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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name = Lalbahadur Thapa Magar<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date text|February 1906}}<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1968|10|19|1906|02}}<br />
|birth_place = Sumsa, W/No:6, Baglung, Dhawalagiri Anchaal, Nepal<br />
|death_place = [[Pakalihawa]], Nepal<br />
|placeofburial = Pakalihawa Cemetery<br />
|image = Lalbahadur Thapa VC.jpg<br />
|caption = <br />
|allegiance = [[British India]]<br />
|serviceyears = <br />
|rank = [[Subedar-Major]]<br />
|branch = [[British Indian Army]]<br />
|commands = <br />
|unit = 1st Battalion, [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]]<br />
|battles = <br />
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* [[World War II]]<br />
** [[North African campaign]]<br />
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|awards = [[Victoria Cross]]<br />
|laterwork = <br />
}}<br />
'''Lalbahadur Thapa Magar''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]: लालबहादुर थापामगर; February 1906 &ndash; 19 October 1968) was a [[Nepali people|Nepali]] Gorkha 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 of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.<br />
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==Details==<br />
He was approximately 37 years old, and a [[Subedar]] in the 1st Battalion, [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]], in the [[Indian Army during World War II]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.<br />
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On 5/6 April 1943 during the silent attack on [[Rass-es-Zouai]], [[Tunisia]], Subadar Lalbahadur Thapa, taking command of two sections, made his first contact with the enemy at the foot of a pathway winding up a narrow cleft which was thickly studded with enemy posts. The garrison of the out-posts was all killed by the subadar and his men, by [[kukri]] or bayonet and the next machine-gun posts were dealt with similarly. This officer then continued to fight his way up the bullet-swept approaches to the crest where he and the riflemen with him killed four - the rest fled. Thus secured, advance by the whole division was made possible.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36053|supp=y|page=2719|date=11 June 1943}}</ref><br />
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He later achieved the rank of [[Subedar-Major]]<br />
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==The medal==<br />
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His Victoria Cross is displayed at [[The Gurkha Museum]] in [[Winchester]], Hampshire, England.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020618050414/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/VC/2LThapa.html Lal Bahadur Thapa]<br />
*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ggnepal.htm Burial location]<br />
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[[Category:1906 births]]<br />
[[Category:1968 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Nepalese World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross]]<br />
[[Category:Nepalese recipients of the Victoria Cross]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]</div>Kkasthana