Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefield. Award of the decoration carried with it the right to use Vr.C. as a postnominal abbreviation (note the care to distinguish this abbreviation from that for the Victoria Cross (V.C.). It is third in precedence in the war time gallantry awards and comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra.
| Ser No | Rank | Name |
Awards |
Remarks |
| 1947-48 | ||||
| 1. | Brig | S Man Singh | VrC | |
| 2. | Brig | K Venugopal | VrC | |
| 3. | Maj | Shivaji Wasudev Shahane | VrC | |
| 4. | Maj | SW Shahane | VrC | |
| 5. | Maj | Bhagwan Singh | VrC | |
| 6. | Capt | Gopal Singh | VrC | |
| 7. | Capt | AP Sharma | VrC | |
| 8. | Capt | Lachman Singh | VrC | |
| 9. | Capt | Sreedhar Man Singh | VrC | |
| 10. | Capt | Risal Singh | VrC | |
| 11. | Lt | Kartar Singh Sandhu | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 12. | Lt | RL Chouhan | VrC | |
| 13. | Hav | Ishwar Singh | VrC | |
| 14. | Hav | Ramnath | VrC | |
| 15. | L/Hav | Deputy Lal | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 16. | Gnr | Veil Muthu | VrC | |
| 17. | Gnr | Joseph E | VrC | |
| 18. | NK | Kishan Chand |
VrC |
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1962 |
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| 19. | 2ND LT | Pradeep Singh Bhandari | VrC | |
| 20. | Gnr (TA) | Gurdip Singh | VrC | |
| INDO-PAK CONFLICT-1965 | ||||
| 21. | Lt/Col | Chajju Ram | VrC | |
| 22. | Maj | Pravhakar Shantaram Deshpande | VrC | |
| 23. | Maj | Jagdish Singh | VrC | |
| 24. | Maj | Adarsh Kumar Kochhar | VrC | |
| 25. | Maj | Kannimel Thekkathil Madusudan Pillai | VrC | |
| 26. | Maj | Sarvjit Singh Ratra | VrC | |
| 27. | Capt | Chitoor Subramaniam Krishnan | VrC | |
| 28. | Capt | Murty Durindra Naidu | VrC | |
| 29. | Capt | Sushil Chandra Sabharwal | VrC | |
| 30. | Capt | MD Naidu | VrC | |
| 31. | Capt | CS Krishnan | VrC | |
| 32. | 2ND Lt | Arun Singh Khanna | VrC | |
| 33. | 2ND Lt | Bhupender Kumar Vaid | VrC | |
| 34. | Hav | Ram Ujagar Pandey | VrC | |
| 35. | Hav | Athanikal Basil Jesudasan | VrC | |
| 36. | L/Hav | Fidoo Ram | VrC | |
| 37. | L/NK | Madalai Muthu | VrC | |
| 1967 | ||||
| 38. |
Maj |
SS Ratna | VrC | |
| 39. |
Capt |
Satish Kumar Sood | VrC | |
|
INDO-PAK CONFLICT-1971 |
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| 40. | Lt Col | Narendra Nath Rawat | VrC | |
| 41. | Lt Col | NG O Connor | VrC | |
| 42. | Maj | Harish Kumar Chopra | VrC | |
| 43. | Maj | Kitkule Prakash D | VrC | |
| 44. | Maj | Manjit Singh Dugal | VrC | |
| 45. | Maj | Atma Singh Hansra | VrC | |
| 46. | Maj | Virender Singh Ruhil | VrC | |
| 47. | Maj | PK Sharma | VrC | |
| 48. | Capt | RN Anand | VrC | |
| 49. | Capt | RP Chaturvedi | VrC | |
| 50. | Capt | V Oomen Cherian | VrC | |
| 51. | Capt | Sukhwant Singh Gill | VrC | |
| 52. | Capt | Jagdish Chander Gosain | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 53. | Capt | Jitendra Kumar | VrC | |
| 54. | Capt | Harbant Singh Kahlon | VrC | |
| 55. | Capt | AK Karkare | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 56. | Capt | Ravinder Kaura | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 57. | Capt | Madan Pal | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 58. | Capt | Pannikote Madhavan | VrC | |
| 59. | Capt | B Rama Chandra Naik | VrC | |
| 60. | Capt | SS Parmar | VrC | |
| 61. | Capt | BC Pathak | VrC | |
| 62. | Capt | GS Punia | VrC | |
| 63. | Capt | IJ Reddy | VrC | |
| 64. | Capt | PPS Sangha | VrC | |
| 65. | Capt | UP Sathe | VrC | |
| 66. | Capt | SC Sehgal | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 67. | Capt | Rabindra Nath Sen Gupta | VrC | |
| 68. | Capt | DK Sharma | VrC | |
| 69. | Capt | Madan Lal Sharma | VrC | |
| 70. | Capt | Sheo Ganesh Singh | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 71. | Capt | GS Sihota | VrC | |
| 72. | Capt | Vijay Pratap Singh | VrC | |
| 73. | Capt | IA Yusufji | VrC | |
| 74. | 2 Lt | GS Bajwa | VrC | |
| 75. | Hav | Ajmer Singh | VrC | |
| 76. | L/Hav | Kans Raj | VrC | |
| 77. | Gnr (ORA) | Ajit Singh | VrC | |
| 78. | Gnr | Bhadreswar Pathak | VrC | |
| 79. | Gnr | Tek Ram | VrC | |
| 80. | Gnr (TA) | S Pakkir Mohammed | VrC | |
| 81. | L/NK | Shreepati Singh | VrC | |
| 82. | Lt Col | HS Kahlon | VrC | |
| 83. | Col | PS Sangha | Vrc | |
| OP MEGHDOOT | ||||
| 84. | Capt | TS Chehal | VrC | |
| 85. | NK | S Jay Prakash | VrC |
Posthumous |
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| 86. | Col | AS Kasana | VrC | |
| 87. | Capt | RJ Prem Raj | VrC |
Posthumous |
| 88. | Capt | SB Ghildiyal | VrC | |
| 89. | Gnr | Sajeev Gopala Pillai | VrC | |
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