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139 to get gallantry awards

NEW DELHI, Aug 14 (UNI) — One Mahavir Chakra, two Kirti Chakras, three Vir Chakras and 22 Shaurya Chakras are among the 139 gallantry awards announced for armed forces personnel on the occasion of the Independence Day.

The President has also approved 108 mention-in despatches to recognise exemplary performance in Operation Vijay, Operation Rakshak and Operation Meghdoot.

Mahavir Chakra has been awarded to Capt Gurjinder Singh Suri of 12 Bihar who laid down his life on November 9, 1999, after displaying extraordinary leadership, raw courage and grit when militants attacked a forward defended locality in the Gulmarg sector of Kashmir.

The officer who belonged to Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh was hit by a rocket propelled grenade but refused to be evacuated and continued to fight the militants. Seventeen militants of the Mujahideen battalion were killed, two of them by Capt Suri.

Kirti Chakra awardees are: Major Deepak Mehra (5 Gorkha Rifles) and Capt Amit Semwal, posthumous, (16 Dogra).

Vir Chakra awardees are: Major Gopal Singh Chundawat (19 Grenadiers), Sub Ujeen Singh Shekhawat, posthumous, (19 Grenadiers) and jawan Manoj Kumar Singh, posthumous, (12 Bihar).

Shaurya Chakra awardees are: Lieut-Col Ajit Bhandarkar, posthumous, (25 Rashtriya Rifles), Major M.C. Muthana, posthumous, (Sikh Light Infantry), Major Harmeet Singh Sidhu (36 Rashtriya Rifles), Major B.S. Rathore (14 Grenadiers), Capt A. Narendran Nair (11 Gorkha Rifles), Capt Aditya Srivastava (2/9 Gorkha Rifles), Sub Ram Bahadur Thapa (5/1 Gorkha Rifles), Sub Khushal Singh (36 Rashtriya Rifles), Sub Dalip Singh, posthumous (10 Dogra) Sub Ved Prakash, posthumous, (16 Dogra), Hav Zile Singh (5 Rajputana Rifles), Hav Jagdev Singh, posthumous (15 Sikh Light Infantry), Hav Bhinwa Raj, posthumous (Artillery), Lance Hav Tara Bahadur, posthumous (2/9 Gorkha Rifles), Lance Naik Ranjodh Singh, posthumous (7 Dogra), Jawan T.M. Morotrao, posthumous (17 Rashtriya Rifles), Rifleman Suraj Mal, posthumous (9 Rashtriya Rifles), Gunner Suresh Chand (25 Rashtriya Rifles), Lieut-Varun Singh, Vijay Singh Rawat, Sqn Ldr Santosh Kumar Ebenezer, and Umesh Rabha, posthumous.

Yuddh Seva Medal awardee: Col Kunwar Shiv Pratap Singh (19 Mahar).

Bar to Sena Medal: Lieut-Col Dinesh Kumar Bishnoi (36 Rashtriya Rifles) and Capt Sukhbir Singh (5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry).

Sena Medal (gallantry):- Col Satish Kumar Bhardwaj, Col Shravan Kumar Patyal, Col Kashmir Singh Rana, Major Dharam Pal Singh Raghava, Major Devendra Singh Mankoti, Major Lav Mohan Joshi, Major Sarabjit Singh Bakshi, Major Danvir Singh, Major Digvijay Singh Sumal (posthumous), Major H.S Sree Krishna Kumar, Major George Poulose, Major Gaurav, Major Anuj Lal Maini, Major Narinder Dagar, Major Karan Singh, Major Himanshu Sawant, Capt Pranjeet Goel, Capt Surjeet Singh, Capt Tejinder Singh Bawa, Capt Tejinder Pal Singh Sohal, Capt Pingili Himavanth Reddy, Capt Milan Vinayak Nalawade, Capt Kailash Sagar, Capt Kumar Ankur, Capt Shailesh Rialch (posthumous), Capt Pushpinder Singh Sandhu, Capt Rajiv Chaudhary, Lieut Pramod R. Ambasana, Lieut Prateek Acharya (posthumous), Lieut Manoharan T., Lieut Devashishdikshit, Sub Sukhdev Singh, Sub Balbir Singh, Artillery (posthumous), Sub Uttam Singh, Sub Raj Bahadur Singh (posthumous), Sub Joginder Singh, Sub Ranjit Singh Rana, Sub Aler Singh, Naib Sub Joginder Singh, Naib Sub Ramasamy Arumugam, Naib Sub Bhakta Hari Das, Naib Sub Mohd Idress Khan, Naib Sub Pirtha Bahadur Chhetri, Company Hav Major Madhan Chand, Hav Padmeswar Saikia, Hav Purna Bahadur Thapa, Hav Ram Singh Shekhawat (posthumous), Hav Bharat Singh (posthumous), Hav Hira Singh, Hav Matikumar Shrestha, Naik Shingara Singh, Naik Ashok Bhimappa Jadav (posthumous), Naik Rajender Singh (posthumous), Naik Gulzar Singh (posthumous), Naik Rashpal Singh (posthumous), Lance Naik Mast Ram, Punjab, Lance Naik Ramulu, Lance Naik Mangaloor Mallappa, Lance Naik Maske Bharat Baban (posthumous), Lance Naik Nachhattar Singh, Lance Naik Rajendra Singh, Lance Naik Ram Dular Yadav (posthumous), Lance Naik Vakil Kumar Singh, Lance Naik Sikander Singh, Lance Naik Bishwa Ram Kuwar, jawan Ashok Kumar (posthumous), jawan Jaswant Singh, jawan Jasbir Singh (posthumous), jawan Nachhattar Singh, jawan Balihar Singh (posthumous), jawan Jadhav Jagannath Changdeo (posthumous), jawan Sudeer B.K, (posthumous), jawan Sake Sachindra Savalaram, Maratha Light Infantry (posthumous), jawan Joginder Singh (posthumous), jawan Shamsher Singh, jawan Rameshchandra Singh (posthumous), jawan Jagat Singh (posthumous), jawan Jagat Singh, jawan Ram Singh (posthumous), jawan Bhosle Pradip Shankar Rao (posthumous), jawan Charanjit Singh, jawan Sanjay Kumar Kalichand Wakchaure, Craftsman Parveen Kumar (posthumous), Rifleman Krishan Singh, Rifleman Rama Nand, Rifleman Yogendra Singh (posthumous), Rifleman Sundar Singh, Rifleman Padam Bahadur Ghale (posthumous), Rifleman Ujjar Singh Rana, Rifleman Anter Singh (posthumous), Rifleman Khazir Mohd Bhat, Rifleman Mohd Sayeed, Rifleman Chuni Lal, Rifleman Narinder Singh Gill, Sowar Prem Lal, Sowar Nagar Mal Saini (posthumous) and Gunner Chhote Lal Singh (posthumous).

Nao Sena Medal: Lieut-Commander Utpal Datta, Lieut- Dharambir Singh Sihag (posthumous), Mahattam Ram, Mahavir Singh (posthumous), and Kundan Singh Majgaine.

Vayu Sena Medal: Sqn Ldr Prashant Eknath Patange, Sqn Ldr Kailash Gurao, Flt Lt Rajat Saha.

CBI bags 17 Independence Day awards

NEW DELHI, Aug 14 (PTI, UNI) — cbi Additional Director U.N. Biswas, who is investigating the fodder scam case in which former Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav is one of the suspects, is among 17 officials of the agency selected for this year’s President’s Medal for distinguished service and Police Medal for meritorious service.

Besides Mr Biswas, DIG Ajit Kumar Majumdar, DSPs Shiv Shankar Jha (Bank Security and Fraud Cell) and Nag Narian Singh (Special Crime Branch) have been awarded President’s Police Medal.

DIG Rajesh Ranjan and Assistant Director of mdma V. Sivaprakasam are among 13 other cbi officials who have been awarded with Police Medal.

Recipients of Police Medal include: Mr Satvir Singh, dsp, bs and fc, Delhi; Mr Devi Singh Naruka, dsp, Special Investigative Cell, Delhi; Mr Kedar Nath Gupta, dsp, Anti-Corruption Unit-II, Delhi; Mr H.S. Rawat, Inspector, Special Crime Branch-I, Delhi; Mr Bharat Bushan Sharma, Sub-Inspector, Headquarters, Delhi; and Mr L.M. Choudhary, Sub-Inspector, Headquarters, Delhi. Mr S.K. Bhatnagar, Assistant Commissioner of Security (CA), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, has also been awarded President’s Police Medal.

Thirty officers and jawans of the crpf have been awarded President’s Police Medal.

President’s Police Medal has been awarded to four while Police Medal to 26 officers and personnel.

President’s Police Medal for distinguished service: Mr Padam Singh (igp) (ops) Jammu, Mr Sukjinder Singh, digp (ops) dte Genl, New Delhi, Mr Arun Chibber, Addl DIGP (OPs) Jammu and Mr Ramesh Chandra, Commandant, dte General, New Delhi.

Police Medal for meritorious service: Mr Mehboob Alam, digp, New Delhi, Mr A.S. Chahal, digp Khatkhati, Mr Prit Pal Singh, Commandant 136 Battalion, Mr Rakesh Chandra, 2-in-Command, 103 Rapid Action Force bn, Mr Rajat Rai, 21/C 21 bn, Mr J.S. Zenda, 21/C Group Centre Khathati, Mr Khajan Singh, 21/C 99 bn, Mr R.S. Mall, Deputy Commandant dte Genl, Mr O. P. Shekhawat, D/C 125 bn, Inspector Nandan Singh 62 bn, Inspector Jai Singh, Ist Signal bn, IS Munshi Singh 40 bn, SI Tara Singh G.C. Khatkhati, si Surat Singh 134 bn, si K.J. Joy 65 bn, si H.S. Rawat, rtc-i Neemuch, Head Constable (HC) Harbans Lal 68 bn, H.C. S.D. Yadav gc Allahabadm, hc Bhag Singh 119 bn, hc J.S. Rawat 12 bn, hc Sulakan Singh 6 bn and constable Yam Bahadur 16 Battalion, crpf.

Mr Tariq Zulfikar, Assistant Security Commissioner. Northern Railway, New Delhi, has been given President’s Police Medal.

Shram Ratna Award: Mr Raghavan Pillai Parameswaran Nair of Korba Super Thermal Power Station will get the Prime Minister’s Shram Ratna Award for 2000.

Shram Vir Awards: Six awards have been given. The awardees include a team consisting of Mr Chajju Ram, Mr Anchal Singh, Mr Rattan Lal, Mr Nidhia Ram and Mr Bhagwan Das (jointly, of Jammu, Banikhet and Jalandhar units of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd).

The President has awarded Certificates of Honour to 22 scholars in Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic and Persian.