Vir Chakra (VrC)

Major Shyamveer Singh Rathore, commanding a company of Grenadiers in the Eastern Sector, was given the task of capturing an enemy post. The attack was halted by intense enemy small arms and mortar fire. With utter disregard for his personal safety, he crawled up to the enemy light machine gun bunker and destroyed it by lobbing a grenade. Thereafter, he led an assault on the enemy post and captured it. In this action, Major Rathore displayed gallantry, leadership and devotion to duty of a high order.