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(DEFENCE 11MG) the President Has Awarded Padma Vibhushan To PRESS IMFORMATION BTPEAU (DEFENCE 11MG) GOVEFITMENT OF INDIA PTESS NOTE The President has awarded Padma Vibhushan to General Jayanto Math Chauc1huri Chief of the Ariy Staff and AirMarshal Irjan Sinh, Chief of the Air Staff. N The President has also awarded Padma J3hushan to Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh3 General Officer Conranding-in-Chief, Mestarn Cormand, Lieutenant General Kash:ir Singh Katoch, General Officer Conmandin, XV Corps, Lieutenant General Joginder Sinh Dhillon, General Officer Comnanding, XI Corps, Lieutenant General Patrick Oswald Dunn, General Officer Connanding I Corps, Air Vice Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Vice Chief of Air Staff, and Air Vice Marshal Rarnasrarny Rajaram, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, lestern Air Comnand (The award of Padria Vibhushan is nade for exceptional and distinguished service in any field, and that of Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order in any field) nistrofDefe New Delhi, Kartika 18, 1387/Novejber 95 1965. 2 -'0•- - 0 - G7AI I N, I C1i..JTDHUIJ General Jayantohath Chaudhir:i Chief of the Cray Staff. ens bozen on June 10, 1902 and received ais early educat on In Calcutta and he Hishate School, London, He obtained nomination to the loyal Military Collee. Sandhurst, and was c noisnioneO in February 13f3 Fe joined the 7th Liht Cavalry. Gen Chaudhuri attenoed e :ou o 3 ff Coo 0ueLt Jr 190 and immediately after 9 went oversees with thc fnaousFth md Ian DivI ior 11th ham he can sov1ce in to OLrM' C o rca, hy ia an th Western Desert. Hi lt appoi ,-it—Tit i( tbe dJe fet tt djutant alrid Ouartcr 5Le'-(ee 1 1-iis D±ior J ir d tho ODE end was three times nentioaed in Despatches. On return to India, Gen.Chaudhurj was posted as senior dnsructos at the Staff College, uetta. IU August 1944, he took over conrsari of the 16th Light Cavalry, the scab -mostrecinent of the Indian Armoarof Camps, This was the first armoured regiment to be led into battle by an Indian Comr:anding Officer. Under hiF, corn1ar it noveL fon .ue.te to Meiktila, a 3,000 rile nrch to ±n -he fahtmg in Burn rdr his command, the regiment, arhich oias later in th lead of our narch on Rangoon, w on great renonw for its part in th fighting in Central lurria, At the end of the Burma camaaign, he saw service in Fronch Indo-China with his regiment and in Java. With his appointment in January 1946 os Dridier-.in-Chore. .dministrat ion, Malaya Command, Gen Ohaudhuri was thc third Indian to become Brigadier in the Indian Army, In 1946, h was selected to command the Indian Victory Coritilgent to London raina year later., he 17flt to Sngland to attend a course at, the Imperial Defence College, one of the first two Indian officers to attend it. On his return to India in November 1947, he became Brigolier Pians) and lacer Director of i1litary Operations and IntE iloce at rn In C:nrcr/ 1 S o rCC promoted aJor Gereral and ecane omficatn CL Staff. of the 9no In May 1948, Gen.Chuiri took over command of th0 lst rmourod Division which olayed a wal or roic n th a aue :t r successi ul and of thePolicection% t a in nycoraban, &en, Cnauahui- j ;s aPpointed Military Govornor of the State in Spt@ r. hp 1942 i offc€ ho Continued till DL nbsr e counanded the 1t - Ditision until he becene L utat o In January 1953, he a mm H, ir l\r amm took over as Ch3f of the Gemmral btaii, ry HQ. In December 1955, he left ) in took over Connrja t Corps in the rank of Lbout General 3 lelogation to China. In 195g, h headot a arilitamm Gen. J.N.Chaudhurj took over as Genera Officer Comnjj.n..i j:_Cb c f southern Command, on Nay 25, 1259 at Foona, Ce CIC-in-C, Southern command, he was In overall command of the oPerations in Goa in DeCember 1961. General Chajook over as Chicf of the -Amy Staff on November 20, 1962. ovemher 9, 1965. -2- ___--n5- i' TTL RTT DC r Marshal rjan Sinhg, 5 the tooc over Chief of the Jr Staff on august 1, 1964 brin s to his job the experience of a keen operational flyer, a trusted Coisi.ancor and an able administrator. In his ir Force career which started in 1939 ir llarshal rjan Singh has flown no less than 60 different typos of sinle and r.u.lti- erined aircraft ranging from nrc-ran Harts to modern Gnats and Super Constellations, Even during the Chinese aggression in 1962, he availed himself of the opportunity offered during his inspection visits to do a number of air droocins sorties in the oseratienal areas, Recognition of Jrlershal .d.rjan Singh' s merit first cane seJa he was awarded the Distinesislsed Flying Cross in 1944 for being a "fearless and exceptional pilot with a perfect knonlede of his specialised branch of tactical reconnaissance end as an inspiring squadron commanders" In 1945 he was given command of the 1Y display fliht which toured ropnd India givin:: demonstrations at various cities. Thother historic Occasion in the Chief of dir Staff is flying career was his leading the formation flynst ov:r the Fed Fott in Hen Delhi on dugust 16, 1947 when ti-s.c late Prime iJnistcn, $hri Jasaharlal Nehru, unfurled the Indian National Flee for the first time at the historic Fort ir Marshal rj n $ h sl e to distencteoc of caeing ld the Republic Day flypast for seven years. In one ef these, 110 piston and jet aircraft particinated, the largest number up-to-date. dir Marshal drjan binJ v!as born on denil IF, 1919, at Lyalrur. He was educated at Montgomery, noss7 in lest Pakistan, and later at the overnment College, Lal-sore. I.e left the college in 1939 on being selected for pilots' trainine at Cranvsell, i.K. ., rhech he joined in ugust of the sane year, -Ic,-,.,as so 1 5oOO i ho Ir1ian in Fcrc in December 1939 and saw action in the Perth Nest Frontier, there he began his service with the P, 1 IdF Squadron. dfter a short spell of sercicsnitL. the boNd INN Squadron he rejoined the No.1 Squadron in 1942 as a Flying Officer, iI remained with the Squadron to correand it as a Squadren Leader ti the draJn and Burma operations in 1944, He led his Squadron on u number of straffing and reconnaissance sorties In that area. He was promoted ine Commander in 1d45, The sane year he attended. a course at the Staff Collese, Prackiell, U.K. Immediately after partition in _ugust 1947, ho was promoted Group Captain and given command of the Jr Force Station ,.:ibnia. Hc was posted to dir Hj as Director of Frainig in ueust 1943. ifi the succeeding year he was selected to attend the ceursi- at the donit Services Staff College, Latimore England, Soon nfter his return from the United Kinedom he was promoted .in Commodore and appointed Jr Officer Commanding Oporatioral Command in 1952 he sia appointed ir Officer_in-Chalde, ncr cc el N Oi tioi t ir LP mm as reposted to Operational Command as its dir Officer Commanding and nromotd ir Vice- erthal -inJnie 19(0 It as uc rad ai re-des igneted as ir Ot fic. :;r C oorsand ing in-Chief Op erational. Cor.snand, which he held till 1961. He nas thus porhings the only officer to have held the overall corsrand of the operational e1uadron of the Indian dir Force for almost seven years, dftef s torn in dir HQ cs dir Officor-in-Charge, dministretJ os. from 1961 to tics end of 1962 jic., C' . / he was apooiictrsd S ic C7IJf of ftc ir ltcff on Ju.a 1, He took over, as the Vice-Chief of the llr Staff on ust 5 the year, He is a graduate of the Inperial Defnc Coll in th Urn. K in: don having successfully Coripleted. the course in 1960. irTarshal Srjaw Sinh is a well-knewn spertscan, In 1937. while a student of the Goveronent COl1t& at Lahore. he oas captaio. of the ccli ace sviianing teaw eec. had to his credit four Pun lab arid four University records in swioning. winning the all-India One-eli. swimnflg event in 1938. The sane year ricile under training as a cli. et Crennel] in the United K a-dor e 000mtad ice-Pre:a t o the suamr v and athletic t a a 7as Ceef-de- ic_or of to Continoent for the 1956 Olynpisd at Melbourne. ir Marshal Srjan Sinrh was the overallcoracanfor of the ;jciin air traing exercises ttShiksha? held in India in November 1063 siLk te United States jr Force, the Royal kir Force and the Royal Sustralian SIr Force, Sir MarshalL .irjan 3inh was sober of th led ion 001 OiiO 5; 1:550 which visited lVashington for talks with the lInseed 5tte Sod one officials earlier this year. Hoverobe-r 9, 1965. SIGH) r. C. Born in Sn'rur, Jind :3ta:e in punjab on Jet. 1) 1913, Lt. 3on. H3rbaksh S1'i7h pasd out fror the Thdian i.eY in 1935 securin' econd ,sition. .fter afi aoaon- mend for xie year with ryi1 and 3outherbnd ih1nders at iaa1pindi'w 'where he sai active service ii the ha1,id ra'ions, he joined the 5/11 Sikh Reimt at Auranabad Li uust 1937. Gen. H.arbaksh :u'jved ith his unit to Razrnik in 151G ani then t çuetta in 1940 'where the unit underwent trim- ior id desert and jun1e ..arfare.
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