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 Which
sings a song of glory,
Narrates the sacrifice story,
Emblem of a close intimacy
its the award of bravery.
Param Vir Chakra is the highest
gallantry award given to the officers and enlisted personnel
by the President of India to all military branches of India.
Its like an achievement which they get for there extreme bravery
and sacrifice.It has been giving since 1950 every year to
those who presents an extreme example of their great valour
in wars to defend India.
Param Vir Chakra is a symbol
of great bravery and courage which is shown by our soldiers
without caring of their lives. This medal tells the story
of great patriotism, sacrifice and intimacy with the motherland
as well. This medal is given to posthumous as well as alive
soldiers. Some times the recipient might be his / her widow
/ widower or to the next of kin or a family member. This medal
also gives some amount of pension to the recipients. Till
date India has fought 4 wars where 21 soldiers got this medal
of which 14 are posthumous.
Param Vir Chakra was designed
by Mrs. Savitri Khanolkar who was born in Russia on 20th July
1913. Later she got married to an Indian Army Officer Major
V Khanolkar of Sikh Regiment. This extremely talented lady
is regarded for her great knowledge of Indian mythology because
she designed this medal keeping the concept of mythology under
consideration. This medal is made of bronze because bronze
reflects the colour of motherland. It is circular in shape
and having a radius of 1 and3/8 inches. The Ashoka's lion
have increased the grace of this medal through acquiring a
middle position and these are surrounded by 4 replicas of
Indra's weapon "Vajra". This Param Vir Chakra symbolizes
Rishi Dadhici who donated his thigh bone for the formation
of Vajra for defeating Asuras.
The formation of Vajra was
an example of extreme sacrifice,in the same way, this medal
has come up as another example of devotion and sacrifice.
Mrs. Savitri Khanolkar connected the soldier's bravery with
Dadhici's sacrifice. Major Somnath Sharma who was the first
recipient of this medal was the brother in law of the daughter
of Mrs Savirti.
Pram Vir Chakra is salutations
on behalf of every Indian to those who sacrifice their lives
just to make others secured. Lots of movies have been made
just to make remind every Indian about the sacrifice of great
patriots. These movies like Hakikat, Border,L.O.C. have been
a great source of inspiration for the youth of India as these
try to bring the past in front of youth and try to bind them
with their motherland. Here, we present you the story of those
21 valiant men who were awarded with this medal and their
story of flight to an eternal flame.The name of those awrdees
are-
- Major Somnath Sharma,
(4 Kumaon)
- Company Havildar Major
Piru Singh, (6 Rajputana Rifles)
- Naik Jadunath Singh, (4 Guards)
- Capt. Gurbachan Singh
Salaria, (3/1 Gorkha)
- Subedar Joginder Singh, (1 Sikh,later 4 Merchanised Infantry)
- Major Shaitan Singh, (13 Kumaon)
- Company Havildar Major Abdul Hamid, (4 Grenadiers)
- Lieutinant Colonel A B Tarapore, (17 Horse)
- Lance Naik albert Ekka, (14 Guards)
- Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, (18 Sqadron IAF)
- Second Lieutinant Arun Khetarpal, (17 House)
- Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, (8 Mahar)
- Capt. Vikram Batra (13 J&K)
- Lieutinant Major Pandey, (-1/11 Gorkha Rifles)
- Lance Naik Karam Singh, (1 Sikh, later 4 Merchanjsed Infantry)
- Second Lieutinant Rama Raghoba Rane (Bombay Sappers Engineers)
- Mjor Dhan Singh Thapa, (3 Merchanised Infantry)
- Major Hoshiyar singh, (13 Kumaon)
- Naib subedar Bna Singh, (8 J&K)
- Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav, (18 Grenadiers)
- Rifleman Sanjay Kumar (13 J&k)
AND THE STORY OF GREAT VALOUR STARTS WITH MAJOR SOMNATH SHARMA
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