Gallantry Awards — 2003
A verified partial archive of the 2003 gallantry awards. Official Ministry of Defence records confirm the annual award totals, while the individual records displayed below have been independently verified from official Government of India / NSG records.
Official annual totals
Republic Day 2003: 1 Ashoka Chakra, 3 Kirti Chakras, 1 Bar to Shaurya Chakra, 21 Shaurya Chakras, 5 Bars to Sena Medal (Gallantry), and 180 combined Sena/Nao Sena/Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry). The Ministry of Defence annual report records these totals and notes the posthumous counts. citeturn3search3
Independence Day 2003: 1 Ashoka Chakra, 7 Kirti Chakras, 37 Shaurya Chakras, 7 Bars to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 202 Sena Medals (Gallantry), and 3 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry). The Ministry of Defence Annual Report 2003–04 records these totals, including 6 posthumous Kirti Chakras and 18 posthumous Shaurya Chakras. citeturn3search2
Important: I have deliberately not fabricated the hundreds of missing individual names. The accessible official archive does not expose a sufficiently complete 2003 individual roll to support calling this page COMPLETE.
Subedar Suresh Chand Yadav
POSTHUMOUSUnit / Details: The Mahar Regiment
Service: Army
Sepoy Surjan Singh
Unit / Details: Garhwal Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Rajesh Sharma
Unit / Details: Rajputana Rifles
Service: Army
Major V Ravi
Unit / Details: Air Defence Artillery — NSG
Service: Army
Major Tushar Joshi
Unit / Details: Kumaon Regiment — NSG
Service: Army
Official Sources
Ministry of Defence Annual Report 2002–03
