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Mention in Despatches Awardee List
A total of 623 Awards are listed.
Mention in Despatches : 623 |
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| Cpl | K Varadrajan 14858 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 13 Jan 51 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 17th February 1951 - No.2 - Pres dated 13th February 1951 | ||||
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| Sgt | W Samuel 11346 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 13 Jan 51 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 17th February 1951 - No.2 - Pres dated 13th February 1951 | ||||
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| Sgt | A C Chopra 12275 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 13 Jan 51 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 17th February 1951 - No.2 - Pres dated 13th February 1951 | ||||
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| LAC | Mohinder Singh 39652 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 13 Jan 51 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 17th February 1951 - No.2 - Pres dated 13th February 1951 | ||||
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| Cpl | B Balan 14511 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 13 Jan 51 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 17th February 1951 - No.2 - Pres dated 13th February 1951 | ||||
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| AC2 | Bhagat Ram 300002 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 13 Jan 51 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 17th February 1951 - No.2 - Pres dated 13th February 1951 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | George Jagdish Shaw 3362 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 64 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Santosh Kumar Chakrabarty 3618 SIGS | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 64 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Mohammed Abdul Saleem 4843 MED | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 64 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
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| Flt Lt | T D Adlatha 5282 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 64 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
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| Flt Lt | R Tadan 5391 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 64 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
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| WO | M Singh 20506 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 64 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Prabhakar Shanker Dere 3883 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 03 Apr 64 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 11th April 1964 - No.35 - Pres/64. dated 3rd April 1964 | ||||
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| Flt Lt | Yoginder Nath Kapoor 5061 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 03 Apr 64 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 11th April 1964 - No.35 - Pres/64. dated 3rd April 1964 | ||||
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| Flt Lt | Balbir Singh Sandhu 4690 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 03 Apr 64 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 11th April 1964 - No.35 - Pres/64. dated 3rd April 1964 | ||||
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| Flt Lt | Gursaran Singh Ahluwalia 4912 GD(P) | Unit : No.48 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 03 Apr 64 | |
| Details : |  Flight LIeutenant Gurusaran Singh Ahluwalia is posted in one of the heavy transport squadrons in the NEFA area. This officer has always volunteered to undertake any harzardous mission that was assigned to the squadron from time to time. On many occassions Flight Lieutenant Ahluwalia flew as much as 9 hours a day without any break. Flight Lieutenant Ahluwalia's voluntary efforts and willingness to undertake any difficult task assigned to him have been an example of devotion to duty for his colleagues to emulate. He flew over 240 hours on oprations in two months time, and carried out a nunber of successful supply dropping sorties in Dhola area. This officer has displayed a great sense of loyalty, courage and devotion to duty under difficult circumstances. | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 11th April 1964 - No.35 - Pres/64. dated 3rd April 1964 | ||||
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| Fg Offr | Ravindra Sahai 5861 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 03 Apr 64 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 11th April 1964 - No.35 - Pres/64. dated 3rd April 1964 | ||||
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| Fg Offr | Jogendra Chandra Hazarika 5869 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 03 Apr 64 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 11th April 1964 - No.35 - Pres/64. dated 3rd April 1964 | ||||
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| WO | Apruba Kumar Banerjee 201414 OR | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 03 Apr 64 | |
| Details : | Warrant Flight Engineer | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 11th April 1964 - No.35 - Pres/64. dated 3rd April 1964 | ||||
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| Air Cmde | Pothery Charuvary Ramachandran 3514 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Gp Capt | Vellore Manickam Radhakrishnan 1769 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Jagdish Ranganath Bankapur 2986 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Cecil Hugh Lawrence Digby 2988 GD(P) | Unit : Air Force Flying College | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | A T R H Zachariah 3026 GD(P) | Unit : No.7 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Percy Edward Harrington 3239 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | George Douglas Clarke 3295 GD(P) | Unit : No.27 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Muthyala Dhanraj 3604 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen 3641 GD(P) | Unit : No.28 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Jagdish Chandra Varma 3788 ENG | Unit : No.5 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Wg Cdr | Rama Iyer Krishnamoorti 3828 GD(N) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar 2056 ADM | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Ramesh Sakharam Benegal 4220 GD(P) | Unit : No.5 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Nirmal Chandra Suri 4236 GD(P) | Unit : No.20 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Jagdish Chandra Varma 4251 GD(P) | Unit : No.5 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Vaddadi Krishnamurthy 4261 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Jyoti Prosad Gupta 4333 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Man Mohan Sinha 4408 GD(P) | Unit : No.7 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Arun Kanti Mukherjee 4416 GD(P) | Unit : No.28 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Abraham Mathews 4547 AEM | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Rip Daman Singh Bhandari 4569 GD(N) | Unit : No.5 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Padmaker Datta Deshpande 4600 GD(P) | Unit : No.5 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Dilip Shankar Jog 4608 GD(P) | Unit : No.27 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Donald Melvyn Conquest 4692 GD(P) | Unit : No.27 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Annaswami Sridharan 4761 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Amrik Singh Ahluwalia 4778 GD(N) | Unit : No.5 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Charanjit Singh 4823 GD(P) | Unit : No.5 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Avinash Wasudeo Lele 4885 GD(P) | Unit : No.27 Squadron | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Michael Adrian Gurney 4900 GD(P) | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : | Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Joginder Singh 5167 EQMPT | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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| Sqn Ldr | Chittilemcherry Pathiyal Karunakaran Menon 5350 SIGS | Unit : -N.A.- | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 66 | |
| Details : |  Citation Not Available | ||||
| Reference: | Gazette of India , 5th November 1966 - No.77 - Pres/66 dated 27th October 1966 | ||||
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