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New Delhi : The President and Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces Ram Nath Kovind conferred three Kirti Chakras and thirteen Shaurya Chakras to Armed Forces Personnel for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here on April 23, 2018. Two Kirti Chakras and two of the Shaurya Chakras were given posthumously.

The President also conferred 13 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, two Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, and 26 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals to senior officers of the Armed Forces for distinguished service of an exceptional order, according to a PIB release. The awardees included: 

Kirti ChakraPramod Kumar, Commandant, 49 Battalion, CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (POSTHUMOUS),  5047602N Havildar Giris Gurung,  4th Battalion, the First  Gorkha Rifles (POSTHUMOUS).

Shaurya Chakra: SS-42717H Major Gosavikunal Munnagir, Regiment of Artillery, 166th Battalion, the Medium Regiment (POSTHUMOUS), 4578033Y Lance Naik Raghubeer Singh, The Mahar Regiments, First Battalion Rashtriya Rifles (POSTHUMOUS)

Param Vishisht Seva Medal :C-35904Y Lt Gen Sarath Chand, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, Infantry, IC-35987P Lt Gen Dewan Rabindranath Soni,  VSM/ The Armoured Corps, IC-38654N Lt GEn Devrajanbu, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM / Infantry, IC-38722W Lt Gen  Cherish Mathson, SM, VSM, Infantry, Vice Admiral Abhayraghunath Karve,  AVSM (02118-N), Flag Officer, Commanding -in-chief, Southern Naval Command, Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar,  AVSM, VM, VSM, ADC (15881) Flying (PILOT), Air Marshal Anil Khosla,  AVSM, VM (15871) Flying (PILOT), IC-35965W Lt Gen  Rajendraramraonimbhorkar, UYSM, AVSM, SM**, VSM, Infantry, IC-39083M Lt Gen Sanjay Kumar Jha,  AVSM, YSM, SM, Infantry, IC-39098P Lt Gen Gurpratap Singh Dhillon,  AVSM, YSM, SM, Infantry, IC-39295X Lt Gen Parminderjit Singh Pannu,  AVSM, VSM, Infantry, IC-35796A Lt Gen Kanwaljeet Singh Gill,  AVSM, VSM, Eelectronic & Mechanical Engineers Corps (Retired), IC-40700W Maj Gen Sanjay THapa, the Artillery Regiment.

Kirti Chakra: IC-73531A Maj Preetam Singh Kunwar, 4th Battalion, the Garhwal Rifles.

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