Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 8 September 1965, Major Jitinder Kumar was in command of a company of a Dogra battalion in the Lahore Sector in Pakistan when his company position was attacked by enemy aircraft. With complete disregard for his personal safety, Major Jitinder Kumar took up a light machine gun and kept tiring at one of the enemy Sabre jets flying low till he shot it down.

Major Jitinder Kumar displayed exemplary courage in this encounter.