Mizoram General Knowledge

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Capital	Aizawl
Area	21,081 sq. km
Population	891,058
Sex Ratio	938
Growth Rate	29.18
Literacy	88.80%
Districts	8
Language	Mizo and English

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General Knowledge

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Param Vir Chakra (PVC) Awardees - List

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• LIEUTENANT (ACTING CAPTAIN) Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1/11 GORKHA RIFLES (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1999 : India
• RIFLEMAN Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES, (13760533)
  : 1999 : India
• CAPTAIN Vikram Batra 13 JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES, (IC-57556) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1999 : India
• GRENADIER Yoginder Singh Yadav, 18 GRENADIERS, (2690-572)
  : 1999 : India
• NAIB SUBEDAR Bana Singh, 8 JAK LI, (JC-155825)
  : 1987 : India
• MAJOR Ramaswamy Parmeswaran, 8 MAHAR, (IC-32907) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1987 : India
• LANCE NAIK Albert Ekka, 14 GUARDS, (4239746) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1971 : India
• 2nd LIEUTENANT Arun Khetrapal, POONA HORSE, (IC-25067) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1971 : India
• MAJOR Hoshiar Singh, 3 GRENADIERS, (IC-14608)
  : 1971 : India
• FLYING OFFICER Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, 18 SQUADRON, 10877 F(P) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1971 : India

• LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.B. Tarapore, POONA HORSE (17 HORSE), (IC-5565) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1965 : India
• COMPANY QUARTERMASTER HAVILDAR Abdul Hamid, 4 GRENADIERS, (2639985) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1965 : India
• MAJOR Dhan Singh Thapa, 1/8 GORKHA RIFLES, (IC-7990)
  : 1962 : India
• SUBEDAR Joginder Singh, 1 SIKH, (JC-1547) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1962 : India
• MAJOR Shaitan Singh, 13 KUMAON, (IC-7990) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1962 : India
• CAPTAIN Gurbachan Singh Salaria, 3/1 GORKHA RIFLES, (IC-8947) (POSTHUMOUS)
  : 1961 : India
• NAIK Jadunath Singh, 1 RAJPUT, (27373)
  : 1948 : India
• LANCE NAIK Karam Singh, 1 SIKH, (22356)
  : 1948 : India
• COMPANY HAVILDAR MAJOR Piru Singh 6th BATTALION, RAJPUTANA RIFLES, (2831592)
  : 1948 : India
• 2nd LIEUTENANT Rama Raghoba Rane, BOMBAY ENGINEER, (SS-14246)
  : 1948 : India

• MAJOR Somnath Sharma, 4 KUMAON, IC-521
  : 1947 : India

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Param Vir Chakra Awardees

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Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is the highest gallantry award for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the highest degree of valour in the presence of the enemy. Introduced on 26^th January 1950, this award may be given posthumously.

Literally, Param Vir Chakra means 'Wheel (or Cross) of the Ultimate Brave'. In Sanskrit, 'Param means Ultimate, 'Vir (Pronounced veer) means Brave and 'Chakra means Wheel.

If any recipient of the PVC shall again perform such and act of bravery as would have made him or her eligible to be recorded by a Bar to be attached to the riband by which the Chakra is suspended, and for every such additional act of bravery, an additional Bar shall be added, and any such Bar or Bars may also be awarded posthumously. For every Bar awarded a replica of the 'Indra's Vajra' in miniature shall be added to the riband when worn alone.

The PVC is the equivalent award of the Medal of Honour in the United States, and the Victoria Cross in the United Kingdom.

One amongst the luminous recipients of this honour was Flying Officer Nirmal Jiit Singh Sekhon, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously in the year 1971. He is the lone Indian Air Force officer to have been honoured with the Param Vir Chakra till date.

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