Gallantry Awards — 2025
A complete archive of the gallantry awards approved during the Republic Day and Independence Day 2025 award cycles. The database contains the individual recipients listed in the official Government of India / Press Information Bureau releases.
Official totals
Republic Day 2025: 2 Kirti Chakras, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 1 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 66 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 2 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 8 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) — 93 awards.
Independence Day 2025: 4 Kirti Chakras, 15 Vir Chakras, 16 Shaurya Chakras, 2 Bars to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 58 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 6 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 26 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) — 127 awards.
Mention-in-Despatches and separate Police/Fire/Home Guard gallantry-medal categories are not included in this Armed Forces/CAPF gallantry archive.
Major Manjit
Unit / Details: Punjab, 22 RR
Service: Army
Naik Dilwar Khan
Unit / Details: Artillery, 28 RR
Service: Army
Major Ashish Dahiya
Unit / Details: Engineers, 50 RR
Service: Army
Major Kunal
Unit / Details: ASC, 1 RR
Service: Army
Major Satender Dhankar
Unit / Details: Armoured, 4 RR
Service: Army
Captain Deepak Singh
Unit / Details: Signals, 48 RR
Service: Army
Assistant Commandant Eshenthung Kikon
Unit / Details: 4 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Subedar Vikas Tomar
Unit / Details: 1 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Subedar Mohan Ram
Unit / Details: 20 Jat
Service: Army
Havildar Rohit Kumar
Unit / Details: Dogra, HAWS
Service: Army
Havildar Prakash Tamang
Unit / Details: 9 GR, 32 RR
Service: Army
Flight Lieutenant Aman Singh Hans
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Corporal Dabhi Sanjay Hiffabai Essa
Unit / Details: 953327
Service: Air Force
OEM Gde-1 Late Vijayan Kutty G
Unit / Details: BRDB
Service: BRDB
Vikrant Kumar
Unit / Details: Deputy Commandant, CRPF
Service: MHA
Jeffrey Hmingchullo
Unit / Details: Inspector (GD), CRPF
Service: MHA
Lieutenant Colonel KH Shem
Unit / Details: SM, 20 Jat
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Jitendra Bhiroria
Unit / Details: 666 Army Avn Sqn (R&O)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Santosh Kumar Yadav
Unit / Details: 666 Army Avn Sqn (R&O)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Aseem Alagh
Unit / Details: 666 Army Avn Sqn (R&O)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Vijay Guleria
Unit / Details: 4 Ladakh Scouts
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Devreddy Rahul Rao
Unit / Details: 206 Army Avn Sqn (UH)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Ashutosh Ashish
Unit / Details: 671 Army Avn Sqn (R&O)
Service: Army
Major Aashish Khandka
Unit / Details: 3 GR, 32 RR
Service: Army
Major Ravin Phauget
Unit / Details: 12 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Major Rahul Roka
Unit / Details: Mahar, 1 RR
Service: Army
Major Sushrujen Pangeijam
Unit / Details: Bihar, 4 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Ashutosh Kumar Yadav
Unit / Details: 9 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Major Maan Singh Grewal
Unit / Details: Engineers, 1 RR
Service: Army
Major Pratik Kumar Pandey
Unit / Details: 209 Army Avn Sqn (UH)
Service: Army
Major Anurag Sawarni
Unit / Details: Kumaon, 46 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Rajender Singh
Unit / Details: 3 Corps Int BN
Service: Army
Major Arman Singh Shekhawat
Unit / Details: Punjab, 22 RR
Service: Army
Major Archit Indurkar
Unit / Details: 9 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Major Aditya Singh
Unit / Details: Signals, 38 RR
Service: Army
Major Akshay Kumar
Unit / Details: Para, HAWS
Service: Army
Major Sandeep Bhatt
Unit / Details: Engineers, 4 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Aditya Pratap Singh Baghel
Unit / Details: Punjab, 22 RR
Service: Army
Major Arun Kumar
Unit / Details: SC, Kumaon, 13 RR
Service: Army
Major Alok Jaiswal
Unit / Details: 15 Corps Int BN
Service: Army
Major Ravindra Bhatt
Unit / Details: Armoured, 27 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Ojaswi Sharma
Unit / Details: 21 Rajput
Service: Army
Captain Dushyant Sihag
Unit / Details: 4/5 GR
Service: Army
Captain Sangam Dixit
Unit / Details: 16 Kumaon
Service: Army
Captain Abhishek Raj
Unit / Details: 221 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Captain Saptarishi Chakraborty
Unit / Details: 5 JAK Rif
Service: Army
Captain Brijesh Thapa
Unit / Details: AAD, 10 RR
Service: Army
Captain Rohit Bhagchandani
Unit / Details: 2 Mahar
Service: Army
Lieutenant Mohd Wasim
Unit / Details: 1/1 GR
Service: Army
Subedar Sunil Dutt
Unit / Details: 18 Dogra
Service: Army
Subedar Shiv Charan Chick Baraick
Unit / Details: 8 Bihar
Service: Army
Subedar G Raguvaran
Unit / Details: 557 ASC BN
Service: Army
Ris Rajjak Ali Khan
Unit / Details: Armoured, 4 RR
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Ukleekar Shankar Basappa
Unit / Details: 112 Engr Regt
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Babu Ram
Unit / Details: 18 Dogra
Service: Army
Havildar Gurpreet Singh
Unit / Details: 31 Punjab
Service: Army
Havildar Kokku Rajesh
Unit / Details: 20 Madras
Service: Army
Havildar Dubey Jagdish Chandra Narottam
Unit / Details: 1 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Havildar Thakur Bahadur Ale Magar
Unit / Details: 1 GR, HAWS
Service: Army
Havildar Pemba Tshering Bhutia
Unit / Details: 11 GR, 1 Sikkim Scouts
Service: Army
Naik Than Singh
Unit / Details: 1 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Naik Akshaya Sen
Unit / Details: 5 JAK Rif
Service: Army
Naik Kawaljeet Singh
Unit / Details: Artillery, 32 RR
Service: Army
Naik Anil Rana
Unit / Details: Kumaon, 50 RR
Service: Army
Naik Rahul Singh Nagi
Unit / Details: Para, 31 RR
Service: Army
Naik Suresh Yadav
Unit / Details: Kumaon, 50 RR
Service: Army
Naik Satish Ray
Unit / Details: Bihar, 4 RR
Service: Army
Naik Goutam Rajbanshi
Unit / Details: Assam, HAWS
Service: Army
Naik Kuldip Singh
Unit / Details: 13 Sikh LI
Service: Army
Naik Pravakar Pradhan
Unit / Details: 2/1 GR
Service: Army
Naik Manish Gurung
Unit / Details: 9 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Lance Naik Roman Pradhan
Unit / Details: 12 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Lance Naik Adarsh P
Unit / Details: 426 (I) FD Coy
Service: Army
Lance Naik Rajesh Chand
Unit / Details: 16 Kumaon
Service: Army
Lance Naik Prithvi
Unit / Details: 16 Kumaon
Service: Army
Lance Naik Stanzin Targias
Unit / Details: 5 Ladakh Scouts
Service: Army
Lance Naik Samtan Gurmeth
Unit / Details: 5 Ladakh Scouts
Service: Army
Sepoy Narotam
Unit / Details: AOC, 50 RR
Service: Army
Sepoy Darre Pullaiah
Unit / Details: 20 Madras
Service: Army
Sepoy Mohit Singh Airy
Unit / Details: Kumaon, 50 RR
Service: Army
Rifleman Shailendra Singh
Unit / Details: Garh Scouts
Service: Army
Sowar Anil Kumar
Unit / Details: Armoured, 4 RR
Service: Army
Sowar Mhase Jagdish Madhukar
Unit / Details: Armoured, 53 RR
Service: Army
Lieutenant Commander Sourabh Malik
Unit / Details: 07969K
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Satyam Singh
Unit / Details: 08364H
Service: Navy
Group Captain Ankit Raj Singh
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Akshay Saxena
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Ankit Sood
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Dushyant Singh Rathore
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Jude Joseph Pereira
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Prathamesh D Dongre
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Flight Lieutenant Tarun Nair
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Corporal Vikky Pahade
Unit / Details: Communication Technician
Service: Air Force
Captain Lalrinawma Sailo
Unit / Details: 4 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari
Unit / Details: Army Service Corps, 1 Sikkim Scouts
Service: Army
Lance Naik Meenatchi Sundaram A
Unit / Details: Artillery, 34 RR
Service: Army
Sepoy Janual Pravin Prabhakar
Unit / Details: Mahar, 1 RR
Service: Army
Colonel Koshank Lamba
Unit / Details: 302 Medium Regiment
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Sushil Bisht
Unit / Details: 1988 (Independent) Medium Battery
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Satish Kumar
Unit / Details: 4 Dogra
Service: Army
Rifleman Sunil Kumar
Unit / Details: 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Service: Army
Group Captain Ranjeet Singh Sidhu
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Manish Arora
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Animesh Patni
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Kunal Kalra
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Joy Chandra
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Sarthak Kumar
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Siddhant Singh
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Rizwan Malik
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Flight Lieutenant Aarshveer Singh Thakur
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Sub Inspector (GD) Mohd Imteyaj
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
Constable/GD Deepak Chingakham
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
Lieutenant Colonel Neetesh Bharti Shukla
Unit / Details: 19 Sikh
Service: Army
Major Bhargav Kalita
Unit / Details: Kumaon, 50 RR
Service: Army
Major Ashish Kumar
Unit / Details: 7 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Aditya Pratap Singh
Unit / Details: SM, Raj Rif, 44 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Assistant Commandant Mohd Shafiq
Unit / Details: 26 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Sub Shamsher Singh
Unit / Details: 4 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lance Naik Rahul Singh
Unit / Details: 4 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Rifleman Bhoj Ram Sahu
Unit / Details: 3 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Lieutenant Commander Suraj Prashar
Unit / Details: Navy
Service: Navy
Ram Goyal
Unit / Details: Sea II
Service: Navy
Wing Commander Abhimanyu Singh
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Inspector Laxman Kewat
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
Inspector Rameshwar Prasad Deshmukh
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
Constable/GD Saddam Hussain
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
Constable/GD Feda Hussain Dar
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
Constable/GD Sanjay Tiwari
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
Major Rahul Dutta
Unit / Details: SM, Regiment of Artillery, 6 RR
Service: Army
Sepoy Nadim Iqbal Shah
Unit / Details: SM, 163 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Thakur Maheshsingh Ramshankarsingh
Unit / Details: Mahar, 1 RR
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Palugulla Mastan Reddy
Unit / Details: Eastern Command Intelligence Battalion
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Parikshit Panwar
Unit / Details: 12 Mahar
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Mohan Singh
Unit / Details: 4 Rajput
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Nikhil Thakur
Unit / Details: 160 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army
Service: Army
Major Jappanpreet Singh
Unit / Details: Armoured Corps, 22 RR
Service: Army
Major Sumeet Grohwal
Unit / Details: 9 Punjab
Service: Army
Major Shiladitya Singh Ranawat
Unit / Details: 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Hitesh Singh Verma
Unit / Details: 5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Service: Army
Major Yogesh Kumar
Unit / Details: Regiment of Artillery, 57 RR
Service: Army
Major Ankur Yadav
Unit / Details: 5 Sikh
Service: Army
Major Shivank Pathak
Unit / Details: Madras, 8 RR
Service: Army
Major Amit Bhatti
Unit / Details: 302 Medium Regiment
Service: Army
Major Dhananjay Jamwal
Unit / Details: Grenadiers, 29 RR
Service: Army
Major Nikhil Sharma
Unit / Details: 4 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Anuj Mahajan
Unit / Details: Mechanised Infantry, 36 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Aman Dhar
Unit / Details: Corps of Signals, 22 RR
Service: Army
Major Roger Saul Kamuo Mao
Unit / Details: Kumaon, 43 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Gagandeep Singh
Unit / Details: 9 Rajputana Rifles
Service: Army
Major Swaroop Anjan Behera
Unit / Details: 5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Service: Army
Captain Varun Chadha
Unit / Details: 19 Sikh
Service: Army
Subedar Major Pawan Kumar
Unit / Details: Punjab Regiment, 10 Infantry Brigade Camp
Service: Army
Subedar Pradeep Kumar
Unit / Details: 278 Medium Regiment
Service: Army
Subedar Girraj Singh Rajpoot
Unit / Details: 1851 Light Regiment
Service: Army
Subedar Roshan Singh
Unit / Details: 17 Garhwal Rifles
Service: Army
Subedar Manish Kumar Dubey
Unit / Details: 131 Air Defence Regiment
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar
Unit / Details: 2 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Satnam Singh
Unit / Details: 30 Punjab
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Arvind Kumar
Unit / Details: Rajputana Rifles, 57 RR
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Birender Singh
Unit / Details: Mahar Regiment, 1 RR
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Prem Bahadur Singh
Unit / Details: 5/9 Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Surja Deb Barma
Unit / Details: 1832 Light Regiment
Service: Army
Battalion Havildar Major Pawan Singh
Unit / Details: 49 Air Defence Regiment
Service: Army
Regiment Havildar Major Ankur
Unit / Details: 302 Medium Regiment
Service: Army
Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh
Unit / Details: 625 Electronics and Mechanical Engineers Battalion
Service: Army
Havildar Gurpreet Singh
Unit / Details: 19 Sikh
Service: Army
Havildar Medade Vikas Ramdas
Unit / Details: 18 Maratha Light Infantry
Service: Army
Havildar Jaswant Singh
Unit / Details: 4 Rajput
Service: Army
Havildar Gopal Pradhan
Unit / Details: 12 Mahar
Service: Army
Lance Havildar Morey Santosh Bhagwan
Unit / Details: 34 (M) Field Regiment
Service: Army
Lance Havildar Lagariya Dineshbhai Palabhai
Unit / Details: 12 Grenadiers
Service: Army
Lance Havildar Jobanpreet Singh
Unit / Details: 13 Sikh Light Infantry
Service: Army
Naik Gurjeet Singh
Unit / Details: 7 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Naik Sunil
Unit / Details: Mechanised Infantry, 9 RR
Service: Army
Naik Gurpreet Singh
Unit / Details: Regiment of Artillery, 34 RR
Service: Army
Naik Bhupinder Singh
Unit / Details: 19 Sikh
Service: Army
Naik Robin Singh
Unit / Details: 19 Sikh
Service: Army
Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar
Unit / Details: 5 Field Regiment
Service: Army
Lance Naik Pradeep Kumar
Unit / Details: 1 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lance Naik Abhiman Singh
Unit / Details: Regiment of Artillery, 34 RR
Service: Army
Lance Naik Subhash Kumar
Unit / Details: 7 Jat
Service: Army
Sepoy Gurjodh Singh
Unit / Details: Sikh Regiment, 6 RR
Service: Army
Rifleman Hilal Ahmad Bhat
Unit / Details: Territorial Army, 19 RR
Service: Army
Rifleman Mohit Rathour
Unit / Details: Rajputana Rifles, 57 RR
Service: Army
Rifleman Diwaker Singh
Unit / Details: 17 Garhwal Rifles
Service: Army
Rifleman Najum Ud Din Khan
Unit / Details: 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Service: Army
Agniveer Kulveer Singh
Unit / Details: 7 Sikh Light Infantry
Service: Army
Agniveer Mood Muralinaik
Unit / Details: 851 Light Regiment
Service: Army
Captain Suraj James Rebeira
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Captain Vikas Garg
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Commander Saurabh Kumar
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Commander Kapil Kumar
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Commander Vivek Kuriakose
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
CHME Manoj Kumar
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Group Captain Manav Bhatia
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Varun Bhoj
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Omar Browne
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Deepak Chauhan
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Kunal Vishwas Shimpi
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Deepak Dogra
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Ravinder Kumar
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Ankur Hakim
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Abhay Singh Bhadoria
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Kaustubh Nalawade
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Malapati NV Naveen Kumar
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Shubham Sharma
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Gaurav Khokher
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Sergeant Surendra Kumar
Unit / Details: Medical Assistant
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Mihir Vivek Chaudhari
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Aman Singh
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Rupak Roy
Unit / Details: Flying (Navigator)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Devendra Babasaheb Autade
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Amandeep Singh Dihot
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Yasir Faruqi
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Anuraj Minhas
Unit / Details: Flying (Navigator)
Service: Air Force
Corporal Varun Kumar S
Unit / Details: Medical Assistant
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Mayank Paliwal
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Adarsh Gupta
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Flight Lieutenant A Naveen Chandar
Unit / Details: Administration/Fighter Controller
Service: Air Force
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma
Unit / Details: Administration/Fighter Controller
Service: Air Force
