Vir Chakra (VrC)

Naib Risaldar Noor Mohammad Khan was a troop leader in an armoured regiment. On the night of 3 December 1971, his squadron was ordered to launch an attack on a position in the Western Sector. His squadron commander's tank had got bogged down. He tried to recover it, exposing himself to heavy enemy fire.

Since the tank could not be recovered, he offered his own tank to the squadron commander and stayed back with the bogged down tank. Later, when an enemy platoon attacked his tank, he opened up his cupola and fired with the machine gun, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.

Naib Risaldar Khan displayed gallantry, determination and devotion to duty of a high order.