Subedar Major and Honorary Captain Bhim Chand, VrC & bar, (born 17 December 1905)[1] was an officer of the Indian Army around the mid-20th century.

[3][4] Bhim Chand hailed from Lahaul, then a part of the Kangra district of the Punjab Province of British India.

[8] Bhim Chand joined the British Indian Army as a soldier in the 2nd Battalion of the Dogra Regiment, on 22 September 1939.

Comprising around twenty men in total - all from Lahaul and all Buddhists - this group made its way to Ladakh in the thick of winter in February, arriving there by mid-March.

He appeared in the rear of the enemy position after a strenuous night march in extremely difficult most inhospitable terrain.

In this action the JCO showed great power of endurance, devotion to duty, magnificent capacity to organize and extraordinary determination to win his objective.