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Gian Singh
Naik Gian Singh (5 October 19156 October 1996) was a 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. ==Biography== Singh was born in Sahabpur, a village in the Nawanshahr district (now, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district) of eastern Punjab. He was 29 years old, and a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment in the British Indian Army, when during the Burma Campaign 1944–45 of World War II he performed the deeds for which he was awarded the VC. The citation reads: Singh was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George VI, in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 16 October 1945. Remaining with the Indian Army until retirement, he died in 1996.
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