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|birth_date= {{birth date|1912|12|18|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Ottivakkam]], India
|death_date= {{death date and age|1944|02|24|1912|12|18|df=yes}}
|death_place= [[Mignano Monte Lungo]], Italy
|placeofburial= [[Sangro River War Cemetery|Sangro River Cremation Memorial]]
|placeofburial_label= Commemorated
|allegiance= [[British India]]
|branch= [[British Indian Army]]
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|rank= [[Subedar]]
|servicenumber= 14069
|unit= [[Madras Engineer Group|Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners]]
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|battles= [[Second World War]]
* [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]
|awards= [[George Cross]]<br/>[[Indian Distinguished Service Medal]]
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[[File:George Cross.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[George Cross]] and its [[ribbon bar]]]]
[[Subedar]] '''Subramanian''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|GC|IDSM}} (18 December 1912 – 24 February 1944) was the first Indian to be awarded the [[George Cross]].<ref>[http://www.wewerethere.mod.uk/ww2/india_2.html World War Two – India 2] at www.wewerethere.mod.uk</ref>

Subramanian served with [[Madras Engineer Group|Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners]], a unit of the [[Indian Army]], during the [[Second World War]]. On 24 February 1944, during the Allied campaign in Italy he won the George Cross at Mignano by throwing himself onto a mine about to detonate and thus successfully protecting others from the blast. His award was gazetted posthumously on 30 June 1944. He was also awarded the [[Indian Distinguished Service Medal]].

==Footnotes==
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==References==
*Kempton, Chris, ''The Victoria Crosses and George Crosses of the Honourable East India Company and Indian Army'', Military Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-85420-309-5}}
*Turner, John Frayn, ''Awards of the George Cross, 1940–2009'', Casemate Publishers, 2010.

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