The Ghuznee Medal.—1830
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THE INDIAN WAR MEDAL.
1799–1826.
On the 21st. of March, 1851, a General Order was issued, announcing that
The Queen had been pleased to signify her assent to a measure that had
been proposed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, of
granting a medal to the surviving officers and soldiers of the Crown,
who were engaged in the following services in India:—Storm of Allighur,
September 4th., 1803; Battle of Delhi, September 11th., 1803; Battle of
Assaye, September 23rd., 1803; Siege of Asseer Ghur, October 21st.,
1803; Battle of Lawsarree, November 1st., 1803; Battle of Argaum,
November 29th., 1803; Siege and Storm of Gawilghur, December 15th.,
1803; Defence of Delhi, October, 1804; Battle of Deig, November 13th.,
1804; Capture of Deig, December 23rd., 1804; War in Nepaul in 1816;
Battle of Kirkee, and Battle and Capture of Poona, November, 1817;
Battle of Seetabuldee, and Battle and Capture of Nagpoor, November and
December, 1817; Battle of Maheidpore, December 21st., 1817; Defence of
Corygaum, January 1st., 1818; War in Ava, 1824 to 1826; and Siege and
Capture of Bhurtpore, January, 1826.
The mode of application was similar to that specified in the General
Order granting the War Medal, (_see War or Peninsula Medal, post_,) but
the concluding paragraph announced that, “It having, moreover, been
represented to Her Majesty, that the officers and soldiers of the Crown,
who were engaged in the Mysore war, and at the Siege of Seringapatam had
already received medals from the East India Company for those services,
Her Majesty has further been graciously pleased to permit the same to be
worn by them with their uniforms.”