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|birth_name= Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid<br />
|birth_date= 1857<br />
|birth_place= [[Rawalpindi]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date= {{death year and age|1924|1857}}<br />
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|allegiance= [[British India]]<br />
|branch= [[British Indian Army]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1876–1909<br />
|rank= [[Risaldar Major]] and Honorary [[Captain]]<br />
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|unit= [[Queen's Own Corps of Guides]]<br />
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|battles= [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North-West Frontier]]<br />
* [[Siege of Malakand]]<br />
|awards= [[Order of British India|Order of British India, Second Class]]<br/>[[Indian Order of Merit|Indian Order of Merit, Third Class]]<br />
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[[Sardar]] Bahadur [[Risaldar Major]] and Honorary [[Captain]] '''Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|OBI|IOM}} (1857–1924), also known as '''Tirath Ram''', was a decorated soldier of the [[British Indian Army]]. He belonged to the [[Vaid (surname)|Vaid]] clan of the [[Mohyal Brahmin]]s.<br />
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Vaid enlisted in the ranks of the [[Queen's Own Corps of Guides]] on 1 May 1876.<ref>January 1908 Indian Army List</ref><br />
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As a [[ressaidar]] with the Queen's Own Corps of Guides cavalry, Vaid was awarded the [[Indian Order of Merit]], Third Class for gallantry displayed at the [[Siege of Malakand]] in 1897,{{cn|date=July 2020}} where he fought against a much larger force of Afghan tribesmen.<ref>January 1908 Indian Army List</ref> He was also rewarded with large tracts of agricultural land in District [[Lyallpur]] for his contributions.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}<br />
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Vaid was decorated with the [[Order of British India]], Second Class, with the title of Bahadur on 24 September 1904.<ref>January 1908 Indian Army List</ref> He retired from the Indian Army and was appointed honorary captain on 1 February 1909.<ref>THE LONDON GAZETTE, 15 JUNE, 1909, page 4578</ref><br />
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Vaid was elected president of All India [[Mohyal]] Conference of 1919, held in [[Rawalpindi]].<ref>The History of Mohyals by P.N. Bali (1986)</ref>{{Page needed|date=November 2012}}<br />
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