page_title: Manoj Kumar Pandey
section_title: Honours and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Manoj Kumar Pandey / Honours and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Lieutenant M K Pandey's statue at Param Yodha Sthal (section for Param Vir Chakra recipients), National War Memorial, New Delhi.
context_page_description: Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC was an officer of the Indian Army who was posthumously awarded India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership during the Kargil War in 1999. An officer of the 1st battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles, he was Killed in action during the attack on Jubar Top of the Khalubar Hills in Batalik Sector of Kargil.
context_section_description: Pandey is one of the 21 individuals who have been decorated with India's highest military honour. As a PVC awardee, his statue is at the Param Yodha Sthal at the National War Memorial.
  After his death, multiple places have been named after him including his almae matres.
  * Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Senior Secondary School
  The constructed an auditorium in his name, which was inaugurated by his parents.
  UP Sainik School
  Pandey's alma mater, the Uttar Pradesh Sainik School, Lucknow was renamed after its most illustrious alumnus. It is now called CAPTAIN MANOJ KUMAR PANDEY U.P. SAINIK SCHOOL, LUCKNOW.
  An auditorium in the school was named after him. Its foundation stone was laid by General VK Singh in 2011.
  The school conducts an inter-school football tournament annually - 'Late Capt. Manoj Kr. Pandey PVC Football Tournament  Trophy'.
  The main gate named after him.
  National Defence Academy
  The National Defence Academy named the science block as the "Manoj Pandey Block".
  His portrait hangs at the Mike squadron of the academy.
  Services Selection Board, Allahabad
  A hall is made in the name of Capt. Manoj at Services Selection Board Allahabad named as Manoj Pandey Block.
  Roads and buildings
  The Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO) designed and constructed an apartment complex for veterans in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, and named it for Pandey as "Manoj Vihar".
  The army quarters near the Cardio Thoracic Center (CTC) hospital in Pune is named after Martyr Capt Manoj Pandey as "Capt. Manoj Pandey Enclave"
  A roundabout is also named after Martyr Capt.Manoj Pandey as "Lieutenant Manoj Pandey Chowk" in his home district Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh and center of Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  A gallery in the Kargil War Museum at Dras is named after him.
caption: Pandey's statue at Param Yodha Sthal, National War Memorial, New Delhi
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