page_title: Vikram Batra
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Vikram Batra / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Captain Vikram Batra's statue at Param Yodha Sthal (section for Param Vir Chakra recipients), National War Memorial, New Delhi.
context_page_description: Captain Vikram Batra, PVC was an officer of the Indian Army, awarded with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest and most prestigious award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War.
context_section_description: Vikram Batra is also well known in India for using the slogan, Yeh Dil Maange More! as his signal to communicate mission success. He is also known for an interview in which he stated that Pakistani soldiers were aware of him.
  He was also honoured with several landmarks being named after him: the historic capture of Point 4875 led to the mountain being named Batra Top in his honour. A hall at the Service Selection Centre Allahabad is named 'Vikram Batra Block', a residential area in the Jabalpur Cantonment is called 'Captain Vikram Batra Enclave' and the combined cadet's mess at the IMA is named 'Vikram Batra Mess'.
  A memorial for war veterans including Batra stands at his alma mater DAV College, Chandigarh honouring the services of the soldiers. In 2003 Movie of J.P Dutta based on the Kargil incident Abhishek Bachchan played the role of Captain Vikram Batra.
  New Delhi's Mukarba Chowk and its flyover got renamed in honour of the Kargil War martyr Cap Vikram Batra on December 2019 as "Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra Chowk".
caption: Vikram Batra's statue at Param Yodha Sthal, National War Memorial, New Delhi
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