Allegiance India Role Commissioned officer Unit Regiment of Artillery Name Sartaj Singh Rank Lieutenant general | Commands held Southern Command Service/branch Indian Army Years of service ?–1974 Died April 23, 1998 | |
Battles/wars World War II
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Awards George Medal, Padma Bhushan Battles and wars World War II, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
Lieutenant General Sartaj Singh (died 23 April 1998) was a general officer of the Indian Army. He was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery of the British Indian Army in 1940, and served as an anti-tank gunner in Ceylon. After completing training to serve as a gunnery staff instructor in the UK in 1947, he served as the first Indian instructor at the School of Artillery in Deolali. He served on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Congo, and commanded a division in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972 for his outstanding services to the nation. At the time of his retirement in 1974 he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command, with the rank of lieutenant general.
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