Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Mahout

Unit:

Forest Department, Jalpaiguri, Rajshahi Division, British Indian Government

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1939

Aihman Sing assisted Mr. A. V. Pullan, Manager of Kartick Tea Estate, to follow up a tigress that had been wounded and had mauled one of the coolies on Turturi Tea Estate.

The tigress, which was lying up in dense jungle, leapt out unexpectedly at close quarters and put to flight the elephant on which Mr. Pullan was riding. In the course of its flight the elephant stumbled and threw off her mahout and Mr. Pullan who was seized and badly mauled by the tigress.

The second elephant, driven by Aihman Sing mahout, also took fright and bolted. Amman Sing pulled her up in a short distance and brought her back towards the scene of the accident. He was unable to bring her right up to Mr. Pullan. By a great effort the latter, although suffering from a fractured leg and arm and other injuries, managed to crawl towards Aihman Sing who seated 'his elephant and hauled him on to the pad and thus got him away to safety.

The tigress meanwhile attempted to get at the other mahout who had climbed a small tree. Having delivered Mr. Pullan to safety Aihman Sing returned to the scene and rescued the other mahout by running his elephant under the tree and so enabling him to leap on to the pad.

Aihman Sing Dhanwar undoubtedly saved the life of Mr. Pullan and possibly also of the other mahout.