Mahavir Chakra (MVC)

Subedar Sansar Chand formed part of a task force assigned to re-capture a feature called 'Left Shoulder' under the adversary's occupation at a height of 21000 feet lying between two Indian Posts. The task involved negotiating a stretch of 3 kilometers in the open on the glacier face and climbing a near vertical 1200 feet high ice wall. On 25/26 June 1987, Subedar Sansar Chand reached the objective and led his section into the attack with exemplary courage and determination and took two outer trenches of the adversary’s troops. In the process, two men of his section were lulled and one was wounded. He reorganised his Section and held onto the captured positions with unflinching courage and devotion, which made possible the capture of the entire feature.  

Throughout the operation, Subedar Sansar Chand displayed outstanding courage and determination in the face of adversary’s troops at grave danger to his life in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.