science, social science, song, games and sports, fine arts, rural development, and other areas. Bangladesh Freedom Honour -( Bānglādēśa sbādhīnatā sam'mānanā); posthumously conferred on former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi. Bangladesh Liberation War Honour -( Bānglādēśa muktiyud'dha sam'mānanā); conferred to heads of states and heads of governments: King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck President Fidel Castro President Pranab Mukherjee Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee President Ram Baran Yadav Prime Minister/ Acting Head of state Girija Prasad Koirala Prime Minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala General Secretary Leonid IIyich Brezhnev President Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny Prime Minister Alexei Nikolaevich Kosygin Prime Minister Sir Edward Richard George Heath President Marshal Josip Broz Tito Friends of Liberation War Honour -( Muktiyud'dha maitrī sam'mānanā); conferred to individuals, six organisations and Mitra Bahini. The individuals include 257 Indians, 88 Americans, 41 Pakistanis, 39 Britons, nine Russians, 18 Nepalese, 16 French and 18 Japanese. Three ceremonies were held between March 2012 and October 2012. India Param Vir Chakra Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra: Maha Vir Chakra Recipients Vir Chakra Recipients |- | 13 | 2/LT | David A Devadasan | Indian Army - 1 MAHAR | Battle of Harar Kalan | 10/11 December 1971 Pakistan Nishan-i-Haider Recipients of the Nishan-E-Haider: Major Muhammad Akram (posthumously) Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (posthumously) Major Shabbir Sharif (posthumously) Sarwar Muhammad Hussain (posthumously) Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz (posthumously) See also Liberation War of Bangladesh Bangladeshi honours system Military awards and decorations of Bangladesh References Bangladesh and the Commonwealth of Nations India and the Commonwealth of Nations Pakistan and the Commonwealth of Nations Military awards and decorations of Bangladesh Military awards and decorations of India Military awards and decorations of Pakistan Bangladesh Liberation War