Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey, 11th Gorkha Rifles
      Posthumous-July 1999 (OP Vijay in Kargil)
      Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13 J&K Rifles
      July1999 (OP Vijay in Kargil)
      Gdr Yogender Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers
      July 1999 (OP Vijay in Kargil)
       GALLANTRY AWARDS
       The following Gallantry Awards were announced on Independence Day, 2018:
       Award                                         Total                 Posthumous
       Kirti Chakra                                 01                     01
       Shaurya Chakra                               14                     02
       Sena Medal (Gallantry)                       96                     08
       Mention-in-Despatches                        27                     04
                                   SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2017
       Language     Title and Genre                        Author
       Assamese      Moriahola (Novel)                     Jayanta Madhab Bora
       Bengali       Sei Nikhonj Manusta (Novel)           Afsar Ahmed
       Bodo          Thwisam (Novel)                       Rita Boro
       Dogri         Banna (Short Stories)                 Shiv Mehta
       English       The Black Hill (Novel)                Mamang Dai
       Gujarati      Gujarati Vyakaranna Baso Varsh        Urmi Ghanshyam Desai
                     (Criticism)
       Hindi         Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar (Literary    Ramesh Kuntal Megh
                     Criticism)
       Kannada       Kathana Bharathi (Literary Criticism) T.P. Ashoka
       Kashmiri      Yeli Parda Woth (Short Stories)       Autar Krishen Rahbar
       Konkani       Khand Ani Her Katha (Short Stories)   Gajanan Jog