Tamgha-i-Jurat ( ur, تمغہِ جرأت, , Medal of Courage), is the fourth highest military award of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. This citation is awarded for extraordinary heroism while engaged in armed combat with an opposing force on Pakistan soil or outside its borders. The award was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. This medal is awarded for various types of high risk tactical missions like

combat Combat (French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict meant to physically harm or kill the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is sometimes resorted to as a method of self-defense, or ...

, tactical reconnaissance and

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and can be bestowed upon all ranks,

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s and

non-commissioned officer A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not pursued a commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority by promotion through the enlisted ranks. (Non-officers, which includes most or all enli ...

s, in the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the Partition of British India, which occurred as a result ...

Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

, and the paramilitary

Civil Armed Forces The Civil Armed Forces (CAF) are a group of nine paramilitary, uniformed organisations, separate and distinct from the regular "military" Pakistan Armed Forces. They are responsible for maintaining internal security, helping law enforcement ag ...

such as the

Frontier Corps The Frontier Corps ( ur, , reporting name: FC), are a group of paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to maintain law and order while overseeing the country's borders with Afghanist ...

, the

Frontier Constabulary The Frontier Constabulary ( ur, ) is a federal paramilitary force of Pakistan under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, which is largely drawn from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, but operates in several districts of Pakistan. It ...

and the

Pakistan Rangers The Pakistan Rangers ( ur, ) are a paramilitary federal law enforcement organization in Pakistan, operating under the authority of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan. Their primary purpose is to secure and defend sites of significance in th ...

. Ranked below the Sitara-i-Jurat on the order of precedence, the Tamgha-i-Jurat is the equivalent to the

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in the U.K

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honours system and the

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in the

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honours system.

List of Recipients

Pakistan Army * Subaidar Abdul aziz magray, TJ 1971 * Sep. Noor Muhammad shaheed, TJ 51punjab(now 15sindh) regiment date of shahadat (4.12.1971)in punch op at Chand Tekri Kashmir * Sep. Farman Ali from Shishakt, Hunza (1st Punjab Regiment) TJ, 1948 * Maj. Habib ur Rehman Qureshi AJK, 1971 * Sub Zulifqar Ali operation Al meezan 2012/13 * Lieutenant Colonel Derek Joseph, 1971 * Lt Col Muhammad Akram khan (Mardan) Embraced martyrdom on 05-Dec-1971 at the age 28 * Lance Havaldar Laal Khan (Baloch Regiment), TJ, 1958 * Capt. Aftab Ahmed TJ * Hon. Capt Falak Sher TJ 1971 * Capt Ghulam Hussain Cheema TJ 1965 * Havaldar Muhammad Karim NLI (15 july) (TJ) 1999 * Sepoy Liaquat Ali, 1 Sind Regiment while serving with 24 Sind Regt 1999 * Khushi Muhammad TJ TK1 1965 * Lance Naik Laal Hussain TJ 1965 * Defedar Rana Abdul Majeed Khan, TJ 1965 *

Col Mirza Hassan Khan Mirza Hassan Khan ( ur, ), of Nagar state, was a captain of the 6th Infantry of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces. Placed at Bunji in the Gilgit ''wazarat'' (now Astore district, Gilgit-Baltistan), Khan rebelled against the Maharaja's reg ...

* Capt Sabir Shah TJ * N/Sub Ibarat Shah TJ, Northern Scout 1947 * Hav Khayal Akbar Khan Orakazi, TJ,(7 FF 1948) * Havaldar Hukamdad Abbasi TJ * Lance Naik Shadab Wali Khan TJ, 39 Baloch 1971 * Sep/Clk Muhammad Akbar TJ, 4 Punjab, 1971 * Col/ Muhammad Saleem TJ * Maj/ Muhammad Iftikhar Ahmad TJ, 1971, Army Aviation, Choor Sector * Sep Muhmad Ghraz (6 NLI) TJ, 1999 * Cap.Asfandyar Bukhari (11 FFR) TJ 1, 2015 *Captain Roohullah (Baloch Light Commando Battalion), 2016 *Lance Nayek Syed Munawar Hussain Shah (3 FFR) TJ, 1965 * Lt Khalil Ahmad Shaheed (650 Mujahid Regiment) TJ, 1991 * Subaidar Raja Mehrban Khan Minhas ( kahuta,Narh)-1965 13FF Pakistan Air Force Gallantry 1965 * Flying Officer

Muhammad Hamidullah Khan Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, TJ, Sitara-e-Harb, BP ( bn, এম হামিদুল্লাহ খান; 11 September 1938 – 30 December 2011) was a military leader in two wars fought in South Asia: the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and t ...

TJ, SH, 1965 - (doc. 30.06.62 34TH GD (P) Course no. 1 SQN),

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

Academy, Risalpur;

Sialkot Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Ka ...

Pathankot Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal co ...

infiltration, from

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

Base Chaklala,

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan ...

. 29.03.1971 defected allegiance to BDF, then as

Flight Lieutenant Flight lieutenant is a junior Officer (armed forces)#Commissioned officers, commissioned rank in air forces that use the Royal Air Force (RAF) RAF officer ranks, system of ranks, especially in Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries. I ...

, Asst.

Provost Marshal Provost marshal is a title given to a person in charge of a group of Military Police (MP). The title originated with an older term for MPs, '' provosts'', from the Old French ''prévost'' (Modern French ''prévôt''). While a provost marshal i ...

, CO - No. 5 P&S Unit (Provost and Security),

Dacca Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

Posthumous 1965 * Leading Aircraftman Muhammad Anwar Hussain Khan TJ Gallantry 1965 *Master Warrant Officer M Ashfaq TJ *Master Warrant Officer M Hafeez TJ *Corporal M Omer Ali TJ *Corporal Sher Mohammad TJ *Corporal Technician Ghulam Abbas TJ *Corporal Technician Muhammad Ghazanfar Pak 76361 TJ Posthumous 1971 *Flight Lieutenant Javed Iqbal TJ *Flight Lieutenant Syed Shahid Raza TJ Gallantry 1971 *Flight Lieutenant Ghulam Murtaza Malik TJ *Flight Lieutenant Taloot Mirza TJ *Flight Lieutenant Maqsood Amir TJ *Flight Lieutenant Javed Latif TJ *Flight Lieutenant Abdul Karim Bhatti TJ *Warrant Officer Abdul Haq shah TJ *Senior Technician Sajjad A Shah TJ *Senior Technician Asghar Ali TJ *Corporal Muhammad Ghazanfar TJ *Corporal M Afzal Abbasi TJ *Junior Technician Muhammad Latif TJ Gallantry 2006 *2nd Lieutenant Imran Ahmed Khan TJ February 2019 *Sq Leader Hasan Mehmood Siddiqui was awarded Tamgha-i-Jurat - Pakistan and India were involved in a rare aerial engagement which had ignited fears of an all-out conflict. On February 27, PAF shot down two Indian warplanes in Pakistan’s airspace and captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who was released on March 1 as a “peace gesture”. *Wing Commander Noman Ali was conferred Sitara-i-Jurat

Notes and references

Nishan-e-Haider
''from Pakistan Television Corp (PTV). Television drama on Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed, Rashid Minhas Shaheed, Momin and Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed''

External links

Paktribune.com

Pakistan's Medals

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamgha-I-Jurat Military awards and decorations of Pakistan Awards established in 1957 1957 establishments in Pakistan

List of Recipients

Notes and references

See also

External links