Gorkha Rifles

28 soldiers and officers of the Gorkha Rifles are remembered on Veergati. Each name below carries a full profile — their unit, their operation, their gallantry award, and the day they made the supreme sacrifice.

28 names

• Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, Param Vir Chakra3/1 Gorkha Rifles · 1961
• Major Dhan Singh Thapa, Param Vir Chakra1/8 Gorkha Rifles · 1962
• Naik Dig Bahadur Limbu, Maha Vir Chakra5/8 Gorkha Rifles · 1965
• Rifleman Balaram Yadav5/1 Gorkha Rifles · 1971
• Second Lieutenant Ramesh Rawat1st Battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles · 1989
• Havildar Bhim Bahadur Thapa, Vir Chakra1/1 Gorkha Rifles · 1989
• Second Lieutenant Puneet Nath Datt, Ashoka Chakra1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1997
• Havaldar Ganga Ram Rai1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1999
• Rifleman Kalu Ram Rai1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1999
• Rifleman Karna Bahadur Limbu1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1999
• Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, Param Vir Chakra1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1999
• Rifleman Arun Kumar Rai, Mention-in-Dispatches1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1999
• Havaldar Jhanak Bahadur Rai1/11 Gorkha Rifles · 1999
• Major Kanwal Gulzar Singh32 Rashtriya Rifles (5/9 Gorkha Rifles) · 1999
• Lieutenant Nawang Kapadia, Ashok Chakra (Posthumous)4/3 Gorkha Rifles · 2000
• Lieutenant Amit Singh1/9 Gorkha Rifles · 2000
• Lieutenant General Sagat Singh, Padma Bhushan, Param Vishisht Seva Medal3rd Gorkha Rifles · 2001
• Captain Sunil Kumar Choudhary, Kirti Chakra, Sena Medal7/11 Gorkha Rifles · 2008
• Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, Military Cross, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan8 Gorkha Rifles · 2008
• Lance Havildar Bhawan Tamang2/11 Gorkha Rifles · 2016
• Rifleman Sunil Rai2/11 Gorkha Rifles · 2016
• Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar, Kirti Chakra3/1 Gorkha Rifles, The Gorkha Rifles · 2016
• Havildar Damar Bahadur Pun, Sena Medal (Posthumous)4th Battalion, 1 Gorkha Rifles · 2017
• Havildar Giris Gurung, Kirti Chakra (Posthumous)4th Battalion, 1 Gorkha Rifles · 2017
• Rifleman Rabin Sharma, Sena Medal (Posthumous)4th Battalion, 1 Gorkha Rifles · 2017
• Rifleman Jiwan Gurung2/1 Gorkha Rifles · 2019
• Havildar Sambur Gurung5/8 Gorkha Rifles · 2020
• General Bipin Rawat, Padma Vibhushan (Posthumous), Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM), Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM), Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM), Yudh Seva Medal (YSM), Sena Medal (SM), Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)5th Battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles · 2021