Prakash Singh Chib VC (1 April 1913 – 17 February 1945) was a British Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Chib was born in Dogra Rajput Family in the Jammu and Kashmir region of the former British India, on 1 April 1913.

He was 31 years old, and a Jemadar in the 14th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles in the Indian Army during World War II when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

[1] On 16/17 February 1945 at Kanlan Ywathit, Burma (now Myanmar), Jemadar Prakash Singh Chib was commanding a platoon which took the main weight of fierce enemy attacks.

[2][3] A statue of Singh was built at the village of Nud, Tehsil Akhnoor in Jammu by the Chib Community under the guidance of Raghunath Singh Chib (IAS) of village Deva Batala, Tehsil- Bhimbar, Dist - Mirpur (whose family is in Jammu (India).