Vir Chakra (VrC)

On the night of 7 September 1965, when a company of Madras Regiment was  mounting an attack on Maharajke, the platoon to " which Sepoy Kannan belonged was ordered to assault the enemy position from the right and capture the objective. Seeing that his platoon commander had been wounded, Sepoy Kannan assaulted the enemy position single handed, killing two Pakistani soldiers with his bayonet. Although wounded, he continued his attack and bayoneted two Pakistani gunners. While doing so, he was killed by fire from an enemy MMG, but his platoon succeeded in clearing the enemy position.

In this action, Sepoy Kannan displayed exemplary courage and determination.