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| name = Islam-ud-Din<br />
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|GC}}<br />
| native_name = <br />
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| image = George Cross.jpg<br />
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| caption = George Cross bar and ribbon<br />
| birth_date = 1925 or 1926<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|1945|4|12|19 or 20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Montgomery (town), British India|Montgomery]], [[British India]] (now [[Sahiwal]], [[Pakistan]])<br />
| death_place = [[Pyawbwe Township|Pyawbwe]], Burma<br />
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| allegiance ={{flag|British India}} <br />
| branch = {{army|British India}}<br />
| serviceyears =<br />
| rank = [[Lance-Naik]]<br />
| unit = 6th Battalion, [[9th Jat Regiment]]<br />
| battles = [[World War II]]<br />
*[[Burma Campaign]]<br />
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| awards =[[File:UK George Cross ribbon.svg|30px]] [[George Cross]]<br />
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[[Lance-Naik]] '''Islam-ud-Din''' {{postnominals|GC}} (1925 or 1926 – 12 April 1945) was a soldier of the [[British Indian Army]] during [[World War II]], who was posthumously awarded the [[George Cross]] for sacrificing his own life to save others. He was serving in the 6th Battalion, [[9th Jat Regiment]], when on 12 April 1945 at [[Pyawbwe Township|Pyawbwe]], central [[Burma]], a live grenade went astray and threatened to cause a large number of casualties in his unit. Islam-ud-Din threw himself on the grenade at once, showing no hesitation. Saving the lives of his comrades, he was killed instantly, aged only 19 or 20 and leaving behind a widow in India. He was described as steadfastly courageous and a good leader by his superior officers after his death.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y581AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT104|title= George Cross Heroes|last=Ashcroft|first=Michael|page=104|year=2012|authorlink= Michael Ashcroft|isbn= 978-0755364527|publisher=Headline|location=London}}</ref> He was gazetted on 5 October 1945.<ref name=LG37294>{{London Gazette | issue=37294 | date=2 October 1945 | supp=y |pages=4889–1898 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian recipients of the George Cross]]<br />
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[[Category:British Indian Army soldiers]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths by hand grenade]]<br />
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