Sardar Bahadur Risaldar Major Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid (1857 - 1924), O.B.I, O.B.E., Hony. Capt. was a decorated soldier of the British Indian Army.

Family

Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid was a Muhiyal belonging to the village of Dera Bakhshian. His father Sardar Bahadur Risaldar Major Bakshi Prem Singh Vaid, O.B.I. O.M. was a decorated soldier too, and the village of Prem Kot near Nankana Sahib

Nankana Sahib

Nankana Sahib , earlier known as Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak Dev, the central figure in Sikhism who was born here, so it is a city of high historic and religious value and is a popular pilgrimage site...

 is named after him. Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid was elected president of All India Mohyal Conference of 1919 in Rawalpindi.

Military career

He was awarded the Order of British Empire for gallantry displayed in the fierce battle of Malakand

Siege of Malakand

The Siege of Malakand was the 26 July – 2 August 1897 siege of the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial British India's North West Frontier Province...

 in 1897, fought against a much larger force of Afghan tribesmen. Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

 had also participated in the same battle. He was also rewarded with large tracts of agricultural land in District Lyallpur for his contributions.