Khudadad Khan was the first South Asian soldier in the British Army to receive the highest military award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross, during the First World War. In which country was he fighting where he performed the act of bravery, which earned him the Victoria Cross?

(A) France
(B) Austria
(C) Belgium
(D) Netherlands

Khudadad Khan was awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary act of bravery in Belgium. On October 31, 1914, at the First Battle of Ypres, Khudadad Khan continued to operate his machine gun at Hollebeke despite being gravely wounded and surrounded by German soldiers.