Bhandari Ram

Template:Infobox military person Bhandari Ram VC (24 July 1919Template:Snd19 May 2002) was an Indian 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 forces.

Details

Bhandari Ram was born in Brahmin family 1919 at the village of Auhar, which was part of Bilaspur State (now Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh). He was Sepoy in the 16th Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment, British Indian Army (now the Baloch Regiment, Pakistan Army), fighting against the Japanese Army in the Burmese Campaign during World War II, when he performed deeds during the Third Arakan Offensive for which he was awarded the VC.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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He continued to serve in the post-independence Indian Army, receiving promotion to subedar on 13 May 1958,^[4] and to subedar major on 30 March 1967.^[5] Bhandari Ram retired from the army in August 1969 with the honorary rank of captain.^[6] He died in 2002.

Awards

File:India General Service Medal 1947.svgFile:IND Samanya Seva medal.svgFile:IND Samar Seva Star Ribbon.svg

File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svgFile:Indian Independence medal 1947.svgFile:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svgFile:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg

File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svgFile:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.pngFile:Ribbon - Burma Star.pngFile:Ribbon - War Medal.png

File:Ribbon India Service Medal.pngFile:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svgFile:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svgFile:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg

General Service Medal 1947	Samanya Seva Medal	Samar Seva Star
Raksha Medal	Indian Independence Medal	20 Years Long Service Medal	9 Years Long Service Medal
Victoria Cross	1939–45 Star	Burma Star	War Medal 1939-1945
India Service Medal	Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal	Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

References

↑ Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). History of the Baloch Regiment 1939-1956. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. pp. 138–39. Template:ISBN
↑ Thatcher, WS. (1980). The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Second World War. Abbottabad: The Baluch Regimental Centre. pp. 499–501.
↑ The Forgotten VCs: The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2{{#if:Best|, Best}. Casemate Publishers(2017-10-30). ISBN 978-1-5267-1799-3
↑ [{{{url}}} Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)](13 September 1958).
↑ [{{{url}}} Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)](3 June 1967).
↑ [{{{url}}} Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)](15 August 1969).

External links

[1] Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). History of the Baloch Regiment 1939-1956. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. pp. 138–39. Template:ISBN

[2] Thatcher, WS. (1980). The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Second World War. Abbottabad: The Baluch Regimental Centre. pp. 499–501.

[3] The Forgotten VCs: The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2{{#if:Best|, Best}. Casemate Publishers(2017-10-30). ISBN 978-1-5267-1799-3

[4] [{{{url}}} Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)](13 September 1958).

[5] [{{{url}}} Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)](3 June 1967).

[6] [{{{url}}} Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)](15 August 1969).

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