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{{short description|Imdian recipient of the Victoria Cross}} | |||
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| image = File:Illustrated War News, Dec. 23, 1914, page 38, left side - Darwan Sing Negi.jpg | | 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. | | 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| | | birth_date = {{birth date|1883|3|4|df=y}} | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|1950|6|24| | | 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 | ||
| burial_place = | | burial_place = | ||
| allegiance = {{flag|British India|23px}} | | allegiance = {{flag|British India|23px}} | ||
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| commands = | | commands = | ||
| battles = [[World War I]] | | battles = [[World War I]] | ||
| awards = [[File:Victoria Cross | | awards = [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]] | ||
| relations = | | relations = | ||
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Negi | '''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== | |||
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 | 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. | 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> | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Gabar Singh Negi]], another World War I Victoria Cross recipient from Uttarakhand | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280301/page/n420 First ever Indian to get Victoria | * [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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