Indian Military Personnel by Type - Indian Military Personnel Killed in Action, Indian Military Personnel Who Committed Suicide (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 185. Not illustrated. Chapters: Indian Military Personnel Killed in Action, Indian Military Personnel Who Committed Suicide, Indian Prisoners of War, Indian Recipients of the Victoria Cross, List of Victoria Cross Recipients of the Indian Army, Rani Lakshmibai, Arun Khetarpal, Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Shaitan Singh, Ardeshir Tarapore, Mian Ghulam Jilani, Anuj Nayyar, Subedar Joginder Singh, Umrao Singh, Manoj Kumar Pandey, Abdul Hamid, Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Som Nath Sharma, Vikram Batra, Ali Haidar, Kambampati Nachiketa, Rani Durgavati, Premindra Singh Bhagat, Vijayant Thapar, Ganju Lama, Khudadad Khan, Ishar Singh, Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair, Nawang Kapadia, Nand Singh, Subedar Randhir Singh, Fazal Din, Lala, Sher Shah, Darwan Singh Negi, Mohammad Usman, Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan, Richhpal Ram, Kamal Ram, Bhandari Ram, Mahendra Nath Mulla, Gobind Singh, Mir Dast, Namdeo Jadav, Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Shahamad Khan, Gian Singh, Chatta Singh, Parkash Singh, Chhelu Ram, Ram Sarup Singh, Prakash Singh, Haneef Uddin, Yeshwant Ghadge, Shish Ram Gill, Vijay Rattan Choudhry, Abdul Hafiz, Gobar Singh Negi, Surjan Singh Bhandari, Rani Avantibai. Excerpt: The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded to 153 members of the British Indian Army and civilians under its command, from 1857 until independence in 1947. The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It takes precedence over all other Orders, decorations and medals. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and to civilians under military command. The VC is traditionally presented to the recipient by the British monarch during an investiture at Buckingham Palace, though in a large number of cases this was not possible and it was presen...