On the historic occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day, the nation stood in salute as President Droupadi Murmu conferred gallantry awards on 70 personnel of the Armed Forces. These awards celebrate the “unflinching courage” of our soldiers, pilots, and sailors who risked their lives to keep India safe and advance its scientific frontiers.
2026 Gallantry Award Winners
President Droupadi Murmu approved a total of 70 gallantry awards for armed forces personnel.
Ashoka Chakra (Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award)
- Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Air Force)
Kirti Chakra
- Major Arshdeep Singh (Army – Armoured Corps/1 Assam Rifles)
- Naib Subedar Doleshwar Subba (Army – 2 Para SF)
- Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair (Air Force)
Shaurya Chakra
- Lieutenant Colonel Ghatage Aditya Shrikumar (21 Para SF)
- Major Anshul Baltoo (JAK LI/32 Assam Rifles)
- Major Shivkant Yadav (5 Para SF)
- Major Vivek (Mech Inf/42 Rashtriya Rifles)
- Major Leishangthem Deepak Singh (11 Para SF)
- Captain Yogender Singh Thakur (6 Para SF)
- Subedar P H Moses (1 Assam Rifles)
- Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand (Posthumous – Armoured/4 RR)
- Rifleman Manglem Sang Vaiphei (3 Assam Rifles)
- Rifleman Dhurba Jyoti Dutta (33 Assam Rifles)
- Lieutenant Commander Dilna K (Navy)
- Lieutenant Commander Roopa A (Navy)
- Assistant Commandant Vipin Wilson (MHA/CAPF)
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Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry)
- Lance Havildar Satya Pal Singh
Sena Medal (Gallantry)
- Colonel Amit Dadhwal
- Lieutenant Colonel Mudigere Rajagopal Suhas
- Lieutenant Colonel Pradeep Shoury Arya
- Major Kulbir Singh Mohan
- Major Aneesh Chandran C
- Major Charanjit Singh
- Major Nagavignesh KA
- Major Rohit Kumar (12 Para SF)
- Major Sivaprasad K
- Major Akshay Anand
- Major C Sai Vivek
- Major Vishwa Prakash Dubey
- Major Rohit Kumar (5 GR/23 Assam Rifles)
- Major Ravi Kumar Singh
- Major Tushar Nagraik
- Captain Ajinkya Pandit Kanase
- Captain Jagdeep Narayan
- Captain Prabhat Kumar Singh
- Captain Gursharan Singh
- Subedar Dharamveer (Posthumous)
- Subedar Raj Kumar Manjhi
- Subedar Gopal Singh
- Subedar Kuldeep Chand (Posthumous)
- Subedar Shamas Din
- Naib Subedar Mohmad Iqbal Teeli
- Naib Subedar Pawan Kumar
- Naib Subedar Sariful Mandal
- Naib Risaldar Rana Pratap Singh
- Havildar Jhantu Ali Shaikh (Posthumous)
- Havildar Anand Suman Rana
- Havildar Maksood Deen
- Havildar Puran Singh Kharayat
- Havildar Md Saroj Khan
- Havildar Yang Dorjee Lama
- Lance Dafadar Bharavad Mehulbhai Mepabhai (Posthumous)
- Naik Ranjay Kumar
- Lance Naik Ashok Kumar Bhinchar
- Sepoy Shabir Ahmad
- Sepoy Gyakar Sandip Pandurang (Posthumous)
- Sepoy Kadaohum Bellai
- Rifleman Waikhom Mohan Singh
- Rifleman Thanggoulun Singson
- Paratrooper Bringer HK
- Paratrooper Deepchand Kargwal
Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry)
- Commander Nardeep Singh
- Lieutenant Commander Rishabh Purbia
- Commander Rajeshwar Kumar Sharma
- Lieutenant Commander Prashant Raj
- Commander Harpreet Singh
- Captain Piyush Katiyar
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry)
- Wing Commander Shobhit Vyas
- Junior Warrant Officer Kirpal Singh Salaria (Parachute Jump Instructor)
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