"Badluram ka Badan" ("Badluram's Body") is the regimental song of the Assam Regimentof the Indian Army. Major M. T. Proktor created the song in honour of Rifleman Badluram, a soldier of the Assam Regiment of the British Indian Army who died from a gunshot wound while fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. After Badluram's death, the quartermaster CQMH (company quarter master havildar) Kandarpa Rajbongshi could not remove his name from the rations roster since the company's communications were cut off by the Japanese forces and the company continued to draw rations in Badluram's name. This extra ration helped the company survive through a siege when Japanese troops surrounded them during the Battle of Kohima and supplies were cut. Accordingly, the song was composed in Badluram's honour with the lyrics "We get rations because Badluram's body is buried beneath
I studied in a military school and we used to sing in English as a child. Forgot the lyrics. Reminds me of our childhood days in Leena school Lovedale. I think they song would go ..the banner is flying high Halle Halle hallelujah The banners flying high. Hallelujah
Okay, I know it's a bit skewed, but Badluram saved the lives of british indian army. they were fighting the Japanese? Or was it an allied front of INA by subhash chandra bose and the japanese who were against the british in world war? Badluram ration saved the people who, if died, might have helped INA to actually do something substantial in the fight against british oppression. The INA units were disregarded as civilians or traitors and never got the soldier pension they deserved. I might be wrong in facts somewhere, but I'm just a young Indian who questions things rather than accepting it as you try to portray it.
