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	'''Darwan Singh Negi''' [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (4 March 1883{{snd}}24 June 1950) was one of the first [[British Raj\|Indian]] soldiers to be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC),<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/darwan-singh-negi-vc/4586498803 \|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: biography. Archived copy \|website=VConline.org.uk \|accessdate=17 January 2022 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909085911/http://www.vconline.org.uk/darwan-singh-negi-vc/4586498803 \|archivedate=9 September ~~2022~~}}</ref> the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.		'''Darwan Singh Negi''' [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (4 March 1883{{snd}}24 June 1950) was one of the first [[British Raj\|Indian]] soldiers to be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC),<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/darwan-singh-negi-vc/4586498803 \|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: biography. Archived copy \|website=VConline.org.uk \|accessdate=17 January 2022 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909085911/http://www.vconline.org.uk/darwan-singh-negi-vc/4586498803 \|archivedate=9 September 2020}}</ref> the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	\| caption = Image from ''[[The Illustrated War News]]'' of 23 December 1914 showing the injured Negi being carried into the [[Royal Pavilion]], [[Brighton]] then in use as a hospital for wounded troops.		\| caption = Image from ''[[The Illustrated War News]]'' of 23 December 1914 showing the injured Negi being carried into the [[Royal Pavilion]], [[Brighton]] then in use as a hospital for wounded troops.
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|~~1881~~\|11\|\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1883\|3\|4\|df=y}}
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1950\|6\|24\|~~1881~~\|11\|\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1950\|6\|24\|1883\|3\|4\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = Kafarteer, [[Uttarakhand]], India		\| birth_place = Kafarteer, [[Garhwal District]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British Raj]] (present-day [[Chamoli district]], [[Uttarakhand]], India)
	\| death_place = Kafarteer		\| death_place = Kafarteer, [[Chamoli district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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	'''Darwan Singh Negi''' [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (November 1881{{snd}}24 June 1950) was the First Indian soldier ever to receive the Victoria cross from the hands of H.M. The King Emperor on the field of battle<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-07-23\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> and was among the earliest [[British Raj\|Indian]] recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.

	Negi ~~was approximately 33 years old, and a~~ [[~~Naik (military rank)~~\|~~naik~~]] (~~equivalent to~~ [[~~corporal~~]]) in the ~~1st Battalion, [[39th Garhwal Rifles]],~~ [[British ~~Indian Army~~]] ~~during the First World War when he performed the deeds during the~~ [[~~Defence~~ of ~~Festubert~~]] ~~for which he was awarded the VC~~. ~~The citation reads:~~		'''Darwan Singh Negi''' [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (4 March 1883{{snd}}24 June 1950) was one of the first [[British Raj\|Indian]] soldiers to be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC),<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/darwan-singh-negi-vc/4586498803 \|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: biography. Archived copy \|website=VConline.org.uk \|accessdate=17 January 2022 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909085911/http://www.vconline.org.uk/darwan-singh-negi-vc/4586498803 \|archivedate=9 September 2022}}</ref> the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.

			==Early life==
			Negi was born to a farming family in Kafarteer village in the [[Garhwal District]] of the [[North-Western Provinces]] in [[British Raj\|India]]. In 1902, at the age of 19, he joined the [[39th Garhwal Rifles]], [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref name=Indianhawk/>

			==World War I==
			When the First World War broke out in 1914, the regiment travelled to France as part of the [[7th (Meerut) Division]] of the [[I Corps (British India)\|Indian Corps]].<ref>{{cite web\| first=Chris \|last=Baker \|url=https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/7th-meerut-division/ \|title=The 7th (Meerut) Division \|work=The Long, Long Trail \|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> Negi was a 33 year old [[Naik (military rank)\|naik]] (equivalent to [[corporal]]) in the 1st Battalion, [[39th Garhwal Rifles]], [[British Indian Army]] during the First World War when he performed the deed during the [[Defence of Festubert]] for which he was awarded the VC.

			==Victoria Cross==
			The citation of the VC reads:
	{{quote\|[[George V\|His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR]] has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned soldier of the Indian Army for conspicuous bravery whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force: —		{{quote\|[[George V\|His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR]] has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned soldier of the Indian Army for conspicuous bravery whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force: —

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	\|London Gazette, 7 December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=28999 \|supp=y \|page=10425 \|date=7 December 1914 }}</ref>\|source=}}		\|London Gazette, 7 December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=28999 \|supp=y \|page=10425 \|date=7 December 1914 }}</ref>\|source=}}

	He was awarded the medal on the same day as [[Khudadad Khan]] VC; but ~~the latter~~'s VC action was of earlier date, so that he is regarded as the first Indian recipient.		He was awarded the medal on the same day as [[Khudadad Khan]] VC; but Khan's VC action was of earlier date, so that he is regarded as the first Indian recipient.

	Negi retired with the rank of [[subedar]], equivalent to a British captain.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|access-date=2020-08-10\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> Both his son Balbir and Balbir's son Nitin served in the [[Garhwal Rifles]] of the Indian Army; both achieved the rank of colonel.~~{{citation needed\|date=September 2020}}~~ His Victoria Cross is held by his family. The regimental museum of [[~~The~~ Garhwal Rifles]] in [[Lansdowne ~~(town)~~\|Lansdowne]], [[Uttarakhand]] is named the Darwan Singh Museum in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|access-date=2020-08-10\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref>		Negi retired with the rank of [[subedar]], equivalent to a British captain. Both his son Balbir and Balbir's son Nitin served in the [[Garhwal Rifles]] of the [[Indian Army]]; both achieved the rank of [[Colonel (India)\|colonel]]. His Victoria Cross is held by his family. The regimental museum of the [[Garhwal Rifles]] in [[Lansdowne, India\|Lansdowne]], [[Uttarakhand]] is named the Darwan Singh Museum in his honour.<ref name=Indianhawk>{{Cite web\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|access-date=2020-08-10\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref>

	== ~~War Memorial Inter College Karanprayag~~ ==		==See also==
	~~During the First World War, on 5 December 1914, Darban~~ Singh Negi~~, the hero of the [[Garhwal Rifles]], was honored with the [[Victoria Cross~~]] ~~by the Emperor George V of England and Queen Mary~~, India's first Victoria Cross winner in the land of [[France]] himself. At the same time, Victoria Cross accepted the demand of the War Memorial English Middle School in [[Karnaprayag\|Karnprayag]] and a [[Rishikesh–Karnaprayag line\|rail route to Karanprayag]] in memory of the [[World War I~~\|First World War]] and its martyrs.~~		* [[Gabar Singh Negi]], another World War I Victoria Cross recipient from Uttarakhand

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	* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280301/page/n420 First ever Indian to get Victoria ~~cross~~ from ~~the hands of~~ H.M. the ~~king~~ Emperor in the field of battle]		* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280301/page/n420 First ever Indian to get Victoria Cross from H.M. the King Emperor in the field of battle] ''India's Army'' by Donovan Jackson (Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London. 1940).
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020615175623/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/vc/1DSNegi.html Darwan Singh Negi]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020615175623/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/vc/1DSNegi.html Darwan Singh Negi] Winthrop University.
	* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/gginatof.htm Burial location]		* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/gginatof.htm Burial location] Victoriacross.org.uk.
	* {{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34860666 \| title=Three generations united by the hell of war \| author=Alastair Lawson \| publisher=BBC News \| date=22 December 2015 \| accessdate=22 December 2015 }}		* {{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34860666 \|title=Three generations united by the hell of war \|author=Alastair Lawson \|publisher=BBC News \|date=22 December 2015 \|accessdate=22 December 2015 }}

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	'''Darwan Singh Negi''' [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (November 1881{{snd}}24 June 1950) was the ~~second~~ Indian soldier ever to receive the Victoria cross from the hands of H.M. The King Emperor on the field of battle<ref>{{Cite web~~\|last=\|first=\|date=~~\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|url-status=live~~\|archive-url=\|archive-date=~~\|access-date=2020-07-23\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> and was among the earliest [[British Raj\|Indian]] recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.		'''Darwan Singh Negi''' [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (November 1881{{snd}}24 June 1950) was the First Indian soldier ever to receive the Victoria cross from the hands of H.M. The King Emperor on the field of battle<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-07-23\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> and was among the earliest [[British Raj\|Indian]] recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.

	Negi was approximately 33 years old, and a [[Naik (military rank)\|naik]] (equivalent to [[corporal]]) in the 1st Battalion, [[39th Garhwal Rifles]], [[British Indian Army]] during the First World War when he performed the deeds during the [[Defence of Festubert]] for which he was awarded the VC. The citation reads:		Negi was approximately 33 years old, and a [[Naik (military rank)\|naik]] (equivalent to [[corporal]]) in the 1st Battalion, [[39th Garhwal Rifles]], [[British Indian Army]] during the First World War when he performed the deeds during the [[Defence of Festubert]] for which he was awarded the VC. The citation reads:

	~~<br />~~

	{{quote\|[[George V\|His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR]] has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned soldier of the Indian Army for conspicuous bravery whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force: —		{{quote\|[[George V\|His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR]] has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned soldier of the Indian Army for conspicuous bravery whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force: —
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	\|London Gazette, 7 December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=28999 \|supp=y \|page=10425 \|date=7 December 1914 }}</ref>\|source=}}		\|London Gazette, 7 December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=28999 \|supp=y \|page=10425 \|date=7 December 1914 }}</ref>\|source=}}

			He was awarded the medal on the same day as [[Khudadad Khan]] VC; but the latter's VC action was of earlier date, so that he is regarded as the first Indian recipient.

	~~He was awarded~~ the ~~medal on~~ the ~~same day as~~ [[~~Khudadad Khan~~]] VC; ~~but~~ the ~~latter's VC action was~~ of ~~earlier~~ date, ~~so that he~~ is ~~regarded as~~ the ~~first~~ Indian ~~recipient.~~		Negi retired with the rank of [[subedar]], equivalent to a British captain.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|access-date=2020-08-10\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> Both his son Balbir and Balbir's son Nitin served in the [[Garhwal Rifles]] of the Indian Army; both achieved the rank of colonel.{{citation needed\|date=September 2020}} His Victoria Cross is held by his family. The regimental museum of [[The Garhwal Rifles]] in [[Lansdowne (town)\|Lansdowne]], [[Uttarakhand]] is named the Darwan Singh Museum in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|access-date=2020-08-10\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref>

	~~Negi retired with the rank of [[subedar]], equivalent to a British captain.<ref>{{Cite web\|title~~=~~Darwan Singh Negi VC: World~~ War ~~1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url~~=~~https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|access-date~~=~~2020-08-10\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News~~, ~~Indian Defence News~~, ~~IDRW~~, ~~Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> Both his son Balbir and Balbir's son Nitin served in~~ the [[Garhwal Rifles]] of the ~~Indian Army; both achieved~~ the ~~rank~~ of ~~colonel.{{cn\|date=September 2020}} His~~ Victoria Cross ~~is held by his family. The regimental museum~~ of [[~~The Garhwal Rifles~~]] in [[~~Lansdowne (town)~~\|~~Lansdowne~~]], [[~~Uttarakhand~~]] ~~is named~~ the ~~Darwan Singh Museum in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web~~\|~~title=Darwan Singh Negi VC:~~ World War ~~1 Victoria Cross Winner\|url=https://www.theindianhawk~~.~~com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html\|access-date=2020-08-10\|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref>~~		== War Memorial Inter College Karanprayag ==
			During the First World War, on 5 December 1914, Darban Singh Negi, the hero of the [[Garhwal Rifles]], was honored with the [[Victoria Cross]] by the Emperor George V of England and Queen Mary, India's first Victoria Cross winner in the land of [[France]] himself. At the same time, Victoria Cross accepted the demand of the War Memorial English Middle School in [[Karnaprayag\|Karnprayag]] and a [[Rishikesh–Karnaprayag line\|rail route to Karanprayag]] in memory of the [[World War I\|First World War]] and its martyrs.

	==References==		==References==
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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020615175623/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/vc/1DSNegi.html Darwan Singh Negi]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020615175623/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/vc/1DSNegi.html Darwan Singh Negi]
	* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/gginatof.htm Burial location]		* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/gginatof.htm Burial location]
	* {{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34860666 \| title=Three generations united by the hell of war \| author=Alastair Lawson \| ~~work~~=BBC News \| date=22 December 2015 \| accessdate=22 December 2015 }}		* {{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34860666 \| title=Three generations united by the hell of war \| author=Alastair Lawson \| publisher=BBC News \| date=22 December 2015 \| accessdate=22 December 2015 }}

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| name = Darwan Singh Negi
| image = File:Illustrated War News, Dec. 23, 1914, page 38, left side - Darwan Sing Negi.jpg
| caption = Image from ''[[The Illustrated War News]]'' of 23 December 1914 showing the injured Negi being carried into the [[Royal Pavilion]], [[Brighton]] then in use as a hospital for wounded troops.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1881|11||df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1950|6|24|1881|11||df=y}}
| birth_place = Kafarteer, [[Uttarakhand]], India
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| rank = [[Subedar]]
| unit = [[39th Garhwal Rifles]]
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'''Darwan Singh Negi''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (November 1881{{snd}}24 June 1950) was the second Indian soldier ever to receive the Victoria cross from the hands of H.M. The King Emperor on the field of battle<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-23|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> and was among the earliest [[British Raj|Indian]] recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

Negi was approximately 33 years old, and a [[Naik (military rank)|naik]] (equivalent to [[corporal]]) in the 1st Battalion, [[39th Garhwal Rifles]], [[British Indian Army]] during the First World War when he performed the deeds during the [[Defence of Festubert]] for which he was awarded the VC. The citation reads:

<br />

{{quote|[[George V|His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR]] has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned soldier of the Indian Army for conspicuous bravery whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force: —

1909, Naik Darwan Singh{{sic}} Negi, 1st Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles.

For great gallantry on the night of the 23rd{{ndash}}24th November, near [[Festubert]], France, when the regiment was engaged in retaking and clearing the enemy out of our trenches, and, although wounded in two places in the head, and also in the arm, being one of the first to push round each successive [[Traverse (trench warfare)|traverse]], in the face of severe fire from bombs and rifles at the closest range.
|London Gazette, 7 December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28999 |supp=y |page=10425 |date=7 December 1914 }}</ref>|source=}}

He was awarded the medal on the same day as [[Khudadad Khan]] VC; but the latter's VC action was of earlier date, so that he is regarded as the first Indian recipient.

Negi retired with the rank of [[subedar]], equivalent to a British captain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html|access-date=2020-08-10|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref> Both his son Balbir and Balbir's son Nitin served in the [[Garhwal Rifles]] of the Indian Army; both achieved the rank of colonel.{{cn|date=September 2020}} His Victoria Cross is held by his family. The regimental museum of [[The Garhwal Rifles]] in [[Lansdowne (town)|Lansdowne]], [[Uttarakhand]] is named the Darwan Singh Museum in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Darwan Singh Negi VC: World War 1 Victoria Cross Winner|url=https://www.theindianhawk.com/2020/07/darwan-singh-negi-victoria-cross.html|access-date=2020-08-10|website=The Indian Hawk: Defence News, Indian Defence News, IDRW, Indian Armed Forces}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280301/page/n420 First ever Indian to get Victoria cross from the hands of H.M. the king Emperor in the field of battle]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020615175623/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/vc/1DSNegi.html Darwan Singh Negi]
* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/gginatof.htm Burial location]
* {{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34860666 | title=Three generations united by the hell of war | author=Alastair Lawson | work=BBC News | date=22 December 2015 | accessdate=22 December 2015 }}

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