Private Aung San Thuriya Suk Bahdur Rai (Nepali: सुक बहादुर राई, Burmese: ဆွတ်(ခ်)ဗဟာဒူးရိုင်း) (serial No.(kyee) 01914) was the only Gurkha (ဂေါ်ရခါး in Burmese) to have received Aung San Thuriya medal, the highest and most prestigious award in Myanmar (Burma) for gallantry and bravery in the face of enemy.[1]
Suk Bahdur Rai ဆွတ်(ခ်)ဗဟာဒူးရိုင်း | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1950 |
| Allegiance | Union of Burma |
| Rank | Private |
| Awards | Aung San Thuriya |
He was killed in action while fighting against invading Kuomintang (KMT) troops of General Li Mi of China in the Battle of Tachileik Highway in Shan State, Myanmar in 1950.[2] 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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- ^ "သမိုင်းဝင်ဘွဲ့ထူးတစ်ခုနှင့် နေ့တစ်နေ့ကိုလှစ်ဟခြင်း". 7Day Daily - ၇ ရက် နေ့စဉ် သတင်းစာ. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ Defence Museum, Yangon
- ^ "Aung San Thuriya Suk Bahadur Rai Street, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)". placesmap.net. Retrieved 2017-09-01.