Vir Chakra (VrC)

Captain Raghunath Prashad Chaturvedi, who was the forward observation officer with a battalion of Punjab Regiment during the operations against Pakistan in the Eastern Sector, was ordered to engage enemy guns, which were shelling our positions and inflicting casualties. Before the officer could engage the enemy gun positions, he found an enemy squadron of tanks and infantry forming up for an assault on our positions, barely 200 metres from his observation post.

With utter disregard for his personal safety, he brought down intense artillery fire on the enemy, thereby completely disorganising the enemy's attack with heavy casualties to his infantry and tanks. Though he was injured in the leg by automatic fire from an enemy tank, he kept on engaging the enemy till the attack was disorganised.

In this action, Captain Chaturvedi displayed gallantry, professional skill and leadership of a high order.