Paschimi Star (''Western Star'') was a medal awarded to personnel of the Indian armed forces for participation on the western borders of India (''on the ground, on the sea or in the air'') during the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 Decem ...

. The personnel included;
(a) All ranks of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, of any of the Reserve Forces of the Territorial Army, J&K Militia and of any other armed forces of the Union of India;
(b) All ranks of the Railway Protection Force, Police Force, Home Guards, Civil Defence Organisation, and any other organisation specified by Government;
(c) Civilians of either sex serving regularly or temporarily under the orders/directions or supervision of the above-mentioned Forces.

Notable Recipients

* Field Marshal

Sam Manekshaw Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), widely known as Sam Manekshaw and Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of ...

*General

Gopal Gurunath Bewoor General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor PVSM PB (11 August 1916 – 24 October 1989), was a senior officer of the Indian Army who served as the 8th Chief of Army Staff, and later an Indian diplomat to Denmark. In a long service spanning four decades, G ...

*General K. V. Krishna Rao *Subedar Keshar Singh Rathore *RFN kunwarpal singh Raghav *Havaldar Chintaman V. Joshi *Havaldar Shankarsan Prasad Mishra *NK Pandurang D Harale *Havaldar Narotam Singh *Flt Sgt Krishnarao Jadhav *Subedar Prem Singh *Captain Bawa - Indian Navy Hero *Havaldar Pratap Singh *Nayab Subhedar Chintaman Joshi *Subedar Shuv Nath Sah

References

{{orders-medals-stub Military awards and decorations of India