Vir-e-Hind

Infobox Military Award
name= Vir-e-Hind


caption= The Vir-e-Hind award without swords.
awarded_by= Azad Hind
status= Currently not existent.
type= Medal.
eligibility=Soldiers of the Indische Legion, Indian National Army, and the Wehrmacht.
for= Distinguished service.
first_award= Second World War
last_award= Second World War
total= Unknown
posthumous= Unknown
recipients= Captain Shanghara Singh Mann
higher=Sardar-e-Jung
lower= Shahid-e-Bharat

The Vir-e-Hind (Warrior of India) was a military decoration awarded by the Azad Hind Government. The award was a second class star below the award of Sardar-e-Jung. First instituted by Subhas Chandra Bose in Germany, it was later also awarded to troops of the Indian National Army in South East Asia. The award could be conferred with swords for valour in combat, and without swords for non-combat awards. At least one awards was made, to Capt Shanghara Singh Mann. Capt. Mann was also awarded the Sardar-e-Jung medal.

ee also

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*Indian National Army
*Indische Legion

External links

*http://www.ww2awards.com/award/1193
*http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-medals/nazi6.htm
*http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1819