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77th Republic Day: President approves 98 Mentioned-in-Despatches to Armed Forces & BRDB personnel, including five posthumous
प्रविष्टि तिथि: 25 JAN 2026 7:06PM by PIB Delhi
President Smt Droupadi Murmu has approved 98 Mentioned-in-Despatches to the Armed Forces personnel, including five posthumous, on the eve of the 77th Republic Day. These include 81 from the Indian Army – 17 for Operation Rakshak; 11 for Operation Snow Leopard; 11 for Operation Hifazat; five for Operation Orchid; two for Operation Meghdoot; one for Operation Rhino; two for Operation Sindoor; three for Rescue Operation; four for Operation Casualty Evacuation; one for Operation Soffain; 24 for Miscellaneous Operations, including three posthumous; 15 for the Indian Navy; and two for Border Roads Development Board personnel (posthumous). The full list of the recipients of Mentioned-in-Despatches is as follows:
INDIAN ARMY
OPERATION RAKSHAK
- IC-72845P Lieutenant Colonel Guriqbal Singh, The Regiment of Artillery, 662 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
- IC-75641N Lieutenant Colonel Aditya Jasrotia, 666 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
- IC-76028N Lieutenant Colonel Abhijit Singh, 662 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
- JC-432776P Subedar Ranjit Singh, The Punjab Regiment, 53 Rashtriya Rifles
- JC-492296P Subedar Praveen Kumar, 7 JAT
- JC-595709N Subedar Mohd Younis, The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, 20 Rashtriya Rifles
- JC-523993Y Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar, 18 Dogra
- JC-596382M Naib Subedar Basharat Hussain, 6 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
- 3205810Y Havildar Jitender, 7 Jat
- 4487338L Havildar Darshan Singh, 4 Para (Special Forces)
- 20006014L Lance Naik Suraj Singh, The Parachute Regiment, Special Group
- 7787355M Lance Naik Yathish H, 4 Para (Special Forces)
- 14950345K Sepoy Mukesh Kumar, The Mechanised Infantry, 42 Rashtriya Rifles
- 3021054X Sepoy Vikash Singh, 6 Rajput
- 6502060F Sepoy Nitish Kumar, 898 Animal Transport Battalion Army Service Corps
- 16130019L Sapper Shyam Sethumadhavan, The Corps of Engineers, 44 Rashtriya Rifles
- A1600052K Agniveer Anmol Choudhary, 18 Dogra
OPERATION SNOW LEOPARD
- IC-74706K Lieutenant Colonel Gagandeep Singh, 16 Punjab
- JC-414773Y Subedar Suresh Kumar Dangi, 7 Para (Special Forces)
- JC-472530Y Subedar Poona Ram, 14 Rajputana Rifles
- JC-415197M Naib Subedar Vijay Kumar, 9 Para (Special Forces)
- 16021168H Havildar Harlal Kaler, 14 Rajputana Rifles
- 9427929X Naik Budhi Raj Rai, The 11th Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts
- 9427963X Naik Jhanu Prasad Chhetri, The 11th Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts
- 9428019W Naik Pukar Kattel, The 11th Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts
- 4383276K Lance Naik Lobzang Wangchu Namsa, 9 Para (Special Forces)
- 2626473A Sepoy Lakshmikanth Godi, The Madras Regiment, 38 Rashtriya Rifles
- 16125221P Sapper Billingi Mohana Rao, 11 Engineer Regiment
OPERATION HIFAZAT
- IC-77663L Lieutenant Colonel Nitin Sharma, The Army Air Defence, 5 Assam Rifles
- IC-82093K Major Bhavesh Puri, The Regiment of Artillery, 8 Assam Rifles
- IC-84418L Major Mridul Tripathi, The Regiment of Artillery, 3 Assam Rifles
- IC-85171F Major Aditya Jain, 2 Mahar
- SS-48583L Major Anupam Vashishtha, The Army Air Defence, 21 Assam Rifles
- MS-22035W Captain Abhishek Dhakad, The Army Medical Corps, 1 Assam Rifles
- AR-496A Assistant Commandant Ramesh Chand, 37 Assam Rifles
- JC-562404N Subedar Jitendra Singh, 8 Bihar
- 5852956F Havildar Subash Poudel, 5/9 Gorkha Rifles
- G/0111068W Havildar Som Datt Tiwari, 1 Assam Rifles
- G/5003287H Rifleman Lalhmahruaia, 3 Assam Rifles
OPERATION ORCHID
- IC-76617K Lieutenant Colonel Vishal Kumar Yadav, 11 Para (Special Forces)
- IC-82626F Major Devesh Kumar Tushir, 11 Para (Special Forces)
- 13630582X Naik Sumit Sinha, 21 Para (Special Forces)
- 16128372Y Lance Naik Suneela Eshwara Maranura, 21 Para (Special Forces)
- 4103678M Paratrooper Mandeep Singh, 21 Para (Special Forces)
OPERATION MEGHDOOT
- SS-50393X Captain Aditya Srinivas Prasad, 20 Madras
- 4373812N Naik Lunminlen Chongloi, 10 Assam
OPERATION RHINO
- 15213868P Havildar Netra Pal, 1831 Medium Regiment
OPERATION SINDOOR
- IC-66870X Colonel Amit Kumar Yadav, 615 Intelligence & Field Security Unit
- IC-69553F Colonel Vinay Kumar Pandey, 357 Intelligence & Field Security Unit
RESCUE OPERATION
- IC-77598W Lieutenant Colonel Prabhpreet Singh Marwaha,
670 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
- IC-82235W Major Arjun Nair, 205 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
- 16134143K Sapper Buddhe Lokesh, 201 Engineer Regiment
OPERATION CASUALTY EVACUATION
- IC-70425W Lieutenant Colonel Bapanapalli Srinivas, 669 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
- IC-71382Y Lieutenant Colonel Varun Parashar, 669 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
- IC-72084P Lieutenant Colonel Aman Deep Sharma, 671 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
- SS-50607H Captain Neeraj Choudhary, 661 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
OPERATION SOFFAIN
- 19004504W Naik Gurjant Singh, 1 Para (Special Forces)
MISC OPERATIONS
- IC-79075W Major Nagendra Singh, The Corps of Engineers, 93 RCC (GREF)
- MS-21757W Captain Devam Trivedi, The Army Medical Corps, 55 Engineer Regiment
- 00065904N Company Leader Tsering Nyedhon, Headquarter Special Frontier Force
- IC-67565X Colonel Shaurya Singh, 662 ARMY AVN SQN (R&O)
- IC-68548K Colonel Shinde Sanjog A, 670 ARMY AVN SQN (R&O)
- IC-62499W Lieutenant Colonel Rajesh Malakay, JAK LI, HQ 112 MTN BDE
- IC-71442H Lieutenant Colonel Anurag, 659 ARMY AVN SQN (R&O)
- IC-72080Y Lieutenant Colonel Ashish Jha, 21 PARA (SF)
- IC-72290Y Lieutenant Colonel Rakesh Singh, 6 RAJPUT
- IC-77063H Lieutenant Colonel Adarsh T, 14 RAJ RIF
- IC-81420X Major Simranjeet Singh Raina, 2 MAHAR
- IC-83377A Major Gurjant Singh, GRENADIERS, HQ SFF
- IC-83583K Major Deepak Phogat, ENGRS, 37 ASSAM RIF
- IC-84372N Major Gaurav Tiwari, JAK RIF, 4 ASSAM RIF
- IC-85191P Major Akash Joshi, 7 JAT
- SS-50795P Major Bharat Shankar Ganti, 14 GARH RIF
- IC-86176M Captain Parminder Singh, 20 MADRAS
- 15194504L RHM Teakram, 136 FD REGT
- 15815675L Havildar Yakub Masih, 8 MTN DIV ORD UNIT (POSTHUMOUS)
- 2504441H Havildar Sandeep Kumar, 27 PUNJAB
- 4378341P Naik Rohit Basnet, 9 PARA (SF)
- 5459271X Naik Navin Poudel, 5/5 GR (POSTHUMOUS)
- 13632145W Sepoy Bipul Boro, 10 ASSAM
- A1102443L Agniveer Ajeet Singh Rajpoot, 14 RAJ RIF (POSTHUMOUS)
INDIAN NAVY
- 06043-H Commander Roshan George
- 06365-R Commander Dnyaneshwar Khanekar
- 06669-F Commander Amit Tiwari
- 07966-B Lieutenant Commander Vikas Ganghas
- 08071-T Lieutenant Commander Jose Babu
- 05567-A Captain Sahil Makkar
- 08358-W Lieutenant Commander Sandeep Singh
- 09527-A Lieutenant Commander Utkarsh Katiyar
- 222608-B Rajpal Cpo (GW)
- 06030-B Commander Rahul Patnaik
- 246626-R Ankit Kumar, LA(FD)
- 04763-Z Captain Amitabh Roy
- 04914-T Commodore M C Moudgil
- 256297-W Santram LS(CD)
- 506880-A Gyanendra Singh Seengar, ERA-4
BORDER ROADS DEVELOPMENT BOARD
- P-2496 CP Skiled Ganesh Singh (Posthumous)
- P-2623 CP MAZ Dhunna Tudu (Posthumous)

