Dinesh Chandra Bhandary (August 4, 1934 – ?)[1] was a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force who was awarded the Vir Chakra,[2][3] The third highest military decoration in India for the services rendered by him during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.He originally hailed from an aristocratic Bunt family of Kolnadu Pademane of Mulki, India.[4]