Major General Gertrude Alice Ram, PVSM was the first female general officer 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]
References
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- ^ Jessie B. Tellis-Nayak, ed. (1983). Indian Womanhood, Then and Now; Situation, Efforts, Profiles. Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra. p. 252.
- ^ Ministry of Defence (India) (1979). Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces. p. 3.
- ^ Indian and Foreign Review. 1978. p. 29.
- ^ Indian Red Cross Journal. Indian Red Cross Society. 1980. p. 27.
- ^ Sociology of Indian Society by C N Shankar Rau