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Limbu was born in Chyangthapu village, Tehrathum, in East Nepal, and later lived in Damak.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 July 1939","date":"1939-07-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Chyangthapu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3410680"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"22 April 2023","date":"2023-04-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Lalitpur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6647","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/lalitpur-nepal"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173#P106"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Victoria Cross","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219578","date":"1966"},{"text":"Royal Victorian Order","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94050"},{"text":"Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2059227"},{"text":"Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1581457"},{"text":"Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194540"},{"text":"Member of the Royal Victorian Order","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12193926","date":"1984"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambahadur_Limbu","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Rambahadur Limbu born?","a":"Rambahadur Limbu was born on 8 July 1939 in Chyangthapu."}],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/rambahadur-limbu-225a0162f4.jpg","width":500,"height":632,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Jack1956 at English Wikipedia","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rambahadur_Limbu_VC.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Rambahadur Limbu","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambahadur_Limbu","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): भि सी रामबहादुर लिम्बु","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7289173","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289173","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Rambahadur Limbu VC.jpg by Jack1956 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rambahadur_Limbu_VC.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Rambahadur Limbu, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Rambahadur Limbu VC.jpg — Jack1956 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Rambahadur Limbu\". DigiNepal. Last updated 12 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/rambahadur-limbu. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-12T06:16:56Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/rambahadur-limbu","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/rambahadur-limbu","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/rambahadur-limbu?lang=ne"}}