CHAPTER 42

AWARD WINNERS 1971 INDO PAKISTAN WAR

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

NHQ

Naval Headquarters

CO

Commanding Officer

(X)

Executive Branch

WNC

Western Naval Command

XO

Executive Officer

(E)

Engineering Branch

ENC

Eastern Naval Command

EO

Engineer Officer

(L)

Electrical Branch

SNA

Southern Naval Area

LO

Electrical Officer

(S)

Supply Branch

WF

Western Fleet

SO

Supply Officer

(P)

Pilot

EF

Eastern Fleet

MO

Medical Officer

(O)

Observer

BRO

Base Repair Organisation

SEO

Senior Engineer Officer

(S/M)

Submariner

BMU

Base Maintenance Unit

AEO

Air Engineer Officer

(H)

Hydrographer

 

Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation

ALO

Air Electrical Officer

 

 

NARO

 

NO

Navigating Officer

 

 

RANK/NAME

PERSONAL NUMBER

APPOINTMENT/WHERE SERVING

PADMA VIBHUSHAN 

 

 

Adm SM Nanda(X), PVSM

00001A

CNS NHQ

PADMA BHUSHAN 

 

 

VAdm SN Kohli (X), PVSM

00002B

FOCINC WEST HQWNC

VAdm N Krishnan(X),PVSM DSC

00003B

FOCINC EAST HQENC

PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL 

 

 

RAdm BR Singh (L), PVSM

 

ADMIRAL SUPERINTENDANT, BOMBAY DOCKYARD

RAdm VA Kamath (X)

00007R

FOCSOUTH HQSNA

RAdm EC Kuruvila(X), AVSM

00009W

FOCWEF WESTERN FLEET

RAdm SH Sarma (X)

00016K

FOCEF EASTERN FLEET

Cmde DR Mehta (X)

ACNS NHQ

Cmde JTG Pereira(E), AVSM

CSO (TECH) HQ WNC

Cmde BN Thapar (X)

00030T

CHIEF OF STAFF HQ WNC

Capt MS Grewal (X), AVSM

00031W

CHIEF OF STAFF HQ ENC

MAHAVIR CHAKRA

 

 

Capt S Parkash (X)

00022Z

CO VIKRANT (EF)

Ag Capt MN Mulla(X) (Posthumous)

CO KHUKRI (WF)

Cdr KP Gopal Rao (X)

00079B

CO KILTAN (WF) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

Cdr BB Yadav (X)

00101B

IN COMMAND MISSILE BOATS 4/5 DEC

Cdr MN Samant (X)

00124F

IN COMMAND KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

LCdr SK Gupta (X) (P) NM

00311F

CO SEAHAWK SQUADRON VIKRANT

LCdr JPA Noronha (X)

00422H

CO PANVEL KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

C Singh, LS CD 2(Diver)

87600

UNDERWATER COMMANDO, KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

 

 

Cmde Gautam Singh (X)

00013B

DIR SUBMARINE ARM NHQ

Cmde EJ Debu (X

00023A

NOIC BOMBAY HQWNC

Cmde TJ Kunnenkeril (X

00027K

NOIC VISHAKHAPATNAM

Cmde GM Shea (X), AVSM

00029R

DIR OF PERSONNEL NHQ

Cmde VEC Barboza (X),AVSM

00033Z

DIR OF NAVAL PLANS NHQ

Cmde IK Malhotra (E)

40004T

DIR OF MARINE ENGINEERING NHQ

Capt PK Sinha (L)

50004W

DIR OF WEAPONS EQUIPMENT NHQ

Capt OS Dawson (X)

00035B

DIR OF NAVAL OPERATIONS NHQ

Capt DS Paintal (X)

00038K

DIR OF WEAPON POLICY & TACTICS NHQ

Capt MK Roy (X)

00040R

DIR OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE NHQ

Capt RB Mukherjee (X)

00041T

DIR OF NAVAL SIGNALS NHQ

Capt FL Fraser (X) (H)

00046B

CONTROLLER OF MERCHANT SHIPPING HQWNC

Capt BG Mudholkar (L)

50008B

CAPT MISSILE PREPATION FACILITY

Capt C Srinivasagopal(AE

40009B

DIR OF NAVAL AIR MATERIAL NHQ

Capt N Bhalla (E)

40010F

AME NAVAL DOCKYARD BOMBAY

Capt RP Khanna (X)

00062R

NOIC CALCUTTA

Capt ANP Pillai (L)

50012N

AML NAVAL DOCKYARD BOMBAY

Capt KR Menon (L), VSM

50014T

DIR OF FLEET MAINTENANCE NHQ

Capt SK Sinha (S)

60009H

CD SUPPLY OFFICER HQWNC

Capt PJ Barron (X)

00071K

DTE OF SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE NHQ

Capt JP Syal (X)

00078A

NAVAL ADVISER PAKISTAN

Capt JJR Martin (S), VSM

40022H

PRO NAVY NHQ

Cdr NP Mukundan (E),

60025W

OI/C BRO VISAKHAPATNAM

LCdr N Geeverghese (X)

00239T

OI/C WIRELESS DETACHMENT Bombay

VIR CHAKRA

Capt RKS Ghandhi (X)

00021Y

CO MYSORE (WF)

Capt MP Awati (X)

00037H

CO KAMORTA (EF)

Capt PC Andrews (X)

00045A

CO DEEPAK (WF)

Capt KMV Nair (X)

00051R

CO TRISHUL (WF)

Capt JC Puri (X)

00073R

CO BRAHMAPUTRA (EF

Cdr SS Kumar (X)

00084R

CO TALWAR (WF)

Cdr BR Chowdhury (E)

40027W

EO VIKRANT (EF)

Cdr Subir Paul (X)

00127N

CO KAVARATTI (EF)

Cdr L Ramdas (X),    

00132Z

CO BEAS (EF)

Cdr RS Grewal (X) (P)

00146F

CDR AIR VIKRANT

Cdr KN Zadu (X)

00150R

CO KATCHALL (WF)

Cdr RR Sood (X)

00157F

CO KIRPAN (WF)

Cdr RJ Millan (X) (S/M)

00168F

CO KHANDERI (ENC)

Cdr MO Ommen (E),

(Posthumous)

EO KHUKRI (WF)

Cdr VS Shekhawat (X) (S/M)

00189B

CO KARANJ (WNC)

LCdr AK Mehra (X) (P)

00310H

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

LCdr RD Dhir (X) (P)

00319Z

CO ALIZE SQUADRON VIKRANT

LCdr JK Suri (X)

(Posthumous)

XO KHUKRI (WF)

LCdr RK Sen (S)

(Posthumous)

SO KHUKRI (WF)

LCdr SP Ghosh (X) (O)

00370R

ALIZE OBSERVER VIKRANT

LCdr P Kumar (L)

(Posthumous)

LO KHUKRI (WF)

LCdr S Ramsagar (X) (P)

00379K

SENIOR PILOT ALIZE SQUADRON VIKRANT

LCdr JK Roy Choudhury(X)

00406Y

OI/C PADMA, KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

LCdr Vijai Jerath (X)

00409B

CO VINASH (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 8/9 DEC

LCdr BN Kavina (X)

00416W

CO NIPAT  (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

LCdr Inderjit Sharma (X)

00435N

CO NIRGHAT(Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

LCdr OP Mehta (X)

00442B

CO VEER   (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

LCdr George C Martis(X),NM(Diver)

00445H

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

LCdr Ashok Roy (X),(P) NM

(Posthumous)

ALIZE PILOT WNC

Lt RS Sodhi(X) (P)

00540A

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

LCdr (SDB) Inder Singh(X)

83151B

CO RAJPUT (EF

Lt BB Bhagwat (X) (O)

00566K

ALIZE OBSERVER VIKRANT

Surg Lt SS Panda

Posthumous)

MO KHUKRI

Lt Arun Prakash (X) (P)

00590R

WITH IAF HUNTER SQUADRON

Lt VP Kapil (X) (Diver)

00667R

UNDERWATER COMMANDO & KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

Lt SG Samant (X)

Posthumous

NO KILTAN(WF)

Lt KS Panwar (X) (O)

00685F

OBSERVER VIKRANT ALIZE

Lt SK Mitter (X)

00723T

OI/C PALASH KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

Lt VK Datta (X) (P)

00838B

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

Lt Prem Kumar (X) (P)

00717B

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

SLt Ashok Kumar (X)

01036B

PANVEL KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

MN Sangal, MC (EAP) II

No. 50896

NIRGHAT(Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

LK Chakarvarty, MECH3

No. 48830

MISSILE BOAT KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

MO Thomachan, PO(PRI)

No. 46337

MISSILE BOAT KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

RN Sharma, POTEL

No.8830

MISSILE BOAT KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

KS Raju, LEMP

89148

PANVEL, KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

SHAURYA CHAKRA

Lt Cdr Sajjan Kumar (X) (Diver)

00413N

CCDT Visakhapatnam DIVING ON GHAZI

BC Mahapatra, MCPOII, NM(Diver)

60128

CCDT Visakhapatnam DIVING ON GHAZI

MB Patel, LME

KUTHAR (WF)

NA Marad, LME

56163

KUTHAR (WF)

AJ Baby, LMA

80298

GHARIAL (EF

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NAO SENA MEDAL

Capt VA Dhareshwar (X)

00036F

CO AMBA (SNA)

Cdr RP Bhalla (X)

00070H

AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION(EF)

Cdr CG Francis (X) (H)

00074T

CO DESHDEEP (EF)

Cdr Jogendra Khanna(X) (H)

00090B

CO SUTLEJ (WNC)

Cdr HML Saxena (X)

00093K

XO VIKRANT (EF)

Cdr RR Sood(E) VSM

40026T

EO MYSORE (WF)

Cdr CM Vyas (X)

00097W

FLEET OPERATIONS OFFICER EASTERN FLEET

Cdr TN Singhal (X)

00115M

CO MAGAR (EF)

Surg Cdr GP Christian

75035H

MO VIKRANT (EF)

Cdr GM Hiranandani (X)

00123B

FLEET OPERATIONS OFFICER WESTERN FLEET

Cdr Sukhmal Jain (X

00130W

CO KADMATT (WF)

Cdr TS Khurana (X)

00133A

FLEET NAVIGATING OFFICER WESTERN FLEET

Cdr RK Chaudhury (X) VSM

00134B

CO BETWA (WF)

Cdr Hardev Singh (X)

00143Z

CO GODAVARI (SNA)

Cdr UC Tripathi (X)

00145B

CO KUTHAR (WF)

Cdr GT Wadhwani(X)

00147H

XO MYSORE (WF)

Cdr VF Rebello(X)

00153Y

AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION (EF)

Cdr SP Kaprawan (X)

 

CO SAGARDEEP (WF)

Cdr RN Singh (X)(P)

00159K

CO RANJIT (WF)

Cdr MP Wadhawan (X(P)VSM

00181K

CO SEAKING SQUADRON (WNC)

Cdr RS Huja (E

40101N

EO BRAHMAPUTRA (EF)

Cdr PP Iyer Sivamani (X)

00279H

FLEET NAVINGATING OFFICER EASTERN FLEET

LCdr Bharat Bhushan (E)

40069R

SEO VIKRANT (EF)

LCdr MB Ghosh (E)

40070T

EO TALWAR (WF)

LCdr NN Anand (X)

00195T

XO TRISHUL (WF)

LCdr YK Satija (AE)

40088H

AEO VIKRANT

LCdr SK Kulsrestha (X)

00285Y

CO GANGA (SNA)

LCdr AK Sharma (X)

00288B

CO GHARIAL (EF)

LCdr KASZ Raju(X) (P)

00304R

XO BRAHMAPUTRA (EF)

LCdr Utful Dabir (X)

00348R

CO GULDAR (EF)

LCdr JW Daniel (X

00394W

CO POSHAK (Dockyard Oiler) (WNC)

LCdr Janardan Deo (X)

00431B

XO KATCHALL KARACHI 4/5 DEC(WF)

LCdr VK Raizada (L)

50101R

SUPPORT OF MUKTI BAHINI OPERATIONS

LCdr SN Jha (E)

40146R

EO EASTERN FLEET SHIP

LCdr Suresh Soota (E)

40147T

FLIGHT DECK EO VIKRANT (EF)

LCdr M Sharma (X)

00461Y

SIGNALS OFFICER KHUKRI (WF)

LCdr JS Cheema (E)

40166K

EO KADMATT (WF)

Lt PK Jindal (L

50143K

DEPUTY LO MYSORE (WF)

Lt SH Kundanmal (X)

Posthumous

     NO KHUKRI (WF)

Lt (SDB) Darshan Lal

83160Z

VIKRANT (EF)

Lt VK Chaudhry (E) (S/M)

40181W

EO KARANJ (WNC)

Lt JV Natu (E)

40203W

SUPPORT OF MUKTI BAHINI OPERATIONS

Lt VK Jain (L)

Posthumous

KHUKRI (WF) IMPROVEMENTS TO SONAR

Lt GAD Duke (X) (Diver)

00621K

CCDT BOMBAY

Lt Gurnam Singh (AE)

40211N

AEO SEAHAWK SQDN VIKRANT

Lt PK Puri (E)

40229B

EO VEER (Missile Boat)

Lt Anthony De Sam Lazaro (X)

00672A

XO NIRGHAT(    "     )

Lt (SDR) Kashmira Singh

87514W

ASSISTANT LO VIKRANT

Lt RK Narad (E)

40244N

EO VINASH (Missile Boat)

Lt SR Sampath Gopal (X)

00691W

XO NIPAT  (    "       )  

Lt Arvind Lochan (E)

40273B

SEO KUTHAR (WF)

Lt MV Paul (AL)

50196F

ALO ALIZE SQUADRON VIKRANT

Sub Lt KR Girwalkar (E)

40334T

WK EO KIRPAN

Sub Lt BS Thakur (X)(Diver)

00949F

BEACH RECCE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING(EF)

Sub Lt AK Bandhopadhyay (X)

00961H

UNDERWATER COMMANDO & KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

Sub Lt MS Ahluwalia (X)

0100Z

KHUKRI (WF)

Sub Lt (SDME) RP Singh

85041Z

EASTERN FLEET ‑ SALVAGE OF MINI LABOUR

Sub Lt Samirakanti Basu(X)

01054W

KHUKRI (WF)

Shiv Singh MCPO I

31804

DEEPAK (WF)

MK Vijayan CPO

Posthumous

44971

SL Gupta MCEARI

47023

MISSILE BOATS (WNC)

NB Thapa MCERAI

50529

KILTAN KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

TVR Nambiar MCPO II (AH)

61284

CAPTAIN FLIGHT DECK VIKRANT

Abdul Hameed MCPO II (TASI)

12402

KIRPAN (WF)

SK Sen MCERA II

50831

DEEPAK (WF)

MK Khandpal MCME II

46958

MYSORE (WF)

KS Salaria MCPO(AH) II VSM

35584

  HANGAR CONTROL CHIEF VIKRANT

J Singh MECH II

64721

BMU BOMBAY

T Singh ECH(P)II

64843

BMU BOMBAY

CK Tiwari CPO (GI)

44510

KATCHALL (WF) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

J Kumar CPO

45473

NBCD INSTRUCTOR VIKRANT

BS Sandhu CHEAP

50916

MISSILE BOATS (WNC)

T Michael CHERA

49796

ATUL (WNC)

Devi Prasad Mech III

49411

KAMORTA (EF)

R Singh Mech III

64220

AMBA (SNA)

PV Lonappan Mech 3

67488

PANVEL KHULNA OPERATION

Randhir Singh Mech 3

66233

VINASH (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 8/9 DEC

RP Singh Mech 3

67488

VIKRANT (EF)

KK Goyal EAR 3

51198

NIPAT (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

Ishwar Prakash ERA 3

51096

INS HOOGHLY Calcutta

Sukhdarshan Singh ERA 3

52566

KADMATT (WF)

PK Dhole PO

49148

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

AP Ravindran PO Tel

49018

TRISHUL (WF)

JN Sharma PO PTI

86186    

KHUKRI (WF)

KP Singh PO Tel

48729

KHUKRI (WF)

CS Tyagi PO (GI)

48039

VIKRANT (EF)

S Kumar ERA 4

69135

TALWAR (WF)

Abbas Ali Khan SWA 4

51437

TALWAR (WF)

LS Mishra LS Diver

61782

RANJIT (WF)

Lal Singh LS Diver

80352

UNDER WATER COMMANDO

Mahipal Singh LS Diver

86514

CCDT Visakhapatnam

Karan Singh LS

86625

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

Sant Ram LS

82060

PANVEL KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

EJ Princhan LS Diver

2811

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

MS Gupta LS (CD 1)

64915

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

L Prasad L CK(O)

66441

     ‑DO‑

RS Yadav Sea I

83406

     ‑DO‑

PK Bhattacharya Sea I

88900

     ‑DO‑

I Singh Sea I

92675

     ‑DO‑

SC Prabhakar Sea I

84388

RESCUE OPERATION NOIC KATHIAWAR

Capt Inder Mohan Narang(Merchant Nav

MASTER MV VISHWA VIJAY

AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION(EF)

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VISHISTA SEVA MEDAL

Capt RJ Duckworth (X)

00060K

NOIC MADRAS

Cdr MV Agarkar (X)

00080F

COPO HQ WNC

Cdr N Rajagopal (X)

00075W

DRAFTING CDR Bombay

Cdr J Ram Rao (L)

50020F

SLO HQ ENC

Cdr JA Fernandes (S)

60022N

SECY VCNS NHQ

Cdr MS Ratra (X)

00116N

COPO HQ ENC

Cdr CS Narayana Raju (AE)

40040Z

OI/C NARO Cochin

Cdr GC Thadani (E)

40042B

SEO HQ ENC

Cdr SK Moorthy (L)

50035R

WECORS NAVAL DOCKYARD Bombay

Cdr Amrik Singh(X)

00141B

CO INS INDIA New Delhi

Cdr SD Sinha (X)

00144A

DEPUTY DIR NAVAL SIGNALS NHQ

Cdr NR Khambatta (X)

00154Z

NOIC KATHIAWAR

Cdr JS Pantle (X)

00161R

DTE OF ARMAMENT INSPECTION NHQ

Cdr Arun Rao (X)

00174W

DDNAS (AIR ORGN & TRG) NHQ

Cdr KC Gairola (X)

00183R

DDOP(X) NHQ

Cdr RK Deshpande (X)

00185W

CAVO HQ WNC

Cdr SW Lakkhar (X)

00191H

DDNO WAR ROOM NHQ

Cdr V Ravindranath (X)(P)

0194R

SENIOR PILOT SEAKING SQUADRON

Cdr MP Ballal (X)

 

SI DIRECTORATE

LCdr (SDME) James Soares

85000F

BRO Visakhapatnam

LCdr PV Damodaran (E)

40109F

 

LCdr Mehar Singh (X)

00233F

ADNO TRADE WARFARE NHQ

LCdr Kandaswamy Chelliah (X) INR

9800 F

          ‑DO‑

Surg LCdr (Mrs) Jagmohan Sood

75084W

ANAESTHETIST ARMY HOSP Delhi

LCdr LK Sharma (X)

00294T

NAVAL SIGNAL CENTRE HQ WNC

LCdr (SDC) PAJ Bento

81853B

COMCEN DELHI NHQ

LCdr Bal Subramaniam (X)

00363Z

DTE OF ARMAMENT INSPECTION NHQ

LCdr GD Mukerji (X) NM

00388F

PLANNING STAFF HQ EASTERN ARMY

LCdr NK Mukherjee (X)

00397A

 

LCdr Suresh Bhandoola (X)

00401K

SI DIRECTORATE NHQ

LCdr Teck Sharma (X)

00433H

 

LCdr PP Nandi (X) (H)

00468N

 

LCdr Pirthi Singh (S)

60092Y

BASE VICTUALLING OFFICER Bombay

LCdr D Shahane (AE)

40155K

AEO SEAKING SQUADRON Bombay

Lt (SDAE) PN Suri

86002H

 

Lt (SDC) Mark D'Souza

81862Z

WIRELESS DETACHMENT Bombay

Lt PC Bhasin (L)

50155N

MISSILE TECHNICAL POSITION Bombay

Lt (SDC) MN Raghavan

81864B

WIRELESS DETACHMENT Calcutta

Lt (SDC) NP Nair

81870T

NAVAL SIGNAL CENTRE Cochin

Lt (SDC) YKP Charles

81874A

ENC NAVAL SIGNAL CENTRE Visakhapatnam

Lt (SDME) Madan Lal

85029Y

 

Surg Lt DK Bose

75131A

 

Lt Samir Das (X) NM

Posthumous

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

Lt (SDC) Mohan Singh

              

WAR ROOM COMCEN NHQ

Sub Lt (SDAR) ER Menon

 

 

KC Vasandan MCPO(Tel) II

33805

MYSORE (WF)

UP Madhavan MCPO(Tel) II

41084

NAVAL SIGNAL CENTRE Visakhapatnam

VB Pathak MCPO(AOF) II

46284

INS HANSA Goa

CS Matiyani MCERA II

49640

KUTHAR (WF)

TN Chakravorty SCPO

64516

INS HOOGHLY Calcutta

Gurmail Singh CPO (CD 1)(Diver)

4546

CCDT Bombay

Narinder Singh AA3

51233

NARO Cochin

J Mathew AA3

51173

ALIZE DETACHMENT Bombay

Om Parkash POAF

66083

ALIZE DETACHMENT Bombay

Amin Chand Chauhan PO (CD 1)

46196

CCDT Bombay

Sukumaran George PO Tel

49667

WIRELESS DETACHMENT Visakhapatnam

Harish Chandra Pandey PO Tel

65378

WIRELESS DETACHMENT Calcutta

RK Dinesan YS

49495

NAVAL SIGNAL CENTRE Cochin

Ajit Singh POAH

48905

NAVAL SIGNAL DETACHMENT Bombay

LCdr MM Kaila (L)      

 

MISSILE TECHNICAL POSITION

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MENTION IN DESPATCHES

Cdr IK Erry (X)

         

CO CAUVERY

Cdr KL Chopra (X) (H)

00068B

 

Cdr TK Sachdev (X)

00102B

CO CANNANORE MINESWEEPING IN BANGLADESH       

Cdr JN Sukul (L)

         

LO TRISHUL (WF)

Cdr Benoy Bhushan (X) (H)

         

CO INVESTIGATOR (WNC)

Cdr Raj Anderson (X) VSM

         

CO KISTNA (WNC)

Cdr M Pratap (X)

         

CO TIR (WNC

Cdr AR Parti (X)

         

CO VIJETA (Missile Boat) (WNC)

Lt Cdr V Chakraverty (X) (P)

00222B

 

Lt Cdr LV Reddy (E)

         

EO SAGARDEEP (WF)

Lt Cdr MPS Bhinder (E)

40098F

 

Lt Cdr RV Kanakrajan (X)

00322F

XO KAVARATTI (EF)

Lt Cdr Inderjit Bedi (X)

00327T

FCO WESTERN FLEET

Lt Cdr AKS Chitre (X)

00330Z

 

Lt Cdr BR Ghosh (X)

00336N

 

Lt Cdr BK Malik (X) (P)

00337R

 

Lt Cdr SK Parulekar (E)

40113R

EO KAVARATTI

Lt Cdr DK Nandi (X) NM

00358N

 

Lt Cdr Gulab Israni (X) (P)

 

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

Lt Cdr RB Suri (X)

         

CO NASHAK (Missile Boat) (WNC)

Lt Cdr Rajvir Singh(L)

50081W

LO BEAS (EF)

Lt Cdr(SDB) KL Dogra

83152F

 

Lt Cdr RN Sharma (X)

00389H

FCO EASTERN FLEET

Lt Cdr Ashok Sinha (X) (P)

00392R

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

Lt Cdr Keki Pestonji (X) (G)

00398B

XO TALWAR (WF)

Lt Cdr Bakshish Singh (X)

00399F

t Cdr BB Singh (X)           00404T    CO VIDYUT (Missile Boat) (WNC)

Lt Cdr SC Isssacs (X)

00414Z

CO NIRBHIK(    "       ) (WNC)

Lt Cdr PD Sharma (X) (P)

00429Z

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

Lt Cdr SS Chaudhri (X)

 

 

Lt Cdr SP Singh (X)

00443F

CO KARWAR MINESWEEPING BANGLADESH

Lt Cdr Y Bhide (X) (P)

00446N

SEAHAWK PILOT VIKRANT

Lt Cdr Daljit Singh (X)

00456N

MYSORE (WF)

Lt Cdr RS Gill (E)

40167N

EO KHANDERI (Submarine) ENC

Lt KN Govindan Nair (X)

00493W

BRAHMAPUTRA (EF)

Lt HS Sirohi (X) (O)

Posthumous

ALIZE OBSERVER (WNC)

Lt BD Vachha(X)

00503T   

 

Lt Ranjit Attri (X)

00534N

KATCHALL (WF)

Lt PBS Gujral (X)

00539Z

VIKRANT (EF)

Lt SP Vyas (X)

00595A

CO BIMLIPATAM MINESWEEPING IN BANGLADESH

Lt (SDB) Charanjit Singh

83163F

 

Lt C Narayan (X)

00568R

TASO KILTAN (WF)

Lt Raman Puri (X)

00604R

GO KILTAN (WF)

Lt CVS Naidu (X)

00582Y

ALIZE PILOT VIKRANT

Lt AN Karve (X)

00593Y

 

Lt R Paralikar (E)

40210K

KILTAN (WF)

Lt VS Shukla (X)

00647W

 

Lt SC Dua (E)

40238Z

EO NIRGHAT (Missile Boat)

Lt SK Gupta (X)

00665K

 

Lt Kasho Ram (X)

00669W

 

Lt SD More (X)

00674F

CO AKSHAY (SDB) (ENC)

Lt SA Bhende (X)

00680W

 

Lt AM Gokhale (X)

00686H

XO VINASH (Missile Boat)

Lt CR Jayaraman (X)

00697H

 

Lt Shantonu Sen (X)

00714Y

 

Lt SC Suresh Bangara (X)

00726Z

XO VEER   (Missile Boat)

Lt SC Ghildiyal (X)

00746W

MGO VINASH(     "      )

Lt KB Khanna (X)

00756T

 

Lt KM Rao (X)

                   

MGO NIRGHAT (    "     )

Lt Prakash Chandra (X)

 

 

Lt Ratan Singh (X)

 

 

Lt AD Rao (X)

         

MGO VEER    (    "     )

Lt RPK Pillai (E)

           

EO NIPAT    (    "     ) 

Lt RC Shahdapuri (L)

         

 

Lt SR Dhareshwar (X)

 

 

Lt TB Ray (X)

 

 

Lt TI Punnen (E)

 

 

Lt SS Byce (X)

00883F

CO SUBADHRA (SDB)

Lt Ajit Tiwari (X)

00904B

CO BULSAR MINESWEEPING IN BANGLADESH

Lt NP Singh (X)

00849B

 

Sub Lt Osmond Titus (X)

00934Y

NO KATCHAL

Sub lt (SDP) Jasbir Singh

86823Z

MYSORE (WF)

PA Nair MCPO I

35327

VIKRANT (EF)

Jagmail Singh MC(EAR)I

50119

VIKRANT (EF)

KT Chami MC(Mech) I

22216

RAJPUT (EF)

Tarlok Nath MC (ERA)

86550

KHANDERI (Submarine) (ENC)

David D'Souza MCPOCK I

13562

BRAHMAPUTRA (EF)

PKR Pillai MCPOTEL II

23079

CHIEF TEL FOCWEF STAFF

RN Pandey MCPO II (G1)

44133

KAVARATTI (EF)

BR Samptah Kumar MCPO II

50766

    

SEAHAWK SQUADRON VIKRANT

 

 

SS Shukla MCPO II

35424

SAGARDEEP (WF)

K Bhaskaran MCEAP II              

50821

BETWA (WF)

Ram Singh Kathait CPO QMI

     46444

BEAS (EF)

Nasib Singh CPO

43789

MAGAR (EF)

Shrikant Singh CPO

64079

DEEPAK (WF)

BB Lal  CH YS

61757

CHIEF YEOMAN FOCWEF STAFF

BR Roul CH YS

62510

KADMATT (WF)

NL Batra CPO Tel(WI)

26359

VIKRANT (EF)

CT John CPO Tel

36004

KHUKRI (WF)

GA Nair CHELR

47236

KAVARATTI (EF)

Jagmal Singh CHME

45798

TIR (WNC)

JS Sikarwal CHME

45953

RANJIT (WF)

Sudama Tripathi CHEAP

49858

DEEPAK (WF)

Jog Raj CHEAP

50847

NIPAT (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 4/5 DEC

Rup Chand CPO WTR

62411

HQENC

KL Malhotra CPO WTR

64957

KHUKRI (WF)

Lekh Raj MECH(W) 3

67196

TALWAR (WF)

AG Balan EAR 3

88342

TALWAR (WF)

PS Gaudu EAR 3

87798

KHUKRI (WF)

MD Mandal ERA 3

52583

BETWA (WF)

Bakhshish Singh EAR 3

51115

KADMATT (WF)

VP Gopalkrishnan ERA3

51265

KADMATT (WF)

Rai Singh Mech (R)3

63930

ATCHALL (WF)

SN Prasad Mech3

49150

KAVARATTI (EF)

DS Jaswal Mech3

49405

CANNANORE MINESWEEPING IN BANGLADESH

Om Prakash Singh EAR3

88809

VINASH (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 8/9 DEC

Sikandar Tasildar ERA3

52571

KILTAN (WF)

HM Sharma ERA3

88731

VIKRANT (EF)

Harbans Singh EAP (C)3

51305

VINASH (Missile Boat) KARACHI OPERATION 8/9 DEC

Sarwan Singh PO Tel

49551

DEEPAK (WF)

RS Pannu YS

48903

KIRPAN (WF)

NP Biswas YS

45083

NAVAL SIGNAL CENTRE Bombay

LC Khatri YS

49921

KHUKRI (WF)

US Yadav YS

49609

KHUKRI (WF)

Papat Lal Chijaliya PO (QA1)

45482

MYSORE (WF)

GD Goirala PO (TASI)

86948

BRAHMAPUTRA (EF)

BR Jaskalyan PO (UW1)

49373

KHUKRI (WF)

PM Subbaiah PO Tel

48471

BEAS (EF)

PS Diwana PO

86086

KATCHALL (WF)

Ram Adhar Singh PO(GI)

46341

BETWA (WF)

MVR Murty PO Tel

46048

HQENC

VEB Nambiar Mech (R)4

87529

BRAHMAPUTRA (EF)

KV Vijayaraghavan EAR4

90638

RANJIT (WF)

CS Chhetri SPO

80252

MYSORE (WF)

Badrinath EAR4

52882

GODAVARI (SNA)

Babu Singh Ag. SWA4

90594

BEAS (EF)

MR Subramanyam Mech4

49712

RAJPUT (EF)

P Gangadharan ERA4

51452

KIRPAN (WF)

PK Bagichi POELP  

69099

(WNC (Submarine KARANJ

ND Katakshyam POELP

65953

KHANDERI (Submarine) (ENC)

DP Dash POELP

87621

SAGARDEEP (WF)

JN Dass POME

66368

MYSORE (WF)

Ivan Lowe POME

44452

RAJPUT (EF)

RK Nair PO Wtr

92399

FOCWEF STAFF

PT Varghese LS (UCI)

83170

KAMORTA (EF)

Amarjit Singh LS (QA1)

82095

KAVARATTI (EF)

MS Gupta LS(CD1) (Diver)

64915

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

RS Yadav LS(CD2) (Diver)

83406

UNDERWATER COMMANDO

SB Singh LS

83842

 

MG Prabhu LTel

89797

 

T Sudhakaran LEMP

90893

MYSORE (WF)

RVN Gillet LEMR

91148

PANVEL

KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

 

 

V Patankar LME

88306

RANJIT (WF)

P Singh LME

69501

KHUKRI (WF)

S Shankar ERA5

51641

GANGA (SNA)

N Mathews ERA5

51617

KAMORTA (EF)

RS Sidhu EAR5

51681

KIRPAN (WF)

S Husain SIG I

55497

BEAS (EF)

PK Dagar TEL I

91849

TRISHUL (WF)

VM Singha TEL I

84649

PANVEL KHULNA OPERATION 10 DEC

Yogendra Jha Sea I (GL3)

86268

TRISHUL (WF)

MG Vasupillai SEAI(RP3)

84343

KILTAN (WF)

RK Dogra SEA I

82617

INS HANSA Goa

BN Soman EMR I

56449

BEAS (EF)

SC Sharma SEA I (RP2)

90586

TRISHUL (WF)

KV Bhava Dasan ME I

68262

INS CIRCARS Visakhapatnam

GP Haldhar ME I

99562

 

Nathu Singh SEA II

94715

PULICAT (Patrol Boat) ENC

Dinesh Dubey EMP2

57636

KATCHALL (WF)

GV Thumbunkel

 

Master MV HOOGHLY

RD Hajarnavis

 

Chief Officer VISHWA VIJAY AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION (EF)

AK Bhattacharjee

                          

Chief Engineer MV HOOGHLY

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COMMENDATION BY THE CNS

Cdr SC Bindra (S

 

 

Cdr MML Saxena (X)

 

 

Lt Cdr CS Menon (X)

 

 

Lt Cdr SJ Contractor (X)

                

NOIC Bombay Staff

Lt Cdr K Suresh (X)

 

 

Lt Cdr B Nag (X)

 

 

Lt Cdr (SDG) KN Divekar

 

 

Sqd Leader GPU Nair

7287

IAF

Lt Kulwant Singh Bhasin (E)

    

VIKRANT (EF)

Lt PJ Jacob (X)

    

DIRECTION OFFICER VIKRANT (EF)

Lt RS Pujji (X)

 

 

Lt PS Nelson (X)

 

 

Lt HC Medha (X)

 

 

Lt SS Kumar (E

 

 

Lt K Kamak (E)

 

 

Lt VK Bhatia (E)

 

 

Lt P Jaitly (L)

 

 

Lt (SDG) Ravinder Singh

 

 

Lt (SDG) Avtar Singh

 

 

Lt (SDAE) VS Chitale

    

SUPPORT OF MUKTI BAHINI OPERATIONS

Lt (SDPR) Karnail Singh

 

 

Lt (SDR) Kewal Krishan

 

 

Lt (SDR) CP Xavier

 

 

Sub LT RK Sharma (X)

 

 

Sub LT KM Nair (X)

 

 

Sub LT Guru Raj (X)

 

 

Sub LT Ranbir Talwar (X)

 

 

Sub LT CR Kutty (X)

 

 

Sub LT EG Govindan (E)

 

 

Sub LT N Subbarao (E)

 

 

Sub LT UP Misra (L)

 

 

Sub LT (SDTAS) Wasi Ahmed Warsi

 

 

Sub LT (SDS) SR Malik

 

 

Sub LT (SDAE) RK Sur

 

 

De Stephan MCPO II(TAS I)

25774

INS VIRBAHU Visakhapatnam

Lakhan Lal MC SWA II

50711

INS ANGRE Bombay

KP Masilamani MC ER1

50749

INS ANGRE Bombay

K Ramkrishnan MC ERA II

 

 

C Arvindakshan Nair Mech II

64413

HATHI (Tug)

GL Narayan AM II

 

 

M Arvindakshan CYS

43579

INS INDIA New Delhi

Jug Lal CPO (G1)

45526

INS TRATA Bombay

SK Choudhary CPO Wtr

63302

INS HOOGHLY Calcutta

PN Khanna Ch ERA

 

 

LN Sharma CPO CK(S)

60740

MYSORE (WF)

JC Dutta CYS

 

 

RK Pandey CPO

44523

INS VALSURA Jamnagar

SK Ghandhi CH(ME)

45585

 

SK Bhardwaj CHEL(R)

48074

INS CIRCARS Visakhapatnam