<P> As of January 2018, Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously in 1971, is the only Indian Air Force officer to have been honoured with the medal . Subedar Major Bana Singh, Naib Subedar Sanjay Kumar and Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav, are the only living recipients of the award . </P> <P> This along with the *, indicates that the Param Vir Chakra was awarded posthumously . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Unit </Th> <Th> Date of action </Th> <Th> Conflict </Th> <Th> Place of action </Th> <Th> Citations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Somnath Sharma </Td> <Td> 4 Kumaon </Td> <Td> 000000001947 - 11 - 03 - 0000 3 November 1947 * </Td> <Td> Battle of Badgam </Td> <Td> Badgam, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jadu Nath Singh </Td> <Td> 1 Rajput </Td> <Td> 000000001948 - 02 - 06 - 0000 6 February 1948 * </Td> <Td> Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 </Td> <Td> Naushera, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rama Raghoba Rane </Td> <Td> Bombay Sappers </Td> <Td> 000000001948 - 04 - 08 - 0000 8 April 1948 </Td> <Td> Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 </Td> <Td> Naushera, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Piru Singh Shekhawat </Td> <Td> 6 Rajputana Rifles </Td> <Td> 000000001948 - 07 - 17 - 0000 17 July 1948 * </Td> <Td> Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 </Td> <Td> Tithwal, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Karam Singh </Td> <Td> 1 Sikh </Td> <Td> 000000001948 - 10 - 13 - 0000 13 October 1948 </Td> <Td> Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 </Td> <Td> Tithwal, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gurbachan Singh Salaria </Td> <Td> 3 / 1 Gorkha Rifles </Td> <Td> 000000001961 - 12 - 05 - 0000 5 December 1961 * </Td> <Td> Congo Crisis </Td> <Td> Elisabethville! Élisabethville, Katanga, Congo </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dhan Singh Thapa </Td> <Td> 1 / 8 Gorkha Rifles </Td> <Td> 000000001962 - 10 - 20 - 0000 20 October 1962 </Td> <Td> Sino - Indian War </Td> <Td> Ladakh, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joginder Singh Sahnan </Td> <Td> 1 Sikh </Td> <Td> 000000001962 - 10 - 23 - 0000 23 October 1962 * </Td> <Td> Sino - Indian War </Td> <Td> Tongpen La, NEFA, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shaitan Singh </Td> <Td> 13 Kumaon </Td> <Td> 000000001962 - 11 - 18 - 0000 18 November 1962 * </Td> <Td> Sino - Indian War </Td> <Td> Rezang La, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abdul Hamid </Td> <Td> 4 Grenadiers </Td> <Td> 000000001965 - 09 - 10 - 0000 10 September 1965 * </Td> <Td> Battle of Asal Uttar </Td> <Td> Khemkaran, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore </Td> <Td> 17 Poona Horse </Td> <Td> 000000001965 - 10 - 15 - 0000 15 October 1965 * </Td> <Td> Battle of Chawinda </Td> <Td> Phillora, Sialkot, Pakistan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Albert Ekka </Td> <Td> 14 Guards </Td> <Td> 000000001971 - 12 - 03 - 0000 3 December 1971 * </Td> <Td> Battle of Hilli </Td> <Td> Gangasagar, Agartala, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon </Td> <Td> No. 18 Squadron </Td> <Td> 000000001971 - 12 - 14 - 0000 14 December 1971 * </Td> <Td> Indo - Pakistani War of 1971 </Td> <Td> Srinagar, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arun Khetarpal </Td> <Td> 17 Poona Horse </Td> <Td> 000000001971 - 12 - 16 - 0000 16 December 1971 * </Td> <Td> Battle of Basantar </Td> <Td> Barapind - Jarpal, Shakargarh, Pakistan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoshiar Singh </Td> <Td> 3 Grenadiers </Td> <Td> 000000001971 - 12 - 17 - 0000 17 December 1971 </Td> <Td> Battle of Basantar </Td> <Td> Basantar River, Shakargarh, Pakistan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bana Singh </Td> <Td> 8 JAK LI </Td> <Td> 000000001987 - 05 - 23 - 0000 23 May 1987 </Td> <Td> Operation Rajiv </Td> <Td> Siachen Glacier, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ramaswamy Parameshwaran </Td> <Td> 8 Mahar </Td> <Td> 000000001987 - 11 - 25 - 0000 25 November 1987 * </Td> <Td> Operation Pawan </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manoj Kumar Pandey </Td> <Td> 1 / 11 Gorkha Rifles </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 07 - 03 - 0000 3 July 1999 * </Td> <Td> Operation Vijay </Td> <Td> Khaluber / Juber Top, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yogendra Singh Yadav </Td> <Td> 18 Grenadiers </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 07 - 04 - 0000 4 July 1999 </Td> <Td> Battle of Tiger Hill </Td> <Td> Tiger Hill, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sanjay Kumar </Td> <Td> 13 JAK Rifles </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 07 - 05 - 0000 5 July 1999 </Td> <Td> Kargil War </Td> <Td> Kargil, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vikram Batra </Td> <Td> 13 JAK Rifles </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 07 - 05 - 0000 5 July 1999 * </Td> <Td> Operation Vijay </Td> <Td> Kargil, J & K, India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Unit </Th> <Th> Date of action </Th> <Th> Conflict </Th> <Th> Place of action </Th> <Th> Citations </Th> </Tr>

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