"First Indian to Win the Victoria Cross: Khudadad Khan " Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Oct 2015 9:47 p.m. PST |
"During the First Battle of Ypres on the 31st October 1914, Khudadad Khan became both the first Indian and the first Muslim to win the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest decoration for gallantry. Khan was a sepoy (private) of the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis a regiment of the British Indian Army raised in the Punjab Province of British India, present-day Pakistan…"
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