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Nand Singh was in the Indian Army during the Second World War. He was commanding a leading section in Burma during the World War II and took control to the three trenches from the Japanese enemy with a sharp edged knife. He was honoured with Victoria Cross for his courage and actionby the British Government. Victoria Cross is the highest award for bravery and chivalry that can be given to the British and Commonwealth forces. After the independence, he was honoured with the Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest award in India for the Indian military by the Indian Government.
During the Second World War, India was under the British rule. British Empire was united in the time of World War II. In September 1939, British India officially declared war against the Nazi Germany. Many men were coming forward from all over the world to volunteer their services. The largest companion of the British Army was the Indian Army. British were the part of Allied Nations and sent above two and half million volunteer soldiers to fight against the Axis Power. India was automatically involved in the war. India provided large amount of donations to support the Allied force. Indian army also fought against the Axis Powers in different places of the world. In Europe Indian army fought against the Germany and Italy, in North Africa Indian fought against Rommel, in South Asian region India fought against the Japanese in Burma. Over 87 thousand Indian soldiers died in the World War II.Soon after the Second World War, India got the independence. From North Africa to Italy, the heroism of the Indian Army who was serving the Crown was mentioned daily during the war. In Burma, British were also directly serving the Indian interests. The biggest reason behind this was Japan was planned to attack the India.
Inthe World War II, the 29 years old Nand Singh was in the position of Acting Naik. He was attached with the 1/11 Sikh Regiment in the Indian Army. He and his regiment were deployed in Burma during the Second World War.On the night of 11 and 12 March in1944 in Burma, a Japanese trooparmed with 40 powerful medium and light Machine guns and with aGrenadeDischarger penetrated in the huge army who were guarding the Maungdaw-Buthidaung Road. The Japanese army captured that place and dug tunnels and made few trenches on the sides of the hill. Naik Nand Singh was commanding the leading section of the troop. He ordered the battalion to attack and brought back the captured area in any cost. He took his troop and a very sharp edged knife and ran under heavy firing of machine guns and rifles. Though he injured in the thigh then also he ran ahead of his troop and took the charge of the first trench with a bare sharp knife. Then alone he crawled and took the second trench with the help of his sharp knife. But there he wounded for the second time on his face and shoulder for the grenade attack. That grenade was burst one yard away of him. At that time maximum members of his troop was either killed or badly injured. After a short while, he pulled himself and attacked the third trench. He killed all the occupants of the third trench with his sharp edged knife. These three trenches became the trump card for the battalion. Rest of the troop were able to seize the top of the hill and made a deal with the Japanese enemy.
Naik Nand Singh personally killed seven enemies in that mission. He was solely responsible for occupied the entire area again with his bravery, determination and outstanding spirit. Many individuals performance in the remote jungle area were taking the place in the top British official records. Afterward the King has been graciously approved to respect the Indian Army men by giving Victoria Cross. They gave Victoria Cross to the Acting Naik Nand Sing for his service and bravery in Burma.
After the independence of India, Nand Singh achieved the Jemadar rank in Indian Army. In October 1947, when Indo-Pak war began, Jemadar Nand Singh and his troop 1 Sikh was the first troop that deployed in the war zone. They were the prime team in the Jammu and Kashmir Operation. That was the mission where Indian troop were determined to prevent the planned attack of Pakistani rebels in Jammu and Kashmir. On 12 December of 1947, Nand Singh directed his troop in a desperate attack to remove his troop from a trap in the hills in Uri of Kashmir. He was severely injured in this mission by a burst of machine gun and later he died. He died at the age of 33 years.
He was treated brutally by the Pakistani army after his death. The Pakistani army was identified Nand Sing for his VC ribbon. They occupied his dead body and took him in Muzaffarabad. There Pakistanis tied him in a face down position on a truck and paraded in the entire area with a loudspeaker declaring that this would be the destiny of every Indian VC. After that they throw his body into a garbage junkyard. Unfortunately his body was never recovered to do the proper funeral.
After the independence of India, Jemadar NandSingh was honoured with the Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest Indian award for battlefield graciousness. He is one of the rare Indian Army men who were honoured with the Victoria Cross as well as Maha Vir Chakra.
The Indian Army man Jemadar Nand Singh was born in the village of Bahadurpur in Punjab. A local bus stand is named after him in the town Bareta, the nearest town to his village. He is honoured with a statue as a memorial in Bathinda. Locally that place is known as Fauji Chowk. He is always remembered by the Indian Army as a fearless, brave Indian soldier.
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