Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 9 September 1965, Naib Risaldar Mohammed Ayyub Khan, who was commanding a troop of a cavalry regiment, was ordered to block the enemy assault on the Suchet Garh position in the Sialkot Sector in Pakistan.

This assault threatened to cut off the main line of communication of our force in that sector. He moved very swiftly and manoeuvered his troop so skillfully that the enemy force consisting of one company of infantry and half a dozen tanks got disintegrated and lost four tanks.

In this action against a superior enemy tank force, Naib Risaldar Mohammed Ayyub Khan displayed commendable initiative and courage in the best traditions of the Indian Army