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{{Short description|Military awards}}

'''Awards and decorations of the Bangladesh Liberation War''' were decorations bestowed by the major warring parties for actions during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. [[Bangladesh]], [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] all issued awards and decorations related to the conflict.

A listing of the medals bestowed are as follows:

==Bangladesh==

===Gallantry awards===

A total of 677 participants of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh War]] of Independence received gallantry awards for their service and bravery. Four categories of gallantry awards were created after the war in Bangladesh. These were:
* [[File:Bir Sreshtho ribbon.svg|60px]] '''[[Bir Sreshtho]]'''
The '''Bir Sreshtho''' ({{langx|bn|বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ||Valiant of Courage}}), is the highest military award of [[Bangladesh]]. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and died in action for their nation. They are considered [[martyr]]s.<ref>{{citation |title=The Bir Sreshtho |script-title=bn:বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ |trans-title=The Most Valiant Hero |url=http://www.birsreshtho.com/details.htm |publisher=birsreshtho.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-date=31 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032452/http://www.birsreshtho.com/details.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Recipients'''
All the recipients of this award were killed in action during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. The award was published by the [[Bangladesh Gazette]] on 15 December 1973. It is the highest military award of Bangladesh, similar to the U.S.  [[Medal of Honor]] or the UK's [[Victoria Cross]]. It has only been given in 1973 to seven people. Listed below are the people who have received the Bir Srestho medal. They are all considered 'Shaheed' (Martyrs).
# [[File:Roundel of Bangladesh – Army Aviation.svg|alt=Roundel of Bangladesh – Army Aviation|23px]] [[Captain (land and air)|Captain]] [[Mohiuddin Jahangir]] {{KIA}}
# [[File:Roundel of Bangladesh – Army Aviation.svg|alt=Roundel of Bangladesh – Army Aviation|23px]] [[Sepoy]] [[Hamidur Rahman]]  {{KIA}}
# [[File:Roundel of Bangladesh – Army Aviation.svg|alt=Roundel of Bangladesh – Army Aviation|23px]] [[Sepoy]] [[Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho)|Mostafa Kamal]]{{KIA}}
# [[File:বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনীর মনোগ্রাম.svg|alt=বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী|23px]] [[Engine room artificer]] [[Mohammad Ruhul Amin|Ruhul Amin]] {{KIA}}
# [[File:বাংলাদেশ সামরিক বাহিনীর প্রতীক.svg|23px|]] [[Flight Lieutenant]] [[Matiur Rahman (military pilot)|Matiur Rahman]] {{KIA}}
# [[File:বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের মনোগ্রাম.svg|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের মনোগ্রাম|23px|alt=Bangladesh Border Guard]] [[Lance Naik]] [[Munshi Abdur Rouf]] {{KIA}}
# [[File:বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের মনোগ্রাম.svg|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের মনোগ্রাম|23px|alt=Bangladesh Border Guard]] [[Lance Naik]] [[Nur Mohammad Sheikh]]{{KIA}}
<br/>
* [[File:Bir Uttom ribbon.svg|60px]] '''[[Bir Uttom]]''' ({{langx|bn|বীর উত্তম||Valiant of Courage}})

'''Recipients'''
{|  class ="wikitable"
! No.
! NAME
! SECTOR
! RANK
|-
| 01
| | [[Khaja Nazimuddin Bhuiyan]], (posthumous)
| Sector-04
| Leader Public Force/Gano Bahini
|-
| 02
| [[K M Shafiullah]]
| Commander, S Force
| Major
|-
| 03
| [[Ziaur Rahman]]
| Commander, Z Force
| Major
|-
| 04
| [[Chittoronjon Datta]]
| Sector Commander-04
|Major
|-
| 05
| [[Kazi Nuruzzaman]]
| Sector Commander-07
| Major
|-
| 06
| [[Mir Showkat Ali]]
| Sector Commander-05
| Major
|-
| 07
| [[Khaled Mosharraf]]
| Commander, K Force
| Major
|-
| 08
| [[Abdul Manzur]]
| Sector Commander-08
| Major
|-
| 09
| [[Abu Taher]]
| Interim Sector Commander-11
| Major
|-
| 10
| [[A N M Nuruzzaman]]
| Sector Commander-03
| Captain
|-
| 11
| [[Rafiqul Islam (soldier)|Rafiqul Islam]]
| Sector Commander-01
| Captain
|-
| 12
| [[Abdus Salek Choudhury]]
| Sector Commander-02
| Captain
|-
| 13
| Aminul Haque
| Commander, 8 East Bengal
| Major
|-
| 14
| [[Mohammad Abdur Rab (Bir Uttam)|Mohammad Abdur Rab]]
| Army chief, AHQ
| Lieutenant Colonel
|-
| 15
| [[A K Khandker]]
| Deputy Chief of Staff Army
| Group Captain
|-
| 16
| [[Shahjahan Omar]]
| –
| –
|-
| 17
| [[Kader Siddique]]
| –
| –
|-
| 18
| [[Liakat Ali Khan]]
| –
| –
|-
| 19
| [[Shahabuddin Ahmed]]
| –
| –
|-
| 20
| [[Anwar Hossain Pahari]]
| –
| –
|-
| 21
| [[Aftab Ali]]
| (Sector-11)3rd East Bengal
|subeder
|-
| 22
|Motiur Rahman
| –
| [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
|}<br/>
* [[File:Bir Bikrom.svg|100px]] '''[[Bir Bikrom]]''' ({{langx|bn|বীর বিক্রম||Valiant Hero}})
A total of 175 fighters have been awarded on 15 December 1973 for their heroic actions at the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The government of Bangladesh declared the name of the awardees in Bangladesh Gazette on 15 December 1973. In recent 1 Bir Bikrom title award postponed. So total Bir Bikram awarded person is 174.<br/>
* [[File:Bir Protik ribbon.svg|100px]] '''[[Bir Protik]]''' ({{langx|bn|বীর প্রতীক||Idol of Courage}})
This award was officially declared on 15 December 1973 through the ''Bangladesh Gazette''. According to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, a total of 426 people have received the award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://molwa.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/molwa.portal.gov.bd/page/c99c11ee_cbea_40c7_92ac_9f71caf996c3/Bir%20Protik.docx |title=Bir Protik (literally, Symbol of Bravery or Idol of Courage) |website=Ministry of Liberation War Affairs |format=docx |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>

===Liberation War medals===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Image:War Medal.JPG|100px]]
|width="300"|'''Samor Pawdok''' (War Medal)
|-
|[[Image:Victory Medal.JPG|100px]]
|width="300"|'''Joy Pawdok''' (Victory Medal)
|-
|[[Image:Rono Taroka.JPG|100px]]
|width="300"|'''Rono Taroka''' (Campaign Star)
|-
|[[Image:Campaign Star.JPG|100px]]
|width="300"|'''Mukti Taroka''' (Liberation Star)
|}

===Civilian awards===
* [[File:Independence Day Award Ribbon.jpg|115x30px]] '''[[Independence Award]]'''
[[File:Swadhinata Padak (Medal).jpg|thumb|right|Independence Day Medallion]]
The '''Independence Day Award''' ({{langx|bn|স্বাধীনতা পদক}}),<ref>[http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_award.php?page=list&lang=bn Independence Day Award, Cabinet Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132248/http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_award.php?page=list&lang=bn |date= 6 July 2011 }}</ref> also termed '''Independence Award''' ({{langx|bn|স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার}}), '''Swadhinata Padak''', and '''Swadhinata Puroskar''', is the highest state award given by the government of [[Bangladesh]]. Introduced in 1977, this award is bestowed upon Bangladeshi citizens or organisations in recognition of substantial contribution to one of many fields, including the War of Liberation, the [[Bengali Language Movement|language movement]], education, literature, journalism, public service, science and technology, medical science, social science, song, games and sports, fine arts, rural development, and other areas.
* '''[[Bangladesh Freedom Honour]]''' -({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ স্বাধীনতা সম্মাননা|Bānglādēśa sbādhīnatā sam'mānanā}}); posthumously conferred on former Indian prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bangladesh honours Indira Gandhi with highest award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-honours-indira-gandhi-with-highest-award/article2293016.ece|date=25 July 2011|author=Haroon Habib|journal=The Hindu|access-date=29 September 2015|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010075735/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-honours-indira-gandhi-with-highest-award/article2293016.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''Bangladesh Liberation War Honour''' -({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ সম্মাননা|Bānglādēśa muktiyud'dha sam'mānanā}}); conferred to heads of states and heads of governments:
# {{flagicon|Bhutan}} King [[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]]<ref>[https://thebhutanese.bt/third-druk-gyalpo-honored-by-bangladesh/ Third druk gyalpo honored by Bangladesh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824082445/https://thebhutanese.bt/third-druk-gyalpo-honored-by-bangladesh/ |date=24 August 2019 }} ''thebhutanese.bt''.</ref>
# {{flagicon|Cuba}} President [[Fidel Castro]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/bangladesh-will-remember-castro-reverence-pm-1320907|title=Bangladesh will remember Castro with reverence: PM|date=27 November 2016|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|access-date=28 November 2016|location=Dhaka|archive-date=27 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127125430/http://www.thedailystar.net/city/bangladesh-will-remember-castro-reverence-pm-1320907|url-status=live}}</ref>
# {{flagicon|India}} President [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Habib |first1=Haroon |title=Bangladesh honour for Indians who helped in its liberation |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/bangladesh-honour-for-indians-who-helped-in-its-liberation/article5207363.ece |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=6 October 2013 |language=en-IN |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903144519/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/bangladesh-honour-for-indians-who-helped-in-its-liberation/article5207363.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
# {{flagicon|India}} President [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/pranab-mukherjee-receives-bangladesh-s-second-highest-award-338250 Pranab Mukherjee receives Bangladesh's second highest award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831133219/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pranab-mukherjee-receives-bangladeshs-second-highest-award-515172 |date=31 August 2020 }}. NDTV.com (5 March 2013). Retrieved 21 May 2014.</ref>
# {{flagicon|India}} Prime Minister [[Inder Kumar Gujral]].<ref>[http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=254652 Grateful to you all: PM tells 61 friends of Liberation War from abroad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302033435/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=254652 |date=2 March 2016 }} ''The Daily Star''.</ref>
# {{flagicon|India}} Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<ref name="FreedomWarAtal">{{citation |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/vajpayee-honoured-93679 |title=Former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee honoured for his 1971 role: On his behalf Modi receives Bangladesh Liberation War award from Hamid |date=8 June 2015 |access-date=29 September 2015 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929041624/http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/vajpayee-honoured-93679 |url-status=live }}</ref>
# {{flagicon|India}} Acting Prime Minister [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Fakruddin Ahmed, Gulzarilal Nanda conferred B'desh war honour|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fakruddin-ahmed-gulzarilal-nanda-conferred-b-desh-war-honour-113100100929_1.html|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|date=1 October 2013}}</ref>
# {{flagicon|Nepal}} President [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
# {{flagicon|Nepal}} Prime Minister/ Acting Head of State [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalnews.com/mobile/view_article.php?id=22279 |title=Bangladesh confers 'Liberation War Honour' to late NC president |access-date=23 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303065408/http://www.nepalnews.com/mobile/view_article.php?id=22279 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
# {{flagicon|Nepal}} Prime Minister [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]]<ref name="BangladeshFreedomHonor">[http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=228046 Friends of freedom honoured] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329093524/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=228046 |date=29 March 2012 }}, Wednesday, 28 March 2012, ''The Daily Star''</ref>
# {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} General Secretary [[Leonid Brezhnev|Leonid IIyich Brezhnev]]
# {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} President [[Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny]]
# {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Prime Minister [[Alexei Kosygin|Alexei Nikolaevich Kosygin]]
# {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Prime Minister [[Edward Heath|Sir Edward Richard George Heath]]
# {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} President Marshal [[Josip Broz Tito]]<ref name="BangladeshFreedomHonor"/>
* '''Friends of Liberation War Honour''' -({{langx|bn|মুক্তিযুদ্ধ মৈত্রী সম্মাননা|Muktiyud'dha maitrī sam'mānanā}}); conferred to individuals, six organisations and [[Mitra Bahini]]. The individuals include 257 Indians, 88 Americans, 41 Pakistanis, 39 Britons, 9 Russians, 18 Nepalese, 16 French and 18 Japanese.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Three ceremonies were held between March 2012<ref name="FinancialExpressLink">{{citation |title=B'desh honours foreign friends |date=28 March 2012 |journal=The Financial Express}}</ref> and October 2012.<ref>{{citation |url=http://old.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/index.php?ref=MjBfMTBfMjFfMTJfMV8yXzE0NzcwNA== |title=Nation honours foreign friends |work=[[The Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]] |date=21 October 2012 |access-date=16 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121132712/http://old.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/index.php?ref=MjBfMTBfMjFfMTJfMV8yXzE0NzcwNA== |archive-date=21 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==India==
* [[File:Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg|60px]] '''[[Param Vir Chakra]]'''
'''Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra''':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nda.nic.in/html/nda-martyrs.html |title=Martyrs |publisher=National Defense Academy, Pune |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929182428/http://nda.nic.in/html/nda-martyrs.html |archive-date=29 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/paramvirchakra_awards_list1.php|title=Param Vir Chakra|publisher=Government of India|access-date=29 September 2015|archive-date=22 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222230606/http://india.gov.in/myindia/paramvirchakra_awards_list1.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!S. No.
!Rank
!Name 
|-
| 01
| [[Lance Naik]] (Posthumously)
| [[Albert Ekka]]
|-
| 02
| [[Flying Officer]]
| [[Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon]] (Posthumously)
|-
| 03
| Major
| [[Hoshiar Singh]]
|-
| 04
| [[Second Lieutenant]]
| [[Arun Khetarpal]] (Posthumously)
|}
* [[File:Maha Vir Chakra ribbon.svg|60px]] '''[[Maha Vir Chakra]]'''
'''Recipients'''
{| class="wikitable"
!S. no.
!Rank
!Name
!Operation/War
!Date of Award
|-
| 01
| L/Nt
| [[Ram Ugram Pandey]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| 24 November 1971
|-
| 02
| Sep
| [[Ansuya Prasad]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="2" | 30 November 1971
|-
| 03
| Rfn
| [[Pati Ram Gurung]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 04
| Maj
| [[Gen Shamsher Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| rowspan="2" | 1 December 1971
|-
| 05
| Vice Adm
| [[Swaraj Parkash]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 06
| Maj
| [[Anup Singh Gahlaut]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="7" | 3 December 1971
|-
| 07
| Brig
| [[Basdev Singh Mankotia]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 08
| Maj
| [[Gen Anant Vishwanath Natu]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 09
| Maj
| [[Gen Kashmiri Lal Rattan]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 10
| Maj
| [[Gen Prem Kumar Khanna]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 11
| Lt Col
| [[Jaivir Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 12
| AVM
| [[Vidya Bhushan Vasisht]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 13
| Gp Capt
| [[Allan Albert D'Costa]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="3" | 4 December 1971
|-
| 14
| Sub Maj (Hony Capt)
| [[Bir Bahadur Pun]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 15
| Cmde
| [[Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 16
| Gen
| [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="9" | 5 December 1971
|-
| 17
| Cmde
| [[Babru Bhan Yadav]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 18
| Capt
| Devinder Singh Ahlawat
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 19
| Lt Gen
| [[Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 20
| Brig
| [[Kuldip Singh Chandpuri]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 21
| Brig
| [[Narinder Singh Sandhu]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 22
| Wg Cdr
| [[Padmanabha Gautam]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 23
| Air Mrshl
| [[Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 24
| Lt Col
| [[Sawai Bhawani Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 25
| Lt Gen
| [[Joginder Singh Gharaya]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="4" | 6 December 1971
|-
| 26
| Brig
| [[Kailash Prasad Pande]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 27
| Brig
| [[Mohindar Lal Whig]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 28
| Sep
| Pandurang Salunkhe
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 29
| AVM
| [[AVM Chandan Singh|Chandan Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="4" | 7 December 1971
|-
| 30
| Maj Gen
| [[Chittoor Venugopal]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 31
| Lt Gen
| [[Joginder Singh Bakshi]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 32
| Sub Maj
| [[Subedar Major Mohinder Singh|Mohinder Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 33
| Maj
| [[Chewang Rinchen]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="4" | 8 December 1971
|-
| 34
| P/O
| [[Chiman Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 35
| Cdr
| [[Joseph Pius Alfred Noronha]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 36
| Brig
| [[Brigadier Udai Singh|Udai Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 37
| Capt
| [[Mahendra Nath Mulla]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="2" | 9 December 1971
|-
| 38
| Nt
| [[Sugan Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 39
| Brig
| [[Rattan Nath Sharma]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| 10 December 1971
|-
| 40
| Maj
| [[Gen Harish Chandra Pathak]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="4" | 11 December 1971
|-
| 41
| Maj
| [[Kulwant Singh Pannu|Gen Kulwant Singh Pannu]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 42
| Brig
| Sukhjit Singh
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 43
| Maj
| [[Vijay Rattan Choudhry]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 44
| L/Nt
| [[Drig Pal Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| 13 December 1971
|-
| 45
| Capt
| [[Pradip Kumar Gour]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| 14 December 1971
|-
| 46
| Brig
| [[Amarjit Singh Bal]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="3" | 15 December 1971
|-
| 47
| Sub Maj (Hony Capt)
| [[Thomas Philipose]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 48
| Lt Col
| [[Ved Prakash Ghai]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 49
| Lt Gen
| [[Hanut Singh (soldier)|Hanut Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="3" | 16 December 1971
|-
| 50
| Lt Gen
| [[Raj Mohan Vohra]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 51
| Capt
| [[Shankar Rao Shankhapan Walkar]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 52
| AVM
| [[Cecil Vivian Parker]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
| rowspan="8" | 17 December 1971
|-
| 53
| Air Cmde
| [[Harcharan Singh Manget]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 54
| AVM
| [[Madhavendra Banerji]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 55
| Maj
| [[Malkiat Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 56
| Gp Capt
| [[Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lily]]
|-
| 57
| Air Cmde
| [[Ramesh Sakharam Benegal]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
|-
| 58
| 2nd Lt.
| [[Shamsher Singh Samra]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
|-
| 59
| L/Nt
| [[Shangara Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
|-
| 60
| L/Hav
| [[Dil Bahadur Chettri]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| rowspan="2" | 21 December 1971
|-
| 61
| Rear Adm
| [[Santosh Kumar Gupta]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
|-
| 62
| Brig
| [[Vijay Kumar Berry]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| 28 December 1971
|-
| 63
| Air Chief Marshal
| [[S. K. Kaul|Swaroop Krishna Kaul]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| 30 December 1971
|-
| 64
| Sub
| [[Nar Bahadur Chhetri]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| 31 December 1971
|-
| 65
| Col
| [[Dharam Vir Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| 1 January 1972
|-
| 66
| Brig
| [[Sant Singh]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| 2 January 1972
|-
| 67
| Maj
| [[Daljit Singh Narang]]
| 1971 [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]]
| 20 January 1972
|}
* [[File:Vir Chakra ribbon bar.svg|60px]] '''[[Vir Chakra]]'''

'''Recipients'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=VrC |title=Vir Chakra Awardee List |access-date=27 June 2014 |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |archive-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403153718/http://bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=VrC |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! S. no.
! Rank
! Name
! Branch
! Award Date
! Awarded for
|-
| 01
| Adm
| [[Laxminarayan Ramdas]]s
| [[Indian Navy]]
| 1 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 02
| Subedar
| Gurdev Singh Hans
| [[Indian Army]]
| 4 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 03
| Maj
| [[Nanjappa K P]]
| [[Indian Army]]
| 5 December 1971
| [[Battle of Daudkandi]]
|-
| 04
| Lt Col
| Raj Singh
| [[Indian Army]]
| 15 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus Lily]]<ref name="twdi.in">{{citation |url=http://twdi.in/node/4378 |title=Vir Chakra (VrC) Awardee: Lt Col Raj Singh, VrC, SM |publisher=The War Decorated, India |access-date=30 September 2015 |archive-date=6 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106191801/http://twdi.in/node/4378 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 05
| Major
| [[PK Sharma]]
| [[Indian Army]]
| rowspan="2" | 6 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 06
| Captain
| [[Jatinder Kumar]]
| [[Indian Army]]
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 07
| Col
| Gopal Krishna Trivedi
| [[Indian Army]]
| rowspan="2" | 11 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 08
| Lt Col
| [[Satish Nambiar]]
| [[Indian Army]]
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 09
| Air Cmde
| [[Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)|Jasjit Singh]]
| [[Indian Air Force]]
| 17 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 10
| Grenadier
| Rafiq Khan
| [[Indian Army]]
| 19 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 11
| Vice Adm
| [[Arun Prakash]]
| [[Indian Navy]]
| 21 December 1971
| [[Operation Cactus-Lilly|Operation Cactus Lily]]
|-
| 12
| Squadron Leader
| [[M A Ganapathy]]
| [[Indian Air force]]
| 1972
| [[Battle of Boyra|Boyra Encounter (1971)]]
|-
| 13
| 2/LT
| [[David A Devadasan]]
| [[Indian Army - 1 MAHAR]]
| [[Battle of Harar Kalan]]
| [[10/11 December 1971]]
|}

==Pakistan==
* [[File:Nishan Haider Ribbon.gif|60px]] '''[[Nishan-i-Haider]]'''
Recipients of the [[Nishan-E-Haider]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/celeb/nh/celeb_1.htm|title=Nishan-e-Haider holders of Pakistan Army|access-date=29 September 2015|archive-date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424162206/http://pakistanpaedia.com/celeb/nh/celeb_1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaheedfoundation.org/nishanehaider.asp |title=Nishan-e-Haider |publisher=Shaheed Foundation Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812211253/http://www.shaheedfoundation.org/nishanehaider.asp |archive-date=12 August 2014 }}</ref>
# Major [[Muhammad Akram]] (posthumously)
# [[Pilot Officer]] [[Rashid Minhas]] (posthumously)
# Major [[Shabbir Sharif]] (posthumously)
# Sarwar [[Sawar Muhammad Hussain|Muhammad Hussain]] (posthumously)
# [[Lance Naik]] [[Muhammad Mahfuz]] (posthumously)

==See also==

{{Portal|Bangladesh|India|Pakistan}}
* [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]]
* [[Bangladeshi honours system]]
* [[Military awards and decorations of Bangladesh]]

== References ==
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{{Bengali honours and decorations}}
{{Bangladesh Liberation War}}

[[Category:Bangladesh and the Commonwealth of Nations]]
[[Category:India and the Commonwealth of Nations]]
[[Category:Pakistan and the Commonwealth of Nations]]
[[Category:Military awards and decorations of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Military awards and decorations of India]]
[[Category:Military awards and decorations of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Military history of Bangladesh Liberation War]]