Vir Chakra (VrC)
Awardee: Roop Chand VrC
Citation
On 8 April 1948, Sowar Roop Chand was the driver of an armoured carrier, which came across a roadblock of trees, boulders and mines. Well-entrenched enemy opened up with heavy automatic fire. Sowar Roop Chand stood the ground all alone for four hours. Later when the carrier withdrew, it had 123 bullet marks.