913), 8 J&K Light Infantry (Posthumous)
4. Capt R Subramanian (IC-56963), 1 Para (Special Force) (Posthumous)
5. Wing Commander Rajiv Kothiyal(15696), Flying (Pilot)
VIR CHAKRA
Subedar Ujeen Singh Shekhawat (JC-448394), 19 Grenadiers (Posthumous)
SHAURYA CHAKRA
1. Shri Surjit Singh, Village- Lehota, Tehsil- Thathri, Dist.-Doda, J&K
2. Shri Amrik Singh, Village- Lehota, Tehsil- Thathri, Dist.-Doda, J&K
3. Squadron Leader Santosh Kumar Ebenezer (20486), Flying (Pilot)
4. Capt Aditya Srivastava (IC-57067), 2/9 Gorkha Rifles
5. Havildar Jagdev Singh, (4465304), 15 Sikh Light Infantry (Posthumous)
6. Lance Havildar Tara Bahadur, (5845407), 2/9 Gorkha Rifles (Posthumous)
7. Shri Dharam Pal, Jammu and Kashmir
8. Maj Bhupendra Singh Rathore (SS-35725), 14 Grenadiers
9. Sepoy Talbhare Manjabhau Marotrao (2791116), Maratha Light Infantry,
17 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)
10. Lt Col Ajit Bhandarkar (IC-39962), Madras, 25 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)
11. Subedar Ram Bahadur Thapa (JC-206023), 5/1 Gorkha Rifles
12. Subedar Ved Parkash (JC-518260), 16 Dogra (Posthumous)
13. Shri Umesh Rabha, Dist.- Nalbari, Assam (Posthumous)
14. Maj Mangerira Chinnappa Muthanna (IC-45578), Sikh Light Infantry HQ 1 Sector Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)
15. Maj Jose Mavelil George (IC-43714), Artillery, 8 Assam Rifles
16. Gunner Alappa Yadagiri Reddy (14407226), Air Defence Artillery, 15 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)
17. Company Quarter Master Havildar Sushil Kumar (2670986), 14 Grenadiers
18. Lt Varun Singh (04073-F)
19. Havildar Pirtha Bahadur Magar, (5749452), 4/8 Gorkha Rifles
20. Major Sukhmeet Singh (IC-46889), Artillery, 17 Assam Rifles
21. Subedar Desh Raj Thakur (JC-518643), 10 Dogra
22. Capt Amit Prakash (IC-57824), Army Service Corps, 11 Sikh
23. Subedar Sukhchain Singh (JC-498054), 11 Sikh
24. Lt Hari Singh Bist (IC-59276), 3/11 Gorkha Rifles (Posthumous)
The Vice President, Shri Krishan Kant, Home Minister, Shri LK Advani, Defence, Minister Shri Jaswant Singh, Minister of State of Defence, Shri UV Krishnam Raju, the three Service Chiefs, Defence Secretary and senior officials of Armed Forces and Defence Ministry were also present on the occasion.