Gertrude Alice Ram

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]

She died in Mussoorie in April 2002.[7]

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  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