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Nine IAF, four Army personnel get Vir Chakra for role in Op Sindoor
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|August 15, 2025
Two others from MHA; 127 Gallantry Awards given to Armed Forces, CAPFs on I-Day eve
IN a rare instance of Gallantry Awards being conferred in peacetime, 15 Vir Chakras, wartime gallantry awards, were conferred by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday on armed forces personnel for their roles in Operation Sindoor launched to avenge the killing of 26 civilians in Pahalgam.
A total of 127 Gallantry Awards and 40 Distinguished Service awards were given to the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel on the eve of 79th Independence Day. The list of personnel awarded for Operation Sindoor included 13 from the armed forces -- nine from the IAF and four from the Army --who were conferred the Vir Chakra, the third-highest wartime gallantry award.
Two recipients were from the Ministry of Home Affairs: Sub Inspector Mohd Imteyaj and Constable Deepak Chingakham.
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