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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 750

The I.P.M. awarded to Constable A. G. Khan, Rangoon Police, for his gallantry in breaking up a knife fight in the streets in July 1934

Indian Police Medal, for Meritorious Service, G.V.R. (Abdul Gaffoor Khan. Const. Rangoon Police.), very fine

I.P.M. Gazette of India 3 November 1934 (Burma):

'On the night of the 20th July 1934 Haw Khwet, a Chinaman, and one Mohamed Hussein came to blows in a street in Rangoon and Mohamed Hussein stabbedi Haw Khwet eight times with a clasp knife.

A crowd collected but no one dared to intervene as Mohamed Hussein was under the influence of liquor and kept brandishing his knife. On hearing a police whistle, Constable Abdul Gaffoor Khan who was on beat duty in the vicinity went to the spot and without hesitation closed with Mohamed Hussein and, after a struggle, succeeded in disarming him. The constable's action, which saved Haw Khwet's life, was an act of commendable gallantry.'

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