Maha Vir Chakra Winners List – The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra. For your information, let us tell you that Mahavir Chakra is given to Indian military personnel for gallantry in war. It was established on 26 January 1950. So far, a total of 129 military personnel have been honored with the Maha Vir Chakra award. Some soldiers are also given the Mahavir Chakra posthumously.
This medal is made of silver and is circular in shape with a lotus flower in the center. This medal was given the highest in the Indo-Pak 1971 war. The list of Mahavir Chakra winners is given below.
Maha Vir Chakra Winners List from 1947 to 2024
| S. No. | Rank | Maha Vir Chakra Winners Name List | Date of Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lieutenant Colonel | Dewan Ranjit Rai | 27-Oct-1947 |
| 2 | Sepoy | Dewan Singh Danu | 03-Nov-1947 |
| 3 | Naik | Chand Singh | 22-Nov-1947 |
| 4 | Subedar | Bishan Singh | 12-Dec-1947 |
| 5 | Jemadar | Nand Singh | 12-Dec-1947 |
| 6 | Civilian | Ram Chander | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 7 | Major | Yadunath Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 8 | Lieutenant Colonel | IJS Butalia | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 9 | Lieutenant Colonel | Khushal Chand | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 10 | Brigadier | Mohammad Usman | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 11 | Lieutenant General | Man Mohan Khanna | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 12 | Brigadier | Rajendra Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 13 | Lieutenant Colonel | Thakur Prithi Chand | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 14 | Major | Annavi Krishnaswamy Ramaswamy | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 15 | Sepoy | Man Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 16 | Havildar | Daya Ram | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 17 | Colonel | Kishan Singh Rathore | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 18 | Subedar-major | Krishna Sonawale | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 19 | Major | Sardar Malkit Singh Brar | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 20 | Major | Satya Pal Chopra | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 21 | Lieutenant Colonel | Hari Chand | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 22 | Sepoy | Hari Singh | 17-Mar-1948 |
| 23 | Subedar | Gurdial Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 24 | Major General | Rajinder Singh Sparrow | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 25 | Brigadier | Arvind Nilkanth Jatar | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 26 | Naik | Sis Pal Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 27 | Rifleman | Dhonkal Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 28 | Lieutenant Colonel | Kaman Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 29 | Jemadar | Lal Bahadur Khattri | 26-Jan-1952 |
| 30 | Jemadar | Hardev Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 31 | Naik | Nar Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 32 | Naik | Raju | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 33 | Subedar | Chuna Ram | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 34 | Civilian Porter | Mohd Ismail | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 35 | Sepoy | Amar Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 36 | Major | Chewang Rinchen | 01-Jul-1948 |
| 37 | Naik | Pritam Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 38 | Jemadar | Sampooran Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 39 | Brigadier | Sher Jung Thapa | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 40 | Subedar | Fateh Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 41 | Lieutenant Colonel | Harbans Singh Virk | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 42 | Lieutenant General | Anil Krishna Barat | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 43 | Lance Naik | Rabi Lal Thapa | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 44 | Lieutenant Colonel | Dharam Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 45 | Major General | Anant Singh Pathania | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 46 | Havildar | Ram Parsad Gurung | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 47 | Jemadar | Lal Singh | 15-Nov-1948 |
| 48 | Brigadier | Kanhya Lal Atal | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 49 | Captain | Dara Dinshaw Mistry | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 50 | Air Commodore | Mehar Singh | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 51 | Air Marshal | Minoo Merwan Engineer | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 52 | Wing Commander | SB Noronha | 26-Jan-1950 |
| 53 | Lieutenant Colonel | AG Rangaraj | 24-Mar-1951 |
| 54 | Colonel | Nirod Baran Banerjee | March-1951 |
| 55 | Air Chief Marshal | Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 08-Dec-1951 |
| 56 | Lance Naik | Ran Bahadur Gurung | 06-Dec-1961 |
| 57 | Naik | Mahabir Thapa | 16-Dec-1961 |
| 58 | Wing Commander | Jag Mohan Nath | 01-Jan-1962 |
| 59 | Naik | Chain Singh | 10-Oct-1962 |
| 60 | Subedar | Kanshi Ram | 10-Oct-1962 |
| 61 | Havildar | Saroop Singh | 19-Oct-1962 |
| 62 | Lieutenant Colonel | Bhagwan Dutt Dogra | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 63 | Second lieutenant | Gopalkrishna Venkatesa Prasanna Rao | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 64 | Lieutenant Colonel | Gurdial Singh | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 65 | Captain | Mahabir Prasad | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 66 | Major | Mahander Singh Chaudhary | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 67 | Lieutenant Colonel | Sardul Singh Randhawa | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 68 | Brigadier | Sher Pratap Singh Shrikent | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 69 | Subedar | Sonam Stobdan | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 70 | General | Tapishwar Narain Raina | 20-Oct-1962 |
| 71 | Naib Subedar (Honorary Subedar) | Rabi Lal Thapa | 21-Oct-1962 |
| 72 | Colonel | Ajit Singh | 22-Oct-1962 |
| 73 | Major General | Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea | 25-Oct-1962 |
| 74 | Sepoy | Kewal Singh | 26-Oct-1962 |
| 75 | Havildar | Stanzin Phunchok | 27-Oct-1962 |
| 76 | Jemadar | Isht Tundup | 27-Oct-1962 |
| 77 | Rifleman | Jaswant Singh Rawat | 17-Nov-1962 |
| 78 | Major | Shyamal Dev Goswamy | 18-Nov-1962 |
| 79 | Lieutenant | Ved Prakash Trehan | 29-Dec-1962 |
| 80 | Major General | Sushil Kumar Mathur | 15-Apr-1965 |
| 81 | Major | Baljit Singh Randhawa | 17-May-1965 |
| 82 | Captain | Chander Narain Singh | 05-Aug-1965 |
| 83 | Major General | Sarup Singh Kalaan | 05-Aug-1965 |
| 84 | Lieutenant General | Ram Dharam Dass Hira | 05-Aug-1965 |
| 85 | Lieutenant General | Zorawar Chand Bakshi | 05-Aug-1965 |
| 86 | Colonel | Gurbans Singh Sangha | 15-Aug-1965 |
| 87 | Lieutenant General | Ranjit Singh Dyal | 25-Aug-1965 |
| 88 | Major | Bhaskar Roy | 01-Sep-1965 |
| 89 | Wing Commander | Jag Mohan Nath | 01-Sep-1965 |
| 90 | Air Commodore | William Mac Donald Goodman | 01-Sep-1965 |
| 91 | Subedar | Ajit Singh | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 92 | Brigadier | Desmond Hayde | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 93 | Major | Gurbaksh Singh | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 94 | Major | Rajinder Singh Sparrow | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 95 | Lieutenant General | Har Krishen Sibal | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 96 | Lieutenant General | Khem Karan Singh | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 97 | Lieutenant Colonel | Narindera Nath Khanna | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 98 | Wing Commander | Padmanabha Gautam | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 99 | Air Marshal | Prem Pal Singh | 06-Sep-1965 |
| 100 | Brigadier | Raghubir Singh | 07-Sep-1965 |
| 101 | Lieutenant Colonel | Harbans Lal Mehta | 08-Sep-1965 |
| 102 | Naib Subedar (Hon. Subedar) | Naubat Ram | 08-Sep-1965 |
| 103 | Brigadier | Thomas Krishnan Theogaraj | 08-Sep-1965 |
| 104 | Major | Mohindar Singh | 09-Sep-1965 |
| 105 | Brigadier | Sampuran Singh | 09-Sep-1965 |
| 106 | Major General | Salim Caleb | 10-Sep-1965 |
| 107 | Major General | Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi | 11-Sep-1965 |
| 108 | General | Arun Shridhar Vaidya | 16-Sep-1965 |
| 109 | Major | Asaram Tyagi | 21-Sep-1965 |
| 110 | Captain | Kapil Singh Thapa | 21-Sep-1965 |
| 111 | Brigadier | Pagadala Kuppuswamy Nandagopal | 28-Sep-1965 |
| 112 | Subedar | Tika Bahadur Thapa | 30-Sep-1965 |
| 113 | Major | Bhupinder Singh | 11-Oct-1965 |
| 114 | Naik | Darshan Singh | 02-Nov-1965 |
| 115 | Captain | Gautam Mubayi | 02-Nov-1965 |
| 116 | Brigadier | Sant Singh | 02-Nov-1965 |
| 117 | Major | Harbhajan Singh | 11-Sep-1967 |
| 118 | Brigadier | Rai Singh | 11-Sep-1967 |
| 119 | Lieutenant Colonel | Mahatam Singh | 01-Oct-1967 |
| 120 | Lieutenant General | Anand Sarup | 01-Jan-1971 |
| 121 | Brigadier | Arun Bhimrao Harolikar | 01-Jan-1971 |
| 122 | Major General | Anthony Harold Edward Michigan | 01-Jan-1971 |
| 123 | Major General | Hardev Singh Kaler | 01-Jan-1971 |
| 124 | Captain | Mohan Narayan Rao Samant | 01-Jan-1971 |
| 125 | Brigadier | Rajkumar Singh | 01-Jan-1971 |
| 126 | Lieutenant Colonel | Surinder Kapur | 01-Jan-1971 |
| 127 | Lance Naik | Ram Ugrah Pandey | 24-Nov-1971 |
| 128 | Sepoy | Ansuya Prasad | 30-Nov-1971 |
| 129 | Rifleman | Pati Ram Gurung | 30-Nov-1971 |
| 130 | Major | Shamsher Singh | 01-Dec-1971 |
| 131 | Vice Admiral | Swaraj Parkash | 01-Dec-1971 |
| 132 | Major | Anup Singh Gahlaut | 03-Dec-1971 |
| 133 | Brigadier | Basdev Singh Mankotia | 03-Dec-1971 |
| 134 | Major General | Anant Vishwanath Natu | 03-Dec-1971 |
| 135 | Major General | Kashmiri Lal Rattan | 03-Dec-1971 |
| 136 | Major General | Prem Kumar Khanna | 03-Dec-1971 |
| 137 | Lieutenant Colonel | Jaivir Singh | 03-Dec-1971 |
| 138 | Air Vice-Marshal | Vidya Bhushan Vasisht | 03-Dec-1971 |
| 139 | Group Captain | Allan Albert D’Costa | 04-Dec-1971 |
| 140 | Subedar-major & Honorary Captain | Bir Bahadur Pun | 04-Dec-1971 |
| 141 | Commodore | Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao | 04-Dec-1971 |
| 142 | General | Arun Shridhar Vaidya | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 143 | Commodore | Babru Bhan Yadav | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 144 | Captain | Devinder Singh Ahlawat | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 145 | Lieutenant General | Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 146 | Brigadier | Kuldip Singh Chandpuri | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 147 | Brigadier | Narinder Singh Sandhu | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 148 | Wing Commander | Padmanabha Gautam | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 149 | Air Marshal | Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 150 | Lieutenant Colonel | Sawai Bhawani Singh | 05-Dec-1971 |
| 151 | Lieutenant General | Joginder Singh Gharaya | 06-Dec-1971 |
| 152 | Brigadier | Kailash Prasad Pande | 06-Dec-1971 |
| 153 | Brigadier | Mohindar Lal Whig | 06-Dec-1971 |
| 154 | Sepoy | Pandurang Salunkhe | 06-Dec-1971 |
| 155 | Air Vice-Marshal | Chandan Singh | 07-Dec-1971 |
| 156 | Lieutenant Colonel | Chittoor Venugopal | 07-Dec-1971 |
| 157 | Lieutenant General | Joginder Singh Bakshi | 07-Dec-1971 |
| 158 | Subedar-major | Mohinder Singh | 07-Dec-1971 |
| 159 | Major | Chewang Rinchen | 08-Dec-1971 |
| 160 | Petty Officer | Chiman Singh | 08-Dec-1971 |
| 161 | Commander | Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha | 08-Dec-1971 |
| 162 | Brigadier | Udai Singh Bhati | 08-Dec-1971 |
| 163 | Captain | Mahendra Nath Mulla | 09-Dec-1971 |
| 164 | Naik | Sugan Singh | 09-Dec-1971 |
| 165 | Brigadier | Rattan Nath Sharma | 10-Dec-1971 |
| 166 | Lieutenant Colonel | Harish Chandra Pathak | 11-Dec-1971 |
| 167 | Major | Kulwant Singh Pannu | 11-Dec-1971 |
| 168 | Brigadier | Sukhjit Singh | 11-Dec-1971 |
| 169 | Major | Vijay Rattan Choudhry | 11-Dec-1971 |
| 170 | Lance Naik | Drig Pal Singh | 13-Dec-1971 |
| 171 | Captain | Pradip Kumar Gour | 14-Dec-1971 |
| 172 | Brigadier | Amarjit Singh Bal | 15-Dec-1971 |
| 173 | Havildar & Honorary Captain | Thomas Philipose | 15-Dec-1971 |
| 174 | Lieutenant Colonel | Ved Prakash Ghai | 15-Dec-1971 |
| 175 | Lieutenant General | Hanut Singh | 16-Dec-1971 |
| 176 | Lieutenant General | Raj Mohan Vohra | 16-Dec-1971 |
| 177 | Captain | Shankar Rao Shankhapan Walkar | 16-Dec-1971 |
| 178 | Air Vice-Marshal | Cecil Vivian Parker | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 179 | Air Commodore | Harcharan Singh Manget | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 180 | Air Vice-Marshal | Madhavendra Banerji | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 181 | Subedar | Malkiat Singh | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 182 | Group Captain | Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 183 | Air Commodore | Ramesh Sakharam Benegal | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 184 | Second Lieutenant | Shamsher Singh Samra | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 185 | Lance Naik | Shanghara Singh | 17-Dec-1971 |
| 186 | Lance Havildar | Dil Bahadur Chettri | 21-Dec-1971 |
| 187 | Rear Admiral | Santosh Kumar Gupta | 21-Dec-1971 |
| 188 | Brigadier | Vijay Kumar Berry | 28-Dec-1971 |
| 189 | Air Chief Marshal | S. K. Kaul | 30-Dec-1971 |
| 190 | Subedar | Nar Bahadur Chhetri | 31-Dec-1971 |
| 191 | Colonel | Dharam Vir Singh | 01-Jan-1972 |
| 192 | Brigadier | Sant Singh | 02-Jan-1972 |
| 193 | Major | Daljit Singh Narang | 20-Jan-1972 |
| 194 | Lieutenant General | Ved Prakash Airy | 20-Jan-1972 |
| 195 | Assistant commandant | Ram Krishna Wadhwa | 10-Dec-1971 |
| 196 | Lieutenant Colonel | Puttichanda Somaiah Ganapathi | 16-Oct-1987 |
| 197 | Brigadier | Manjit Singh | 19-Oct-1987 |
| 198 | Lieutenant | Arvind Singh | 22-Jan-1988 |
| 199 | Squadron Leader | Ajjamada B. Devaiah | 26-Jan-1988 |
| 200 | Colonel | Krishna Gopal Chatterjee | 26-Jan-1988 |
| 201 | Lance Havildar | Nar Bahadur Ale | 26-Jan-1988 |
| 202 | Naik | Prem Bahadur Gurung | 26-Jan-1988 |
| 203 | Subedar | Sansar Chand | 26-Jan-1988 |
| 204 | Lieutenant Colonel | Inder Bal Singh Bawa | 02-Apr-1988 |
| 205 | Second Lieutenant | Rajeev Sandhu | 19-Jul-1988 |
| 206 | Captain | Pratap Singh | 1989 |
| 207 | Colonel | Vijay Kumar Bakshi | 29-Mar-1989 |
| 208 | Captain | Anuj Nayyar | 01-Jan-1999 |
| 209 | Major | Balwan Singh | 01-Jan-1999 |
| 210 | Major | Rajesh Singh Adhikari | 01-Jan-1999 |
| 211 | Lieutenant Colonel | Sonam Wangchuk | 01-Jan-1999 |
| 212 | Captain | Keishing Clifford Nongrun | 01-Jan-1999 |
| 213 | Naik | Digendra Kumar | 15-Aug-1999 |
| 214 | Captain | Neikezhakuo Kengurüse | 15-Aug-1999 |
| 215 | Major | Padmapani Acharya | 15-Aug-1999 |
| 216 | Major | Vivek Gupta | 15-Aug-1999 |
| 217 | Sepoy | Imliakum Ao | 26-Jan-2000 |
| 218 | Captain | Gurjinder Singh Suri | 01-Jan-2001 |
| 219 | Colonel | B. Santosh Babu | 26-Jan-2021 |
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