Indian Army

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Conflicts and Operations

First Kashmir War (1947) Inclusion of Hyderabad (1948) Liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu (1961) Sino-Indian Conflict (1962) Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Siachen conflict (1984) 5/24/12

Military Gallantry Awards

Param Vir Chakra(PVC), Maha Vir Chakra(MVC) Vir Chakra(VrC)

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Regimental organisation

Arms

Indian Infantry Regiments Armoured CorpsRegiments - The Armoured Corps Centre and School is atAhmednagar. Regiment of Artillery- The School of Artillery is atDevlalinearNasik.

Corps of Signals-Military College of Telecommunication Engineering(MCTE),Mhowis a 5/24/12

Regimental organisation

Services

Army Dental Corps Army Education Corps - Centred atPachmarhi. Army Medical Corps - Centred atLucknow. Army Ordnance Corps - Centred atJabalpurandSecunderabad (HQ).

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Rank Structure

Commissioned Officers

Field Marshal General(the rank held byChief of Army Staff) Lieutenant-General Major-General Brigadier Colonel

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Rank Structure

Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) (Active and honorary)

Subedar Major/Honorary Captain Subedar/Honorary Lieutenant Subedar Major/Risaldar Major Subedar/Risaldar Naib Subedar/Naib Risaldar

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Rank Structure

Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs)

Regimental Havildar Major/Regimental Daffadar Major Regimental Quartermaster Havildar/Regimental Quartermaster Daffadar2 Company Havildar Major/Squadron Daffadar Major Quartermaster

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Rank Structure

Other Personnel

Naik/Lance Daffadar Lance Naik/Acting Lance Daffadar Sepoy(infantry and other arms)/Sowar(Indian Army Armoured Corps)

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Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra

MajorSomnath Sharma, 3 November 1947. 2 LieutenantRama Raghoba Rane,8 April 1948. CaptainGurbachan Singh Salaria, 5 December 1961. Lance NaikAlbert Ekka,3 December 1971.
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Naib SubedarBana Singh, 23 June

Photographs of the Param Vir Chakra Recipients

MajorSomnath Sharma

2 LieutenantRama Raghoba Rane

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Photographs of the Param Vir Chakra Recipients

CaptainGurbachan Singh Salaria

Lance NaikAlbert Ekka

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Photographs of the Param Vir Chakra Recipients

Naik Subedar Bana Singh Captain Vikram Batra

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