Le président approuve 127 décorations de bravoure, 40 distinctions de service et 290 mentions à l’ordre du jour avant le 79e jour de l’Indépendance

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New Delhi, 14 août. À la veille de la Journée de l’Indépendance 2025, la Présidente Smt Droupadi Murmu a approuvé l’attribution de 127 décorations de bravoure ainsi que 40 distinctions pour services distingués, destinées aux membres des Forces armées et des Forces de police armées centrales. Parmi ces décorations figurent notamment 4 Kirti Chakras, 15 Vir Chakras, 16 Shaurya Chakras, 2 Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 58 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 6 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), 26 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), ainsi que 7 Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medals, 9 Uttam Yudh Seva Medals et 24 Yudh Seva Medals.

La Présidente a également validé 290 mentions à l’ordre du jour (Mention-in-Despatches) attribuées à 115 membres de l’Armée de Terre, 5 de la Marine, 167 de l’Armée de l’Air et 3 du Border Roads Development Board (BRDB).

Voici la liste des principales décorations de bravoure approuvées par la Présidente :

Kirti Chakra

Capitaine Lalrinawma Sailo, 4 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari, Army Service Corps, 1 Sikkim Scouts
Lance Naik Meenatchi Sundaram A, Regiment d’Artillerie, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
Sepoy Janjal Pravin Prabhakar, Mahar Regiment, 1 Rashtriya Rifles

Vir Chakra

Colonel Koshank Lamba, 302 Medium Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Sushil Bisht, 1988 (Independent) Medium Battery
Naib Subedar Satish Kumar, 4 Dogra
Rifleman Sunil Kumar, 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Group Captain Ranjeet Singh Sidhu, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Manish Arora, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Animesh Patni, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Kunal Kalra, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Joy Chandra, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Sarthak Kumar, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Siddhant Singh, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Rizwan Malik, Flying (Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Aarshveer Singh Thakur, Flying (Pilot)
Sub Inspector (GD) Mohd Imteyaj
CT/GD Deepak Chingakham

Shaurya Chakra

Lieutenant Colonel Neetesh Bharti Shukla, 19 Sikh
Major Bhargav Kalita, Kumaon Regiment, 50 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Ashish Kumar, 7 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Major Aditya Pratap Singh, SM, Rajputana Rifles, 44 Assam Rifles
Assistant Commandant Mohd Shafiq, 26 Assam Rifles
Subedar Shamsher Singh, 4 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Lance Naik Rahul Singh, 4 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Rifleman Bhoj Ram Sahu, 3 Assam Rifles
Lieutenant Commander Suraj Prashar
Ram Goyal, Sea II
Wing Commander Abhimanyu Singh (30725), Flying (Pilot)
Inspecteur Laxman Kewat
Inspecteur Rameshwar Prasad Deshmukh
Constable/GD Saddam Hussain
Constable/GD Feda Hussain Dar
Constable/GD Sanjay Tiwari

Bar to Sena Medal (Bravoure)

Major Rahul Dutta, SM, Regiment d’Artillerie, 6 Rashtriya Rifles
Sepoy Nadim Iqbal Shah, SM, 163 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army

Sena Medal (Bravoure)

Lieutenant Colonel Thakur Maheshsingh Ramshankarsingh, Mahar Regiment, 1 Rashtriya Rifles
Lieutenant Colonel Palugulla Mastan Reddy, Eastern Command Intelligence Battalion
Lieutenant Colonel Parikshit Panwar, 12 Mahar
Lieutenant Colonel Mohan Singh, 4 Rajput
Lieutenant Colonel Nikhil Thakur, 160 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army
Major Jappanpreet Singh, Armoured Corps, 22 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Sumeet Grohwal, 9 Punjab
Major Shiladitya Singh Ranawat, 21 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Major Hitesh Singh Verma, 5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Major Yogesh Kumar, Regiment d’Artillerie, 57 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Ankur Yadav, 5 Sikh
Major Shivank Pathak, Madras Regiment, 8 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Amit Bhatti, 302 Medium Regiment
Major Dhananjay Jamwal, Grenadiers, 29 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Nikhil Sharma, 4 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Major Anuj Mahajan, Mechanised Infantry, 36 Assam Rifles
Major Aman Dhar, Corps of Signals, 22 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Roger Saul Kamuo Mao, Kumaon Regiment, 43 Assam Rifles
Major Gagandeep Singh, 9 Rajputana Rifles
Major Swaroop Anjan Behera, 5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Captain Varun Chadha, 19 Sikh
Subedar Major Pawan Kumar, Punjab Regiment, 10 Infantry Brigade Camp
Subedar Pradeep Kumar, 278 Medium Regiment
Subedar Girraj Singh Rajpoot, 1851 Light Regiment
Subedar Roshan Singh, 17 Garhwal Rifles
Subedar Manish Kumar Dubey, 131 Air Defence Regiment
Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar, 2 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Naib Subedar Satnam Singh, 30 Punjab
Naib Subedar Arvind Kumar, Rajputana Rifles, 57 Rashtriya Rifles
Naib Subedar Birender Singh, Mahar Regiment, 1 Rashtriya Rifles
Naib Subedar Prem Bahadur Singh, 5/9 Gorkha Rifles
Naib Subedar Surja Deb Barma, 1832 Light Regiment
Battalion Havildar Major Pawan Singh, 49 Air Defence Regiment
Regiment Havildar Major Ankur, 302 Medium Regiment
Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh, 625 Electronics and Mechanical Engineers Battalion
Havildar Gurpreet Singh, 19 Sikh
Havildar Medade Vikas Ramdas, 18 Maratha Light Infantry
Havildar Jaswant Singh, 4 Rajput
Havildar Gopal Pradhan, 12 Mahar
Lance Havildar Morey Santosh Bhagwan, 34 (M) Field Regiment
Lance Havildar Lagariya Dineshbhai Palabhai, 12 Grenadiers
Lance Havildar Jobanpreet Singh, 13 Sikh Light Infantry
Naik Gurjeet Singh, 7 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Naik Sunil, Mechanised Infantry, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
Naik Gurpreet Singh, Regiment d’Artillerie, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
Naik Bhupinder Singh, 19 Sikh
Naik Robin Singh, 19 Sikh
Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar, 5 Field Regiment
Lance Naik Pradeep Kumar, 1 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Lance Naik Abhiman Singh, Regiment d’Artillerie, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
Lance Naik Subhash Kumar, 7 Jat
Sepoy Gurjodh Singh, Sikh Regiment, 6 Rashtriya Rifles
Rifleman Hilal Ahmad Bhat, Territorial Army, 19 Rashtriya Rifles
Rifleman Mohit Rathour, Rajputana Rifles, 57 Rashtriya Rifles
Rifleman Diwaker Singh, 17 Garhwal Rifles
Rifleman Najum Ud Din Khan, 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Agniveer Kulveer Singh, 7 Sikh Light Infantry
Agniveer Mood Muralinaik, 851 Light Regiment

Nao Sena Medal (Bravoure)

Capitaine Suraj James Rebeira
Capitaine Vikas Garg
Commander Saurabh Kumar
Commander Kapil Kumar
Commander Vivek Kuriakose
Charge de Manoeuvre Manoj Kumar

Vayu Sena Medal (Bravoure)

Group Captain Manav Bhatia, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Varun Bhoj, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Omar Browne, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Deepak Chauhan, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Kunal Vishwas Shimpi, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Deepak Dogra, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Ravinder Kumar, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Ankur Hakim, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Abhay Singh Bhadoria, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Kaustubh Nalawade, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Malapati NV Naveen Kumar, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Shubham Sharma, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Gaurav Khokher, Flying (Pilot)
Sergeant Surendra Kumar, Medical Assistant
Squadron Leader Mihir Vivek Chaudhari, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Aman Singh, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Rupak Roy, Flying (Navigator)
Wing Commander Devendra Babasaheb Autade, Flying (Pilot)
Squadron Leader Amandeep Singh Dihot, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Yasir Faruqi, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Anuraj Minhas, Flying (Navigator)
Corporal Varun Kumar S, Medical Assistant
Wing Commander Mayank Paliwal, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Adarsh Gupta, Flying (Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant A Naveen Chandar, Administration/Fighter Controller
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, Administration/Fighter Controller

Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal

Lieutenant Général Pratik Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, SM, Madras Regiment, Quartier Général Northern Command
Lieutenant Général Rajiv Ghai, UYSM, AVSM, SM, Kumaon Regiment, Quartier Général Intégré du Ministère de la Défense (Armée)
Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, PVSM, AVSM, NM
Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor, PVSM, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, AVSM, VSM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot)

Uttam Yudh Seva Medal

Lieutenant Général Manoj Kumar Katiyar, PVSM, AVSM, Rajput Regiment, Quartier Général Western Command
Lieutenant Général Prashant Srivastava, AVSM, SM, Parachute Regiment, Quartier Général 15 Corps
Lieutenant Général Prasanna Kishore Mishra, AVSM, YSM, SM, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, Quartier Général 16 Corps
Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, AVSM, VSM
Air Marshal Manish Khanna, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Marshal Praveen Keshav Vohra, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Ajay Kumar Chaudhary, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Prabhat Malik, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Kamran Nazeer, Flying (Pilot)

Yudh Seva Medal

Major Général Sandeep Sudharshan Sharda, SM, VSM, Dogra Regiment, Quartier Général Intégré du Ministère de la Défense (Armée)
Brigadier Rakesh Nair, SM, VSM, 9^e Gorkha Rifles, Quartier Général Intégré du Ministère de la Défense (Armée)
Brigadier Vivek Goel, Army Air Defence, Quartier Général 616 (Independent) Air Defence Brigade
Brigadier Surjeet Kumar Singh, SM, Intelligence Corps, Quartier Général Intelligence and Field Security Group
Brigadier Sonender Singh, SM, Corps of Engineers, Quartier Général 75 (Independent) Infantry Brigade
Brigadier Vivek Puri, SM, Assam Regiment, Quartier Général 19 Infantry Brigade
Brigadier Mudit Mahajan, Sikh Regiment, Quartier Général 93 Infantry Brigade
Subedar Vinod Kumar, 152 Air Defence Regiment
Naib Subedar Ratneswar Ghosh, 152 Air Defence Regiment
Vice Admiral AN Pramod, AVSM
Rear Admiral Rahul Vilas Gokhale, NM
Air Vice Marshal Joseph Suares, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Vice Marshal Prajual Singh, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Shashi Kant, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Sagar Singh Rawat, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Ashok Raj Thakur, VM
Air Commodore Pradeep Batra, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Kanwal Preet Singh Dham, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Devashish Kukreti, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Commodore Rohit Kapil, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Alok Kumar Sharma, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Vikas Verma, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Ankit Mehrotra, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Wing Commander Gobind Singh, Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical)

Mentions à l’ordre du jour :

Armée de Terre (115 mentions)

Parmi les personnels honorés figurent notamment :

Major Ankit Sharma, Grenadiers, 29 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Ayush Nagpal, Mechanised Infantry, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
Major Digvijay Singh Dhadwal, Naga Regiment, 50 Rashtriya Rifles
Subedar Gopal Singh, Corps of Engineers, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar, Dogra Regiment, 11 Rashtriya Rifles
Havildar Surjeet Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, 57 Rashtriya Rifles
Havildar Kuldeep Singh, 9 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Havildar Angrej Singh, 9 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Havildar Kadam Vinod Bhimrao, 9 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Havildar Metta Giribabu, 21 Mechanised Infantry
Havildar Dipak Kumar Yadav, 1 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Havildar Sakhare Kailash Bhagwan, 12 Mahar
Havildar Zaffar Iqbal, 5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
Lance Dafadar Baldev Singh, Armoured Corps, 8 Rashtriya Rifles
Naik Ram Rakha Ram, Regiment d’Artillerie, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
Naik Sachin Yadav, Regiment d’Artillerie, 32 Rashtriya Rifles
Naik Winpang Pumoh, Assam Regiment, 42 Rashtriya Rifles
Naik Shammi Kumar, 9 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Lance Naik Parveen Sharma, 1 PARA (Forces Spéciales)
Lance Naik Jeet Bahadur Yadav, Jat Regiment, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
Et de nombreux autres militaires distingués à divers grades et régiments

Marine (5 mentions)

Lieutenant Commander Kshitij Vashisth
Hari Kumar, LA(FD)
Commander Harish Narayanan Kutty
Lieutenant Commander Davis E Veedon
Lieutenant Commander Srikanth SM

Armée de l’Air (167 mentions)

Le palmarès comprend un large éventail d’officiers et sous-officiers, dont :

Squadron Leader Shashank, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Sumit Prasad, ADM
Group Captain Vipin Rehani, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Mohan Namdeo, ADM/Fighter Controller
Group Captain Samar Veer Saharan, VSM, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Prashant Arora, VSM, Flying (Pilot)
Group Captain Sanjeev Rao, F(N)
Group Captain Tara Dutt Karnatak, ADM/Fighter Controller
Group Captain Ritam Kumar, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Et de nombreux autres aviateurs honorés pour leurs services

Border Roads Development Board (BRDB) (3 mentions)

Shri Vijay Singh, DVRMT-1
Shri Karambir Singh, OEM
Pannu Lal Sharma, OVSR

Ces distinctions témoignent de l’excellence, du courage et du dévouement des membres des forces indiennes dans la défense du pays et la sécurité nationale, à l’aube d’un nouveau 79^e anniversaire de l’Indépendance.

ParPierre Thomas• Dernière mise à jour 15 août 2025