Vir Chakra (VrC)

Lance Naik Megh Raj was the commander of the LMG detachment in a platoon of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles occupying a defended locality in the Eastern Sector. The enemy made three desperate attacks under heavy and sustained artillery fire to capture this defended locality. On each of these occasions, Lance Naik Megh Raj brought down effective fire on the assaulting troops. 

Throughout, Lance Naik Megh Raj displayed courage, initiative and determination of a high order.