Gallantry Awards — 2026
A complete archive of the gallantry awards approved during the Republic Day and Independence Day 2026 award cycles. Individual recipient records are transcribed from official Government of India / Press Information Bureau lists.
Official totals
Republic Day 2026: 1 Ashoka Chakra, 3 Kirti Chakras, 13 Shaurya Chakras, 1 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 44 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 6 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 2 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) — 70 awards. citeturn0search0
Independence Day 2026: 9 Kirti Chakras, 1 Bar to Shaurya Chakra, 19 Shaurya Chakras, 5 Bars to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 36 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 3 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 5 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) — 78 awards. citeturn1search0
Mention-in-Despatches and separate police/fire-service medal categories are excluded from this gallantry archive.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Major Arshdeep Singh
Unit / Details: ARMD, 1 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Doleshwar Subba
Unit / Details: 2 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Ghatage Aditya Shrikumar
Unit / Details: 21 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Major Anshul Baltoo
Unit / Details: JAK LI, 32 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Shivkant Yadav
Unit / Details: 5 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Major Vivek
Unit / Details: Mech Inf, 42 RR
Service: Army
Major Leishangthem Deepak Singh
Unit / Details: 11 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Captain Yogender Singh Thakur
Unit / Details: 6 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Subedar P H Moses
Unit / Details: 1 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
L/DFR Baldev Chand
Unit / Details: ARMD, 4 RR
Service: Army
Rifleman Manglem Sang Vaiphei
Unit / Details: 3 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Rifleman Dhurba Jyoti Dutta
Unit / Details: 33 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Lieutenant Commander Dilna K
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Roopa A
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Assistant Commandant Vipin Wilson
Unit / Details: MHA
Service: MHA
L/Hav Satya Pal Singh
Unit / Details: SM, 6 Rajput
Service: Army
Colonel Amit Dadhwal
Unit / Details: 205 Army Avn Sqn (UH)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Mudigere Rajagopal Suhas
Unit / Details: 1 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Pradeep Shoury Arya
Unit / Details: SC, VSM
Service: Army
Major Kulbir Singh Mohan
Unit / Details: Para, HQ SFF
Service: Army
Major Aneesh Chandran C
Unit / Details: Kumaon, 1 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Major Charanjit Singh
Unit / Details: 20 RR
Service: Army
Major Nagavignesh KA
Unit / Details: 1831 Med Regt
Service: Army
Major Rohit Kumar
Unit / Details: 12 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Major Sivaprasad K
Unit / Details: Guards, 3 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Major Akshay Anand
Unit / Details: Arty, 36 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Major C Sai Vivek
Unit / Details: Arty, 33 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Major Vishwa Prakash Dubey
Unit / Details: ARMD, 23 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Major Rohit Kumar
Unit / Details: 5 GR, 23 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Major Ravi Kumar Singh
Unit / Details: ARMD, 46 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Major Tushar Nagraik
Unit / Details: ARMD, 21 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Captain Ajinkya Pandit Kanase
Unit / Details: Assam, 42 RR
Service: Army
Captain Jagdeep Narayan
Unit / Details: 1 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Captain Prabhat Kumar Singh
Unit / Details: 7 Jat
Service: Army
Captain Gursharan Singh
Unit / Details: 11 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Subedar Dharamveer
Unit / Details: Mahar, HQ 112 Mtn Bde
Service: Army
Subedar Raj Kumar Manjhi
Unit / Details: 43 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Subedar Gopal Singh
Unit / Details: 2 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Subedar Kuldeep Chand
Unit / Details: 9 Punjab
Service: Army
Subedar Shamas Din
Unit / Details: 6 JAK LI
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Mohmad Iqbal Teeli
Unit / Details: 12 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Pawan Kumar
Unit / Details: 7 Jat
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Sariful Mandal
Unit / Details: 41 FD Regt
Service: Army
Naib Ris Rana Pratap Singh
Unit / Details: The President's Bodyguard
Service: Army
Havildar Jhantu Ali Shaikh
Unit / Details: 6 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Havildar Anand Suman Rana
Unit / Details: 6 JAK Rif
Service: Army
Havildar Maksood Deen
Unit / Details: 1211 Med Regt
Service: Army
Havildar Puran Singh Kharayat
Unit / Details: 4 Kumaon
Service: Army
Havildar Md Saroj Khan
Unit / Details: 11 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Havildar Yang Dorjee Lama
Unit / Details: 12 Para (SF)
Service: Army
L/Dfr Bharavad Mehulbhai Mepabhai
Unit / Details: ARMD, 24 RR
Service: Army
Naik Ranjay Kumar
Unit / Details: 8 Bihar
Service: Army
Lance Naik Ashok Kumar Bhinchar
Unit / Details: Rajput, 44 RR
Service: Army
Sepoy Shabir Ahmad
Unit / Details: 159 Inf Bn (TA)
Service: Army
Sepoy Gyakar Sandip Pandurang
Unit / Details: Maratha LI, 17 RR
Service: Army
Sepoy Kadaohum Bellai
Unit / Details: Assam, 42 RR
Service: Army
Rifleman Waikhom Mohan Singh
Unit / Details: 43 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Rifleman Thanggoulun Singson
Unit / Details: 1 Assam Rif
Service: Army
Ptr Bringer HK
Unit / Details: 5 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Ptr Deepchand Kargwal
Unit / Details: 21 Para (SF)
Service: Army
Commander Nardeep Singh
Unit / Details: 06956-H
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Rishabh Purbia
Unit / Details: 09897-T
Service: Navy
Commander Rajeshwar Kumar Sharma
Unit / Details: 05855-F
Service: Navy
Lieutenant Commander Prashant Raj
Unit / Details: 08901-B
Service: Navy
Commander Harpreet Singh
Unit / Details: 06251-F
Service: Navy
Captain Piyush Katiyar
Unit / Details: 06136-W
Service: Navy
Wing Commander Shobhit Vyas
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Junior Warrant Officer Kirpal Singh Salaria
Unit / Details: Parachute Jump Instructor
Service: Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Maneo Francis PF
Unit / Details: 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Jitendra Rathee
Unit / Details: 2 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Havildar Gajendra Singh
Unit / Details: 2 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Jagbir Singh
Unit / Details: Head Constable
Service: MHA
Jaswant Singh
Unit / Details: SG Constable
Service: MHA
Balvinder Singh
Unit / Details: SG Constable
Service: MHA
Tariq Hussain
Unit / Details: SG Constable
Service: MHA
Bashir Ahmad
Unit / Details: Head Constable
Service: MHA
Sunil Kumar
Unit / Details: Inspector STF
Service: MHA
Major Aditya Pratap Singh
Unit / Details: SC, SM, Rajputana Rifles, 44 Assam Rifle
Service: Army
Major Paramveer
Unit / Details: Garhwal Rifles, 36 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Tarun Vasudevan
Unit / Details: Corps of Engineers, 57 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Keshav Kumar
Unit / Details: 12 Dogra
Service: Army
Major Gaurav Singh Brijwal
Unit / Details: 21 Grenadiers
Service: Army
Major Vipeen Kumar
Unit / Details: Corps of Signals, 11 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Shankar Ram
Unit / Details: 3 Assam Rifle
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Dabbal Singh Bisht
Unit / Details: 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Havildar Jagattar Singh
Unit / Details: 4 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lance Naik Narender Sindhu
Unit / Details: Rajputana Rifles, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Lance Naik Kapil Dev
Unit / Details: Dogra Regiment, 11 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Jaswinder Singh
Unit / Details: 7 Sikh Light Infantry
Service: Army
Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Squadron Leader Sudhir Kumar
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Dheeraj Singh Katoch
Unit / Details: DySP
Service: MHA
Ajay Singh Chib
Unit / Details: Inspector
Service: MHA
Sukhvir Singh
Unit / Details: Dy. SP
Service: MHA
Niyaz Ahmad
Unit / Details: Assistant Sub-Inspector
Service: MHA
Anjani Kumar
Unit / Details: Deputy Commandant
Service: MHA
Deepak Sah
Unit / Details: Constable
Service: MHA
Major DS Paosho
Unit / Details: SM, 7 Madras
Service: Army
Major Anuj Mahajan
Unit / Details: SM, Mechanised Infantry, 36 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Krishan Kant
Unit / Details: SM, 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Subedar Ramesh Kumar
Unit / Details: SM, 159 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army)
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Rajendra Singh
Unit / Details: SM, 2 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Pushkar Vijay Chaudhary
Unit / Details: 27 (Independent) R&O Flight
Service: Army
Lieutenant Colonel Sonam Topden Bhutia
Unit / Details: 2/8 Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Major Sudhansu Sekhar Pani
Unit / Details: Para Regiment, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Mohit Podia
Unit / Details: Regiment of Artillery, 37 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major R Sahil
Unit / Details: Garhwal Rifles, 33 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Major Balendu Kumar Jha
Unit / Details: 24 Grenadiers
Service: Army
Major Ravi Shankar Joshi
Unit / Details: Rajputana Rifles, 57 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Rupam Das
Unit / Details: 8 Bihar
Service: Army
Major Arnav Bali
Unit / Details: Mechanised Infantry, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Major Anshuman Ranjan
Unit / Details: 4 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Major Arvind Kumar
Unit / Details: Corps of Engineers, 33 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Karan Singh Cheema
Unit / Details: Assam Regiment, 59 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Harish Singh Dewali
Unit / Details: Maratha Light Infantry, 17 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Mohit Rawat
Unit / Details: Corps of Signals, 44 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Captain Anshumaan Singh
Unit / Details: 11 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Captain Bane Swaraj Sudhir
Unit / Details: 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Captain Pruthviraj Jaysing Nighot
Unit / Details: 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Captain Savik
Unit / Details: 5/9 Gorkha Rifles
Service: Army
Lieutenant Bhanu Pratap Singh
Unit / Details: 12 Dogra
Service: Army
Lieutenant Aman Pandey
Unit / Details: 8 Bihar
Service: Army
Assistant Commandant Bikash Rai
Unit / Details: 11 Assam Rifles
Service: Army
Subedar Pawan Kumar
Unit / Details: 11 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Subedar Perbhat Gaur
Unit / Details: Para Regiment, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Subedar Kanase Namdev Balkrishna
Unit / Details: 18 Maratha Light Infantry
Service: Army
Subedar Baljinder Singh
Unit / Details: 7 Sikh Light Infantry
Service: Army
Naib Subedar Dayal Singh
Unit / Details: Garhwal Rifles, 36 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Havildar L Joel Kom
Unit / Details: 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Havildar Mulla Abidali Ashrafali
Unit / Details: 18 Maratha Light Infantry
Service: Army
Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh
Unit / Details: Para Regiment, 19 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Naik Ali Mohammad Khan
Unit / Details: 24 Grenadiers
Service: Army
Lance Naik Sujay Ghosh
Unit / Details: Para Regiment, 19 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Lance Naik Abhimanu Singh
Unit / Details: 21 Grenadiers
Service: Army
Lance Naik Bidha Singh
Unit / Details: Jat Regiment, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Lance Naik Pritpal Singh
Unit / Details: Sikh Light Infantry, 19 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Sepoy Harminder Singh
Unit / Details: Sikh Light Infantry, 19 Rashtriya Rifles
Service: Army
Paratrooper Himanshu Kumar
Unit / Details: 21 Para (Special Forces)
Service: Army
Commander Vineet Sharma
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Commander Yuvraj Kumar
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
C Avinash Annaso, POA (FD)
Unit / Details: Indian Navy
Service: Navy
Group Captain Rahul Jagotta
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Group Captain Rahul Rawat
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Wing Commander Ashish Rajpoot
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Flight Lieutenant Yash
Unit / Details: Flying (Pilot)
Service: Air Force
Master Warrant Officer Ravinderjit Singh
Unit / Details: Parachute Jump Instructor
Service: Air Force
