Vir Chakra (VrC)

Major Ramesh Kumar Dadkar was commanding a company of Maratha Light Infantry in the Eastern Sector during the operations against Pakistan. When a Junior Commissioned Officer was injured in a mine blast Major Dadkar, along with a few stretcher-bearers, immediately rushed to his help notwithstanding intense enemy fire. When the JCO was being evacuated, one of the stretcher-bearers was fatally wounded in enemy fire. Undeterred, Major Dadkar continued his attempts to evacuate the JCO. In this process, an enemy machine gun burst hit him as a result of which he was killed.

In this action, Major Dadkar displayed commendable courage and determination.