Vir Chakra (VrC)

Sepoy Sampuran Singh was in a listening post deployed ahead of a defended locality in an area in Jamrnu and Kashmir in December 1971. When the enemy approached this defended locality in battalion strength, he held on to the listening post engaging the enemy with the light machine gun and interfering with his attack for two hours. Despite his having been severely wounded, Sepoy Sampuran Singh kept on firing till he fell unconscious.

In this action, Sepoy Sampuran Singh displayed courage, determination and devotion to duty of a high order.