Multiple choice general knowledge

First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence)

  1. Arjan Singh

  2. Khudada Khan

  3. Sinhji

  4. G.V. Mavlankar
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Explanation

Khudada Khan was a sepoy in the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis who received the Victoria Cross in 1914 for gallantry in WWI, becoming the first Indian recipient of Britain's highest military award. The Victoria Cross was indeed the pre-independence equivalent of independent India's Param Vir Chakra.

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