Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 7 December 1971, Lance Naik Mohan Lal was manning the medium machine gun deployed with a company of the Jammu and Kashmir militia on a picquet in the Western Sector. The enemy attacked this picquet at night in strength, supported by heavy artillery fire, and virtually over-ran the forward trenches of this locality. Undeterred, Lance Naik Mohan Lal kept on firing at the enemy stalling the further advance, thereby enabling our troops to reorganise for a counter-attack. Eventually, his dead body was found at his gun post but in front of the bunker as many as 19 dead bodies, including that of the enemy company commander, were also found. 

In this action, Lance Naik Mohan Lal displayed gallantry and determination of a high order.