<Table> Key <Tr> <Td> #</Td> <Td> Indicates a posthumous honour </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> #</Td> <Td> Indicates a posthumous honour </Td> </Tr> <Table> List of award recipients, showing the year <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Recipient </Th> <Th> Refs . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> Jyoti Prakash Nirala #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Hangpan Dada #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Mohan Goswami #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Mukund Varadarajan #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Neeraj Kumar Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> K. Prasad Babu #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Navdeep Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Laishram Jyotin Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rajesh Kumar #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> D. Sreeram Kumar </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Mohit Sharma #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Bahadur Singh Bohra #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Hemant Karkare #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Vijay Salaskar #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Ashok Kamte #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Tukaram Omble #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Gajender Singh Bisht #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Sandeep Unnikrishnan #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Mohan Chand Sharma #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Jojan Thomas #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> R.P. Diengdoh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Pramod Kumar Satapathy #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Dinesh Raghu Raman #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Chuni Lal #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Vasanth Venugopal #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Triveni Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sanjog Chhetri #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Surinder Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Rambeer Singh Tomar #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kamlesh Kumari #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Sudhir Kumar Walia #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Puneet Nath Datt #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Shanti Swarup Rana #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arun Singh Jasrotia #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Rajiv Kumar Joon #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Sujjan Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Harsh Uday Singh Gaur </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rakesh Singh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sandeep Sankhla </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Randhir Prasad Verma </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Neerja Bhanot #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Chhering Mutup </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Nirbhay Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Bhawani Datt Joshi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Ram Prakash Roperia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Jasbir Singh Raina </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Bhukant Misra </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Rakesh Sharma </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Gennadi Strekalov </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Yury Malyshev </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Cyrus Addie Pithawalla </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gurunam Singh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Ummed Singh Mahra #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Jas Ram Singh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Jia Lal Gupta </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Kharka Bahadur Linibu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Man Bahadur Rai </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Eric James Tucker #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Jem Bajirao Sakpal </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> J.R. Chitnis #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> P.M. Raman #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Joginder Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956 </Td> <Td> Sundar Singh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Suhas Biswas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Bachittar Singh #</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Narbahadur Thapa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Recipient </Th> <Th> Refs . </Th> </Tr>

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