Gertrude Alice Ram Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Banerjee . Mukul . Women On The March . 1976 . Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee . 29 October 2022.
2. Book: Bhatnagar . Shikha . Women's Empowerment & Gender Parity Gender Sensitization - Book 1 . 2020 . Notion Press . 9781636337203 . 29 October 2022.
3. Book: Indian Womanhood, Then and Now; Situation, Efforts, Profiles . 252 . 1983 . Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra . Jessie B. Tellis-Nayak.
4. Book: 3 . Sainik Samachar

   The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces

   . 1979 . Ministry of Defence (India).
5. Book: . 1978 . 29.
6. Book: Indian Red Cross Journal . 27 . 1980 . Indian Red Cross Society.
7. Sociology of Indian Society by C N Shankar Rau