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Kamal Ram
Sepoy Kamal Ram VC (17 December 19241 July 1982) 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 British and Commonwealth forces. He was the second-youngest Indian recipient of the award.
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Kamal Ram Gurjar was born into a Gurjar family on 17 December 1924, at Bindapura Bholupura village of Karauli District, Rajasthan, India. His father's name was Shiv Chand Gurjar.
During World War II, he served in the 3rd Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment, British Indian Army (now the 3rd Battalion, Baloch Regiment, Pakistan Army). He was 19 years old, with the rank of Sepoy, when, on 12 May 1944, his battalion assaulted the formidable German defences of the Gustav Line, across the River Gari in Italy; and he performed the deeds for which he was awarded the VC.〔Ahmad, Maj Rifat Nadeem, and Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2006). ''Unfaded Glory: The 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. p. 280.〕 King George VI presented him with the medal in Italy in 1944.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sepoy Kamal Ram VC )〕 He later rose to the rank of Subedar. He died in 1982.
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