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VICE ADMIRAL (Then CAPTAIN) SWARAJ PARKASH, AVSM

Maha Vir Chakra

Award / Date of Action Maha Vir Chakra , 01-01-1971
Service Indian Navy
Service Number 00022-Z
Rank VICE ADMIRAL (Then CAPTAIN)
Unit/Regiments/Corps INS VIKRANT
Son Of MILKHI RAM
Mother's Name N/A
Resident Of (Village/District/State/Domicile) Jalandhar, Punjab
War/Operation/Battle 1971 Indo-Pak War/OP TRIDENT
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INS Vikrant

INS Vikrant anchored at sea.

Breguet Alize anti-submarine aircraft taking off from Vikrant https://www.peepultree.world/livehistoryindia/story/eras/ins-vikrant

INS Vikrant in 1971

Vice Admiral N Krishnan, Lieutenant General JS Aurora, and Air Marshal HC Dewan onboard INS Vikrant on 28 December 1971.

Captain Swaraj Parkash with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

White Tigers on board INS Vikrant in the Bay of Bengal, December 1971.

Vice Admiral N Krishnan, #FOCINC (East) addressing the officers and men of INS Vikrant, after cessation of hostilities in the 14-day war in December 1971

  1. The India-Pakistan War of 1971: A History. S.N Prasad and U.P. Thapliyal.(2014). Natraj Publishers and Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.
  2. Cardozo, Ian. 2006. The Sinking of INS Khukri : Survivors’ Stories. New Delhi Lotus Collection.
  3. Cardozo, Ian. 2021. 1971 : Stories of Grit and Glory from the Indo-Pak War. Noida, Uttar Pradesh: Ebury Press.
  4. Kesnur, Srikant . n.d. Tribune India.
  5. G.S Bhargava. Their Finest Hour. (1972). Vikas Publishing House PVT LTD
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