Gallantry Awards — 2024
A verified archive of the gallantry awards approved during the Republic Day and Independence Day 2024 award cycles. The database contains the individual recipients listed by the Government of India and excludes separate police/fire-service medal categories and Mention-in-Despatches.
Official totals
Republic Day 2024: 6 Kirti Chakras, 16 Shaurya Chakras, 53 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 1 Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) and 4 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) — 80 awards.
Independence Day 2024: 4 Kirti Chakras, 18 Shaurya Chakras, 1 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 63 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 11 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 6 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) — 103 awards.
Major Digvijay Singh Rawat
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Deependra Vikram Basnet
Unit / Details: 4th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment
Service: Army
Captain Anshuman Singh
Unit / Details: The Army Medical Corps, 26th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Pawan Kumar Yadav
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion, The Mahar Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Abdul Majid
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Sepoy Pawan Kumar
Unit / Details: The Grenadiers, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Maneo Francis PF
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Amandeep Jakhar
Unit / Details: 4th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment
Service: Army
Captain MV Pranjal
Unit / Details: 63rd Corps of Signals, 63rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Akshat Upadhyay
Unit / Details: 20th Battalion, The Jat Regiment
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Baria Sanjay Kumar Bhamar Sinh
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion, The Mahar Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Sanjay Kumar
Unit / Details: 9 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Rifleman Alok Rao
Unit / Details: 18 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Shri Parshotam Kumar
Unit / Details: 63rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army (Civilian)
Lieutenant Bimal Ranjan Behera
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Wing Commander Shailesh Singh
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Flight Lieutenant Hrishikesh Jayan Karuthedath
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Assistant Commandant Bibhor Kumar Singh
Unit / Details: 205 CoBRA
Service: MHA
Dy SP Mohan Lal
Unit / Details: J&K Police
Service: MHA
Assistant Sub Inspector Amit Raina
Unit / Details: J&K Police
Service: MHA
Sub Inspector Faroz Ahmad Dar
Unit / Details: J&K Police
Service: MHA
Constable Varun Singh
Unit / Details: J&K Police
Service: MHA
Lieutenant Colonel Varun Chaudhary
Unit / Details: 662 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance & Observation)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel G Vijaya Rajan
Unit / Details: 207 Army Aviation Squadron (Utility Helicopter)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Abhishek Joshi
Unit / Details: 662 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance & Observation)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Anuj Sharma
Unit / Details: The Dogra Regiment, 40th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Jaiveer Singh
Unit / Details: 203 Army Aviation Squadron (Utility Helicopter)
Service: Army
Major Vivek Kumar Singh
Unit / Details: 1st Battalion, The 3rd Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Major Deepak Kumar Kataria
Unit / Details: The Mechanised Infantry, 16 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Abhimanyu Sirohi
Unit / Details: The Corps of Engineers, 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance & Observation)
Service: Army
Major Dixant Kumar Gupta
Unit / Details: 246 Field Regiment
Service: Army
Major Tufail Ahmed
Unit / Details: The Brigade of the Guards, 207 Army Aviation Squadron (Utility Helicopter)
Service: Army
Major Sumukh M S
Unit / Details: 16th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment
Service: Army
Major Mohit Sangwan
Unit / Details: The Punjab Regiment, 16 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Govind Singh
Unit / Details: The Rajputana Rifles, 57th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Naveen Janu
Unit / Details: 3rd Battalion, The 8th Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Major Dhananjay Kumar
Unit / Details: The Rajputana Rifles, 43rd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Avitosh Singh Tomar
Unit / Details: 12th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Saurabh Thapa
Unit / Details: The Regiment of Artillery, 10 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Rohit Joshi
Unit / Details: The Corps of Engineers, 39th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Manik Sati
Unit / Details: 20th Battalion, The Jat Regiment
Service: Army
Major Abhimanyu Sharma
Unit / Details: The Armoured Corps, 9 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Jaydeep Singh Rawat
Unit / Details: The Jat Regiment, 45th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Soiba Maningba Rangnamei
Unit / Details: The Bihar Regiment, 22 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Shubham Gupta
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Captain Vimanyu Tyagi
Unit / Details: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Subedar Harvir Singh
Unit / Details: The Rajputana Rifles, 57th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Subedar Naresh Kumar
Unit / Details: The Dogra Regiment, 40th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Kuldeep Singh
Unit / Details: The Mechanised Infantry, 16th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Sultan Singh
Unit / Details: The Grenadiers, 39th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Pawan Sawant
Unit / Details: 16th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Narender Kumar
Unit / Details: 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Havildar Neelam Singh
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Havildar Jitendra Pal Singh
Unit / Details: 20th Battalion, The Jat Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Balwinder Singh
Unit / Details: 4th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Pawan Kumar
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion, The Mahar Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Phup Dorjee Bhutia
Unit / Details: The 11th Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts
Service: Army
Havildar Shabeer Ahmed Sheikh
Unit / Details: The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Havildar Stanzin Tsapak
Unit / Details: 5th Battalion, The Ladakh Scouts
Service: Army
Naik Padma Rigzen
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Naik Hem Raj
Unit / Details: The Armoured Corps, 55th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naik Harvinder Singh
Unit / Details: 4th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment
Service: Army
Naik Jasaveer Singh
Unit / Details: 20th Battalion, The Jat Regiment
Service: Army
Naik Lalhmangaihsanga Chinzah
Unit / Details: 1st Battalion, The Assam Regiment
Service: Army
Lance Naik Harish Chandra Nain
Unit / Details: The Corps of Signals, 59th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Lance Naik Sanjay Bisht
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lance Naik Kulwant Singh
Unit / Details: The Sikh Light Infantry, 49th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Mohd Maqbool Sofi
Unit / Details: 163 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army)
Service: Army
Sepoy Abdul Qudus
Unit / Details: The Jat Regiment, 45th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Chetan Kallappa Sarapure
Unit / Details: The Mahar Regiment, 1st Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Craftsman Pabballa Anil
Unit / Details: The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, 207 Army Aviation Squadron (Utility Helicopter)
Service: Army
Grenadier Govind
Unit / Details: The Grenadiers, 29th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Rifleman Chuni Lal
Unit / Details: 2nd Battalion, The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Service: Army
Rifleman Dhirendra Singh Dhami
Unit / Details: 3rd Battalion, The 8th Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Paratrooper Sachin Laur
Unit / Details: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Commander Bhaskar Rajvanshi
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Group Captain Pankaj Gupta
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot), retired
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Vishal Lakesh
Unit / Details: Administration
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Momin Mohammed Hafeezulla
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Nikita Malhotra
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Colonel Manpreet Singh
Unit / Details: Sena Medal, The Sikh Light Infantry / 19th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Malla Rama Gopal Naidu
Unit / Details: The Maratha Light Infantry / 56th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Rifleman Ravi Kumar
Unit / Details: The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry / 63rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Deputy Superintendent of Police Himayun Muzzammil Bhat
Unit / Details: Jammu and Kashmir Police, C/O 19th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Colonel Pawan Singh
Unit / Details: 666 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
Service: Army
Major CVS Nikhil
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Aashish Dhonchak
Unit / Details: Sena Medal, Sikh Light Infantry / 19th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Tripatpreet Singh
Unit / Details: Army Service Corps / 34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Sahil Randhawa
Unit / Details: The Regiment of Artillery / 34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Subedar Sanjeev Singh Jasrotia
Unit / Details: 5th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar P Pabin Singha
Unit / Details: The Regiment of Artillery / 56th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Pardeep Singh
Unit / Details: The Sikh Light Infantry / 19th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
SPO Abdul Latif
Unit / Details: Jammu and Kashmir Police C/O 33rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Sharad Sinsunwal
Unit / Details: Commanding Officer, INS Kolkata
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Kapil Yadav
Unit / Details: AEO, INS Visakhapatnam
Service: Navy
Wing Commander Vernon Desmond Keane
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Deepak Kumar
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Shri Pawan Kumar
Unit / Details: CT/GD, CRPF
Service: MHA
Shri Devan C
Unit / Details: CT/GD, CRPF
Service: MHA
Shri Lakhveer
Unit / Details: Dy Comdt, CRPF
Service: MHA
Shri Rajesh Panchal
Unit / Details: AC, CRPF
Service: MHA
Shri Malkit Singh
Unit / Details: CT/GD, CRPF
Service: MHA
Lieutenant Colonel Nitin Kumar Singh
Unit / Details: Sena Medal, The Mahar Regiment / 1st Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Raman Tyagi
Unit / Details: The Corps of Engineers / 26 Sector Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Ajay Kumar
Unit / Details: 3 Corps Intelligence Battalion
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Sudhir Singh Kalakoti
Unit / Details: 5th Gorkha Rifles / 33rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel S Harshavardhanan
Unit / Details: 27 Mountain Division Ordnance Unit
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Roshan Kumar Jain
Unit / Details: 14th Battalion The Mahar Regiment
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Priyank Puri
Unit / Details: 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance and Observation)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Sakil Ahmad
Unit / Details: The Regiment of Artillery / 36 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Nagendra Kumar Saraswat
Unit / Details: 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Mutum Ajoy Meitei
Unit / Details: 5th Battalion The Ladakh Scouts
Service: Army
Major Gaurav Bhardwaj
Unit / Details: The Bihar Regiment / 63rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Robin Dev Anand
Unit / Details: 8th Gorkha Rifles / 33rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Nachhatar Singh Goraya
Unit / Details: The Madras Regiment / 8th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Sachin Kumar
Unit / Details: 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance and Observation)
Service: Army
Major Prasun Pande
Unit / Details: 1st Battalion The Ladakh Scouts Regiment (INDBATT-I UNISFA)
Service: Army
Major Amar Bakshi
Unit / Details: 19th Battalion The Rajput Regiment
Service: Army
Major Gagandeep Singh
Unit / Details: The Regiment of Artillery / 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance and Observation)
Service: Army
Major Nitin Rawat
Unit / Details: The Punjab Regiment / 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance and Observation)
Service: Army
Major Shantanu Ghatpande
Unit / Details: 5th Battalion The 9th Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Major Gautam Dev Singh
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Manohar Singh
Unit / Details: The Jat Regiment / 13 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Girish A Masti
Unit / Details: Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers / 57th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Saurav Singh
Unit / Details: 14th Battalion The Dogra Regiment
Service: Army
Major Gaurav Bisht
Unit / Details: The Madras Regiment / 25th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Gitansh Ahluwalia
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion The Sikh Light Infantry
Service: Army
Major Pushpinder Singh Verma
Unit / Details: 5th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Service: Army
Major Mohit Rawat
Unit / Details: 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance and Observation)
Service: Army
Major Anil Kumar
Unit / Details: The Corps of Engineers / 44th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Ramsagar Panday
Unit / Details: 11 Gorkha Rifles / 1st Battalion Sikkim Scouts
Service: Army
Major Manik Singh
Unit / Details: The Brigade of the Guards / 11 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Anand Gaurav
Unit / Details: 5th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Sougrakpam Rishikesh Singh
Unit / Details: The Corps of Engineers / 666 Army Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance and Observation)
Service: Army
Major Laldingngheta
Unit / Details: The Madras Regiment / 8th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Amit Sharma
Unit / Details: 160 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army)
Service: Army
Captain Ajay Sharma
Unit / Details: 6 Engineer Regiment
Service: Army
Captain Rajesh Singh
Unit / Details: 19th Battalion The Madras Regiment
Service: Army
Captain Rohan Ravindra Hanagi
Unit / Details: The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers / 4th Battalion The Rajputana Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Deepak Kumar Sharma
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Ramesh Chander
Unit / Details: 14th Battalion The Dogra Regiment
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Bhoj Raj Thapa
Unit / Details: 2nd Battalion The 4th Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Havildar Prakash Chhetri
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Havildar Sudesh Kumar
Unit / Details: 6th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Service: Army
Havildar Anil Dinkar Kalase
Unit / Details: 267 Engineer Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Veerabhadrappa Ninganur
Unit / Details: 20 Engineer Regiment
Service: Army
Naik Subhash Chandra Verma
Unit / Details: The Mahar Regiment / 1st Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naik Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Force)
Service: Army
Naik Shashi Thakur
Unit / Details: 21st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Naik Lokinder Sharma
Unit / Details: 5th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Service: Army
Naik L Machinmi
Unit / Details: 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Force)
Service: Army
Naik Gore Amol Tanhaji
Unit / Details: 11th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Naik Sonu Pratap Singh
Unit / Details: The Rajput Regiment / 44th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naik Mohd Iqbal Khan
Unit / Details: The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry / 8th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Lance Naik Manir Hossain
Unit / Details: 12th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Acting Lance Dafadar Rajesh Kumar Umare
Unit / Details: 21 Army Dog Unit
Service: Army
Sepoy Shashi Ranjan
Unit / Details: The Army Air Defence / 25th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Ashok G
Unit / Details: The Madras Regiment / 8th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Kanerkar Sandip Krishnath
Unit / Details: The Maratha Light Infantry / 56th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Muttu Sappuri
Unit / Details: The Maratha Light Infantry / 56th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Rakee Sengar
Unit / Details: The Rajput Regiment / 44th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Mohit Kumar
Unit / Details: The Rajput Regiment / 44th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Tara Chand Ranwa
Unit / Details: The Jat Regiment / 34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Vikas
Unit / Details: The Jat Regiment / 34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Gunner Hari Chand
Unit / Details: The Regiment of Artillery / 34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Paratrooper Sushil
Unit / Details: 29th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Commander Rahul Sharma
Unit / Details: Commander Operations, INS Abhimanyu
Service: Navy
Vishal ME I (MCF)
Unit / Details: INS Kolkata
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Naveen Rathee
Unit / Details:
Service: Navy
Captain Brijesh Nambiar
Unit / Details: Commanding Officer, INS Visakhapatnam
Service: Navy
Veer Singh Yadav, MCPO I (GS)
Unit / Details: Ship's NBCDI, INS Visakhapatnam
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Vaibhav Tyagi
Unit / Details: Detachment Commander, INS Kolkata
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Harshul Bhat
Unit / Details: Prahar Commander onboard INS Kolkata
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Hardeep Singh
Unit / Details: Diving Officer, INS Nireekshak
Service: Navy
Commander Rajababu Sharma
Unit / Details: Commanding Officer, INS Sumitra
Service: Navy
Avinash Choudhary LS (GW) GI
Unit / Details: Ship's GI, INS Kolkata
Service: Navy
Paars Rana ME I
Unit / Details: INS Kolkata
Service: Navy
Wing Commander Anand Vinayak Agashe
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Jaspreet Singh Sandhu
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Akshay Arun Mahale
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Mahipal Singh Rathore
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Junior Warrant Officer Vikas Raghav
Unit / Details: Indian Air Force (Garud)
Service: Air Force
Sergeant Ashwani Kumar
Unit / Details: Flight Gunner
Service: Air Force
