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 [[File:King George VI is driven past cheering Indian troops on his way to a ceremony to invest Sepoy Kamal Ram with the Victoria Cross, Italy, 26 July 1944. NA17265.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[King George VI]] is driven past cheering [[British Indian Army|Indian troops]] on his way to a ceremony to invest Sepoy Kamal Ram with the [[Victoria Cross]], Italy, 26 July 1944.]]
-[[George VI|King George VI]] presented him with the medal in Italy in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defencedynamics.mod.uk/multimedia-library/419-Sepoy_Kamal_Ram_VC |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101208180940/http://www.defencedynamics.mod.uk/multimedia-library/419-Sepoy_Kamal_Ram_VC |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2010 |title=Sepoy Kamal Ram VC |website=nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> He remained in the [[Indian Army]] post-independence, rising to the rank of ''[[Havildar]]'' (sergeant) before receiving a promotion to ''[[Jemadar]]'' (now ''[[Junior commissioned officer|Naib subedar]]'') on 18 May 1960,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=197  |date=6 August 1960 |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref> and further promotions to ''[[Subedar]]'' on 1 March 1964 and to ''[[Junior commissioned officer|Subedar-major]]'' on 1 January 1970.<ref>{{cite news|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=503|date=12 December 1964|publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=313|date=7 March 1970|publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref> He retired in 1972 with the rank of ''[[Junior commissioned officer#Honorary commission|Honorary Lieutenant]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=101|date=15 August 1972|publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref> and died in 1982.
+[[George VI|King George VI]] presented him with the medal in Italy in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defencedynamics.mod.uk/multimedia-library/419-Sepoy_Kamal_Ram_VC |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101208180940/http://www.defencedynamics.mod.uk/multimedia-library/419-Sepoy_Kamal_Ram_VC |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2010 |title=Sepoy Kamal Ram VC |website=nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref> He remained in the [[Indian Army]] post-independence, rising to the rank of ''[[Havildar]]'' (sergeant) before receiving a promotion to ''[[Jemadar]]'' (now ''[[Junior commissioned officer|Naib subedar]]'') on 18 May 1960,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=197  |date=6 August 1960 |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref> and further promotions to ''[[Subedar]]'' on 1 March 1964 and to ''[[Junior commissioned officer|Subedar-major]]'' on 1 January 1970.<ref>{{cite news|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=503|date=12 December 1964|publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=313|date=7 March 1970|publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref> He retired in 1972 with the rank of ''[[Junior commissioned officer#Honorary commission|Honorary Lieutenant]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=101|date=15 August 1972|publisher=[[The Gazette of India]]}}</ref> and died in 1982.
 == The medal ==