Photo taken outside Singha Durbar, between Nov. 16- 22, 1945. George R. Merrell, then U.S. Chargé d'Affaires at New Delhi, presented the Legion of Merit to Prime Minister the Maharaja Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana in recognition of the role played by Gurkha soldiers from Nepal in the British Army during World War II. (all individuals listed from left) (SJBR= Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana) 1.Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel R. Hoskot 2.Babar SJBR 3.Maharaja Padma SJBR, Prime Minister 4.George Merrell, American Charge d'Affaires a.i. at New Delhi 5.Mohan SJBR, Commander-in-Chief 6.J. Jefferson Jones III 7.Commanding General Kaiser SJBR. Photo taken by Ganesh Man Chitrakar.
- Content Type
- Photograph
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- 365
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- Nepal
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- EAP838/1/3/1/90
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- Access is for research purposes only
