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Sher e Hind

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Type
  
Neck order / Medal.

Posthumous awards
  
Unknown

Awarded for
  
Valour

Last awarded
  
Second World War

Total awarded
  
Unknown

Next (higher)
  
None

First awarded
  
Second World War

Distinct recipients
  
Captain Kanwal Singh

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Eligibility
  
Soldiers of the Indische Legion, Indian National Army, and the Wehrmacht.

Status
  
Currently not existent.

The Sher-e-Hind (Tiger of India) was the highest military decoration awarded by the Azad Hind Government, which was an Indian government in exile established in Singapore in 1943. First instituted by Subhas Chandra Bose in Germany, this award 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 two awards were made, one to Captain Kunwal Singh and one to Capt Ganeshi Lal.

References

Sher-e-Hind Wikipedia