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Your great grandfather won a VC? Magnificent!
I am feel proud , my grand grand father was among the VC awarded Soldiers .
I am feel proud , my grand grand father was among the VC awarded Soldiers .
Ch Muhammad Bakhsh WarraichHis name and unit?
So what does it has to do with the video.
I am feel proud , my grand grand father was among the VC awarded Soldiers .
Ch Muhammad Bakhsh Warraich
Indian Mutiny War Lucknow
1957
Punjab Regiment.
Khudadad Khan, VC (20 October 1888 – 8 March 1971) was the first soldier of the British Indian Army[1][2] to become the recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces. On 31 October 1914, at Hollebeke, Belgium.Ch Muhammad Bakhsh Warraich
Indian Mutiny War Lucknow
1857
Punjab Regiment.
I am feel proud , my grand grand father was among the VC awarded Soldiers .
18571857 or 1957?
Well , VC awarded for velour and for service of humanity .those traitors who helped british for invading subcontinent are happy in receiving these awards,in reality they are one major reason of suffering of people of this region
Well , VC awarded for velour and for service of humanity .
Politics is a separate topic
The VC was introduced in Great Britain on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War.[1]1857
More than 80 VC's awarded during indian mutiny war 1857 -1858 .
The VC was introduced in Great Britain on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War.[1]
Indian troops were not originally eligible for the VC, because since 1837 they had been eligible for the Indian Order of Merit—the oldest British gallantry award for general issue. When the VC was created, Indian troops were still controlled by the British East India Company, and did not come under Crown control until 1860. European officers and men serving with the East India Company were not eligible for the Indian Order of Merit; the VC was extended to cover them in October 1857. It was only at the end of the 19th century that calls for Indian troops to be awarded the VC intensified. Indian troops became eligible for the award in 1911.[2] The first awards to Indian troops appeared in the London Gazette on 7 December 1914 to Darwan Singh Negi and Khudadad Khan.[3] Negi was presented with the VC by King George V two days earlier, on 5 December 1914, during a visit to troops in France. He is one of a small number of soldiers presented with his award before it appeared in the London Gazette.[4]
There have been a total of 148 VC recipients who were serving with an Indian Army or Honourable East India Company (HEIC) unit. 63 VCs were awarded to British officers and men of the HEIC during the Anglo-Persian War (1856–1857) and the Indian Rebellion of 1857. 33 VCs were awarded for action in various campaigns between the rebellion in 1857 and the First World War. 18 VCs were awarded for action in the First World War, and 30 in the Second World War. In addition to these, 5 civilians under military command were awarded the VC.