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{{Infobox military person
| name = Ram Chander
| honorific_suffix = [[Mahavir Chakra|MVC]]
| birth_date = 1921
| death_date = 1998
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[India]]
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| image = Ram Chander MVC.jpg
| image_size = 250px
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| allegiance = {{ubl|{{Flag|British India}}|{{flagicon|India}} [[Dominion of India]] |{{flagicon|India}}[[India]]}}
| branch = {{ubl|{{army|British India}}| [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]}}
| serviceyears = May 1947 - Unknown
| rank = Acting (Civilian military rank) [[Indian Army]]
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| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]]
| awards = [[File:Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Maha Vir Chakra]]
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'''Dhobi Ram Chander,''' [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] was a civilian who was awarded the [[Mahavir Chakra]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]]. He is one of only two civilians to have been awarded the Mahavir Chakra.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/community/decorated-washerman-waited-for-promised-land-till-his-last-breath/205641.html |title=Decorated washerman waited for promised land till his last breath |newspaper=The Tribune |date=7 March 2016 |author=Vijay Mohan}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&dq=ram+chander&pg=PA295|title=Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners|last=Chakravorty|first=B.|date=1995|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=9788170235163|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/ram-chander|title=Ram Chander {{!}} Gallantry Awards|website=gallantryawards.gov.in|access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Chander was born in 1921 in Kot Kishan Chand, [[Jalandhar]], Punjab to Faqir Chand.<ref name=":1" />

== Military career ==
Chander joined the 14 Field Company Engineers of the Madras Engineering Group of the Indian Army in May 1947. He was a civilian in the Indian Army and a washer-man ([[dhobi]]) by profession.<ref name=":1" />

He was part of a convoy proceeding to Jammu under the command of Lt F D W Fallon on 18 December 1947. When the convoy reached [[Bhambla]], it was ambushed by the enemy who had created a roadblock by removing the decking on a bridge. He helped the convoy commander replace the decking while the bridge was under continuous fire. On Lt. Fallon being wounded, he took the officer’s rifle and helped in holding the enemy at bay and was responsible for inflicting five to six casualties on the enemy. He later helped Lt Fallon to get to the nearest post which was 13 km away.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
Chander died in 1998.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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