| Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant colonel |
| Harbans Singh Virk | |
| Honorific Suffix: | MVC, DSO |
| Death Place: | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Allegiance: |  India |
| Branch: | Indian Army |
| Rank: | Lieutenant colonel |
| Servicenumber: | IEC-801 |
| Unit: | 3 PARA (Martha Light Infantry) |
| Battles: | Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 |
| Awards: | Mahavir Chakra |
Lieutenant Colonel Harbans Singh Virk, MVC, DSO (1912–?) was an army officer who served in the British Indian army and later the Indian Army.[1]
Virk was born in village Chuhar Kanan, Sheikhupura, Punjab Province, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan).[2] After India's Partition, he appears to have settled in Kaithal, Haryana.[3]
Virk was commissioned in the Maratha Light Infantry, British Indian Army, on 4 August 1941.[4]
There is some uncertainty regarding his service number, as British records state it as 'IEC-801', while Indian records state it as 'IC-656'. Virk was awarded a Distinguished Service Order for gallantry in displayed in Burma in March 1945, as a Major commanding a company in the 4th Battalion (Sikhs) of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 17th Indian Division.[5]
Virk was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra on India's first Republic Day, 26 January 1950, for his leadership and gallantry at Naushera and Jhangar during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-48 in Jammu and Kashmir.[6]
In 1953, he took command of 6 Kumaon Regiment.[7]