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| allegiance = {{flag|British India}}<br />{{flag|India}} | | allegiance = {{flag|British India}}<br />{{flag|India}} | ||
| branch = {{army|British Raj}}<br>{{army|India}} | | branch = {{army|British Raj}}<br>{{army|India}} | ||
| serviceyears = | | serviceyears = 1950-1963 | ||
| rank = [[File:India-Army-OR-6.svg|20px]] [[Havildar]] | | rank = [[File:India-Army-OR-6.svg|20px]] [[Havildar]] | ||
| commands = | | commands = | ||
| unit = [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] | | unit = [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] | ||
| battles = [[World War II]] | | battles = [[World War II]] | ||
| awards = [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] <br> [[File:Victoria Cross | | awards = [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] <br> [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]] <br> [[File:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png|30px]] [[1939–45 Star]] <br> [[File:Ribbon - Italy Star.png|30px]] [[Italy Star]] <br> [[File:Ribbon - War Medal.png|30px]] [[War Medal 1939–1945]] <br> [[File:Ribbon India Service Medal.png|30 px]] [[India Service Medal]] <br> [[File:Ribbon - QE II Coronation Medal.png|30px]] [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]] | ||
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Having silenced all machine gun fire from the east bank, he then climbed on to the top of it and, in spite of heavy mortar fire, stood in the open shouting the Mahratta war cry and waving the remainder of the Companies across the river. | Having silenced all machine gun fire from the east bank, he then climbed on to the top of it and, in spite of heavy mortar fire, stood in the open shouting the Mahratta war cry and waving the remainder of the Companies across the river. | ||
This Sepoy not only saved the lives of his comrades, but his outstanding gallantry and personal bravery enabled the two Companies to hold the river banks firmly, and eventually the Battalion to secure a deeper bridgehead, which in turn ultimately led to the collapse of all German resistance in the area.|sign=London Gazette, 15 June 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37134 |date=15 June 1945 |pages=3172 |supp=y}}</ref>|source=}}To commemorate his act of exceptional bravery a bust has been placed at the Aundh military station in [[Pune]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 January 2019|title=Victoria Cross awardee | This Sepoy not only saved the lives of his comrades, but his outstanding gallantry and personal bravery enabled the two Companies to hold the river banks firmly, and eventually the Battalion to secure a deeper bridgehead, which in turn ultimately led to the collapse of all German resistance in the area.|sign=London Gazette, 15 June 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37134 |date=15 June 1945 |pages=3172 |supp=y}}</ref>|source=}}To commemorate his act of exceptional bravery a bust has been placed at the Aundh military station in [[Pune]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 January 2019|title=Victoria Cross awardee Jadhav's bust at Aundh military station|work=The Times of India|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune/victoria-cross-awardee-jadhavs-bust-at-aundh-military-station/articleshow/67763966.cms|url-status=live|access-date=11 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202174227/https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune/victoria-cross-awardee-jadhavs-bust-at-aundh-military-station/articleshow/67763966.cms|archive-date=2021-01-09}}</ref> | ||
Adv Mr J.S.Savant, Bombay President, Maratha Recruitment Board, felicitated him for Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. | Adv Mr J.S.Savant, Bombay President, Maratha Recruitment Board, felicitated him for Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. | ||