Suk Bahadur Rai


Private Aung San Thuriya Suk Bahdur Rai was the only Gurkha to have received Aung San Thuriya medal, the highest and most prestigious award in Myanmar for gallantry and bravery in the face of enemy.
He was killed in action while fighting against invading Kuomintang troops of General Li Mi of China in the Battle of Tachileik Highway in Shan State, Myanmar in 1950.Throughout the action, he displayed conspicuous gallantry and responsible for killing several enemy combatants.
Suk Bahdur Rai was honoured and awarded Aung San Thuriya medal posthumously by President Mahn Win Maung.

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