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Major Rama Raghoba Rane, PVC (26 June 1918 – 11 July 1994) was an Indian military officer. He was the first living recipient of India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, which he was awarded along with Karam Singh. Born in 1918, Rane served in the British Indian Army during the Second World War.
Major Rama Raghoba Rane (back then he was a Second Lieutenant) was an officer in the Indian Army who participated in the first Ind0-Pakistan War of 1947.
Major Rama Raghoba Rane was a commissioned officer in the Indian Army. He served during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1947-48 and was awarded the nation’s highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra. It was because of his brave actions; that the Rajauri District of Kashmir was captured by the Indian Army.
On 8 April 1948, Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane, Bombay Engineers, was ordered to be in charge of the mine and roadblock clearing party at Mile 26 on the Naushera-Rajouri road which passes through very hilly country.
Major Rama Raghoba Rane, PVC was an officer in the Indian Army. He was the first living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration. Major Rane served in the British Indian Army during the Second World War.
Jul 11, 1994 · The naval warship museum in Karwar has a statue erected in his honour. The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) named fifteen of its Crude Oil Tankers in honour of the Param Vir Chakra recipients. They had a crude oil tanker named MT “Lt. Ram Raghoba Rane, PVC”.
