Shahamad Khan
Shahmed Khan was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.A Punjabi Muslim Rajput from District Rawalpindi in modern Pakistan, he was 36 years old, and a Naik in the 89th Punjabis, British Indian Army during the First World War. He served on the Tigris Front in Mesopotamia, when the following deed took place, for which he was awarded the VC:
He later achieved the rank of Subedar. He is buried in his ancestral village of Takhti, Pakistan.
