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{{Infobox award
|name= Vir-e-Hind
|image=<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[Image:Vir-e-Hind.jpg|100px]] -->
|caption= The Vir-e-Hind award without swords.
|presenter= [[Azad Hind]]
|status= Currently not existent.
|type= Medal.
|eligibility=Soldiers of the [[Indische Legion]], [[Indian National Army]], and the [[Wehrmacht]]. 
|awarded_for= Distinguished service.
|firstawarded= [[Second World War]]
|lastawarded= [[Second World War]]
|total_awarded= Unknown
|total_awarded_posthumously= Unknown
|total_recipients=[[Shangara Singh Mann]]
|higher=[[Sardar-e-Jung]]
|lower= [[Shahid-e-Bharat]]}}

The '''Vir-e-Hind''' (Warrior of India)  was a [[military]] decoration awarded by the [[Azad Hind Government]]. The [[award]] was a second class star below the award of [[Sardar-e-Jung]]. 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 one award was made, to Capt [[Shangara Singh Mann]]. Capt. Mann was also awarded the [[Sardar-e-Jung]] medal.

==See also==
*[[Indian National Army]]
*[[Indische Legion]]

==External links==
*[https://www.tracesofwar.com/awards/1193 TracesOfWar.com]
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070716142416/http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-medals/nazi6.htm
*http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1819

{{Indian National Army}}

[[Category:Military awards and decorations of Azad Hind]]


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