Sardar-e-Jung

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Sardar-e-Jung
The Sardar-e-Jung award with swords.
Awarded by Azad Hind
Type	Badge
Eligibility	Soldiers of the Indische Legion, Indian National Army, and the Wehrmacht.
Awarded for	Valour
Status	Currently not existent.
Statistics
First awarded	Second World War
Last awarded	Second World War
Total awarded	Unknown
Posthumous awards	Unknown
Distinct recipients	Colonel Shaukat Hayat Malik, Captain Shanghara Singh Mann
Precedence
Next (higher)	Sher-e-Hind
Next (lower)	Vir-e-Hind

The Sardar-e-Jung was the second highest military decoration by the awarded by the Azad Hind Government. 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 two awards were made, one to Colonel Shaukat Hayat Malik for the capture of Moirang, and to Capt Shanghara Singh Mann. Capt. Mann was also awarded the Vir-e-Hind medal.

• Sher-e-Hind
• Indian National Army
• Indische Legion

[edit] External links

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

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