Para
Military unit of the Indian Army
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| 2023 | Maj Digvijay Singh Rawat of 21 Para SF awarded Kirti Chakra for multiple cross border operations in the North Eastern States. |
| 2023 | Havildar Abdul Majid of 9 Para Sg receives posthumous Kirti Chakra for fighting terrorist in Kupwara, Kashmir. |
| 2022 | 13th Para (SF) was raised, and 5th Para, 6th Para, 7th Para, 23rd Para, and 29th Para were reorganised and redesignated as PARA (SF) with specialist roles. |
| 2021 | Para SF provided specialized para operations training to Uzbek airborne forces. |
| 2021 | Indian army team won gold medal in Exercise Cambrian Patrol in the UK, again competing against 140 international special forces teams. |
| 2020 | Ptr. Sonam Tshering Tamang of 4 Para(Special Forces) awarded Shaurya Chakra for killing 2 terrorists and evacuating his squad commander. |
| 2020 | Sub. Sanjiv Kumar of 4 Para(Special Forces) receives posthumous Kirti Chakra for Counter Insurgency Operation in Kupwara, Kashmir. |
| August 2020 | Para SF conducted reconnaissance missions and occupied strategic positions near Pangong Tso during the India-China border tensions, working alongside the Special Frontier Force. They secured key locations including 'Blacktop', 'Gurung hill', 'Helmet', and other peaks and ridges on the southern bank of Pangong Tso, west of the Kailash Range. |
| 2018 | Colonel (then Major) Vikrant Prashar of 10 Para(Special Forces) awarded Shaurya Chakra for a covert operation in Kashmir. |
| 2018 | Nb. Subedar Anil Kumar Dahiya of 1 Para(Special Forces) awarded Shaurya Chakra for killing 3 terrorists during a covert strike across the Line of Control. |
| 2016 | Captain Tushar Mahajan of 9 Para(Special Forces) posthumously awarded Shaurya Chakra for Pampore stand-off. |
| 2016 | Major D. K. Upadhyay, Major Rajat Chandra, Captain Ashutosh Kumar, Nb. Subedar Vijay Kumar of 4 Para(Special Forces) and Ptr. Abdul Qayum of 9 Para(Special Forces) awarded Shaurya Chakra for Surgical Strike in Pakistan. |
| 2016 | Captain Pawan Kumar of 10 Para(Special Forces) posthumously awarded Shaurya Chakra for Pampore stand-off. |
| 2015 | Colonel (then Lt. Colonel) Nectar Sanjenbam of 21 Para(Special Forces) receives Kirti Chakra for Myanmar Cross Border Raid. |
| 2014 | Captain Jaidev Dangi of 10 Para (Special Forces) receives Kirti Chakra for eliminating a terrorist in Pulwama. |
| 2014 | Indian army team won gold medal in Exercise Cambrian Patrol in the UK, competing against 140 international special forces teams. |
| 2013 | 12th Para (SF) was raised from within the regiment's strength. |
| December 2013 | The 10 Para (SF) trained 60 Afghan special forces in specialized operations at the Thar Desert. |
| November 2013 | Tajik special forces underwent training with the Para SF. |
| 2012 | Major (then Lieutenant) Manish Singh of 9 Para(Special Forces) awarded Shaurya Chakra for Operation in Kashmir. |
| 2011 | Lt Col Vikas Sharma (Then Lieutenant) of 6 PARA(Special Forces) receives Kirti Chakra for Counter-insurgency operation in Jammu & Kashmir. |
| 2011 | 11th Para (SF) was raised from within the regiment's strength. |
| 2010 | Capt Tushar Dhasmana of 6 Para (Special Forces) awarded Shaurya Chakra for Counter-Insurgency Operation in Jammu & Kashmir. |
| 2010 | Capt. Davinder Singh Jass of 1 Para (Special Forces) receives posthumous Kirti Chakra for counter-insurgency operations in Sopore area of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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