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'''Bhandari Ram''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (24 July 1919{{snd}}19 May 2002) was an | '''Bhandari Ram''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (24 July 1919{{snd}}19 May 2002) was an Indian recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], 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. | ||
== Details == | == Details == | ||
Bhandari Ram was born in 1919 at the village of Auhar, which was part of [[Kahlur|Bilaspur State]] (now [[Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh]]). He was | Bhandari Ram was born in Brahmin family 1919 at the village of Auhar, which was part of [[Kahlur|Bilaspur State]] (now [[Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh]]). He was [[Sepoy]] in the 16th Battalion [[10th Baluch Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] (now the [[Baloch Regiment]], [[Pakistan Army]]), fighting against the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese Army]] in the [[Burma Campaign|Burmese Campaign]] during [[World War II]], when he performed deeds during the [[Third Arakan Offensive]] for which he was awarded the VC.<ref>Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1939-1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. pp. 138–39. {{ISBN|1-84574-094-7}}</ref><ref>Thatcher, WS. (1980). ''The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Second World War''. Abbottabad: The Baluch Regimental Centre. pp. 499–501.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Best|first=Brian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9hgDwAAQBAJ&dq=bhandari+ram+vc+%22brahmin%22&pg=PT155|title=The Forgotten VCs: The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2|date=2017-10-30|publisher=Casemate Publishers|isbn=978-1-5267-1799-3|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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The [[George VI|KING]] has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS to:- | The [[George VI|KING]] has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS to:- | ||