Editing Agansing Rai (section)

==Victoria Cross==
Agansing Rai was a 24-year-old [[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] in the 2nd Battalion, [[5th Royal Gurkha Rifles]], in the [[Indian Army during World War II]], when he led his section in an attack on one of two posts which had been taken by the enemy and were threatening the British forces' communications on 26 June 1944 near the town of [[Bishenpur, Manipur|Bishenpur]] in the state of [[Manipur]], [[India]].

Under withering fire Agansing Rai and his party charged a machine-gun. Agansing Rai killed three of the crew. When the first position had been taken, he then led a dash on a machine-gun firing from the jungle, where he killed three of the crew, his men accounting for the rest. He subsequently tackled an isolated bunker single-handed, killing all four occupants. The enemy became so demoralised that they fled and the second post was recaptured.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36730|supp=y|page=4569|date=3 October 1944}}</ref>