Gertrude Alice Ram

Gertrude Alice Ram was the first female major general of the Indian Army.[1][2]

Ram was appointed as director of the Military Nursing Services on 27 August 1976. She retired on 31 December 1979.[3]

Ram is a recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.[4][5][6]

She died in Mussoorie in April 2002.[7]

References
  1. Banerjee, Mukul (1976). Women On The March. Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. Bhatnagar, Shikha (2020). Women's Empowerment & Gender Parity Gender Sensitization - Book 1. Notion Press. ISBN 9781636337203. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. Jessie B. Tellis-Nayak, ed. (1983). Indian Womanhood, Then and Now; Situation, Efforts, Profiles. Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra. p. 252.
  4. Ministry of Defence (India) (1979). Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces. p. 3.
  5. Indian and Foreign Review. 1978. p. 29.
  6. Indian Red Cross Journal. Indian Red Cross Society. 1980. p. 27.
  7. Sociology of Indian Society by C N Shankar Rau


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