Military awards Indo- Pak War 1971

Military awards

Battle honours

After the war, a complete of range of forty one battle honours and four theatre honours were awarded to units of the Indian Army, the notable amongst that are:

 Asian country 1971 (theatre honour)
    Sindh 1971 (theatre honour)
    Jammu and geographic area 1971 (theatre honour)
 geographic region 1971 (theatre honour)
    Basantar watercourse
    Bogra
    Chachro

  

    Chhamb

    Defence of Punch
    Dera cake Nanak
    Gadra City
    Harar Kalan
    Hilli

  

    Longanewala
    Parbat Ali
    Poongli Bridge
    Shehjra
    Shingo watercourse depression
    Sylhet

Gallantry awards

For bravery, variety of troopers and officers on each side were awarded the very best gallantry award of their individual countries. Following could be a list of the recipients of the Indian award Param Vir Chakra, Bangladeshi award Bir Sreshtho and also the Pakistani award Nishan-E-Haider:

India

Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra:

    Lance Naik prince consort Ekka (Posthumously)
    Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon (Posthumously)
    Major Hoshiar Singh
 lieutenant Arun Khetarpal (Posthumously)

Bangladesh

Recipients of the Bir Sreshtho:[citation needed]

    Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir (Posthumously)
    Lance Naik Munshi Abdur Rouf (Posthumously)
    Sepoy Hamidur Rahman (Posthumously)
    Sepoy Mostafa Kamal (Posthumously)
    ERA prophet Ruhul Amin (Posthumously)
    Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman (Posthumously)
    Lance Naik Nur prophet sheik (Posthumously)

Pakistan

Recipients of the Nishan-E-Haider:

    Major Muhammad Akram (Posthumously)
    Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (Posthumously)
    Major Shabbir Sharif (Posthumously)
    Sarwar Muhammad Hussain (Posthumously)

    Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz (Posthumously)

Civilian Awards

On twenty five Gregorian calendar month 2011, Bangla Desh Swadhinata Sammanona, the Bangla Desh Freedom Honour, was posthumously presented on former Indian prime minister solon.

On twenty eight March 2012, President of {bangladesh|Bangladesh|People's Republic of Bangla Desh|Bangla Desh|East Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation} Zillur Rahman and also the Prime Minister sheik Hasina presented Bangladesh Liberation War Honour and Friends of Liberation War Honour to seventy five people, six organisations, Hindu deity Bahini and also the individuals of Republic of India at a special ceremony at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. This enclosed eight heads of states viz. former Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, the third King of Bhutan Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, former Soviet presidents Leonid IIyich Brezhnev and Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny, ex-Soviet prime minister Alexei Nikolaevich Kosygin, former Yugoslav president Marshal solon|Josip Broz|statesman|solon|national leader} Tito, ex-UK prime minister Sir Edward Richard Saint George Heath and former Nepalese prime minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala. The organisations embrace the BBC, Akashbani (All Republic of India Radio), International Committee of the NGO, world organization diplomat for Refugees, Oxfam and city University Shahayak Samiti.

The list of foreign friends of Bangla Desh has since been extended to 568 individuals. It includes 257 Indians, eighty eight Americans, forty one Pakistanis, 39 Britons, 9 Russians, eighteen Nepalese, sixteen French and eighteen Japanese.