(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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. The unit l.ter noved to its.laya in 194.
:hlle the unit was stationed at 1tuunt3u in halaya, -T1. Harbaksh was ambushed by the Japanese ) md cot eriou.s1y wounded. He rei,ained unconscious for 75 hours ad ;as evacuated to Sinaoore. ith the fa1 of 3mnon' jre Gni. Harbakhsh became prisoner-of-war. in repatriatio t Lodia in Sept ber 1945. he posted as second-ijco s;id to 4 SiIth tei1nnt mt Oampbelpur. In .pri1 1947 ) he joined Staff Colle'e course at Ouettm, and on his returo was 0osted as G-1 operations and Trainifl, oih iLmd- quartei S Eastern ommaud.
Darinc 5 cn K Operat13n.s when 3t. Col. iUnit hii, icer Coriiandin, 1 Sikh ts uLLed in ±cti Cn. Harbzkhsh volunteered to tmi 'over thit 'bit;l1Ori, He li s pos t nard of 115 Infant:Y ,ria'de 'in 5 N anc K. Limethatel on reachin r1n±ar on 31) he assue the operatinal co.m.mnid of the 3rio'ad as he Briade Com'ander I libein wounded the reviJu. eUlLi )
was evacuated to Dalhi. . ... .
Un 1'ovember 7, when the ..tw2 battalions of his orie were involved in action aainst the i,v-ider t Shelita:, asout four (:i1as from inagar, Geji. Harbakish to.c on-re D-1 the battle. The battle of $hdlltanc ',ihic cn'ed t.. a coorsiete rout of the erie ry ) provd to h: a turniri point Li the eQeriy' s invasion of Sriruar.
Later, hCCA 1 ,3iio suffered nemvy lossesf ucirk:. 50 :illed and ad equal :iu'w ci unden durin a str ori" recce p,atrol in the Jri sector, Gen. Hmrbmrchsh :smid v:1untCere to take over CD(r.üC O the natt.L1'd VCd ' down fr sir Col orie to t.I.A. C'oloel. hil he brL!Jin the batsalion back . LCh hid lost Dl, ),-_ tJc -L_Li lvL± inooflicers, JOGs, md .. U sid ..hck needed c'orrle rshaeilita:iOd, he wiS rdered to dcii .Jth trio 3itu,o1sn cr.nte by the cr'ossin 'of the fmaist±Uis into the 11o' of Liair tnromh di±_scult an suo-covercl Orite via harikikn-1J ef io the enemy was chased out of the \llY VCi .oi this h., li - foroie battalion under the 'and 'of Geti. Hmrb khsh.
Jr, hay ]943, Own. iI:mrbakish Jo render. he olarnied arid execute tfle adv.i.c of Iridt to .'.. to Iitw ii jLiV'oiVC'w i . ii''oh Sf hisdr.; owO arid SLL icrlt terr ihi. 11th. ml w asse cure .j u,od.. r ni on. !rjfld sri my .2 after .u' .mr0u 'w nit ..LetelY
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SLcoeSsfU1 opraj n ;hic' been s th s- io o2 21ba1 I JhiFj ati st1 cur atica±jv I DJ1 UIL to of itb aL. -ia2b1thsh as Gn 'are fir Cl-, for thi oer itin. In Joe 1:9 he was appointed of tba L.dii .i.lit ru .i Dehi, Thin.. He left ostia pri1 i6hn h was selected to 1ed i iciter-bervjce s SCientfj0 team to carry out a 3o::)1et S ur vy of th oerjtj 'ons in j and id to ri out a rOort C3verio all asi'ct of ootrajo]aj aa . inistrav 9rDbj.3 enoounred b. i2 th aria, : ou tX33:s In De cbber lAb, Sen. Harbakosh was ap-ooiioted B:i;adier Gnra1 3taff, estern Oomr and., alld rned in that post for fur .'a::s. Later he cor a d the 15 L1try 32i ,ad.0 Li Ju'u area,and held the :' of ire ctor of ILafaatr t '1 7 He a uarter ;. L oveinber lb57' h pr ocde to J,K to attend. the Lperial Dj f nc SjUee. n rtiniLo L 1L55 h was oroc, ot FCh'U;Lf to c orc [rL d Dlvi ,i o. He croa- ded 27 d5 Infantry Divigjojg in succeSsion. As 5Div, Ooniader, he a rajor bu:i±d:La project in Frozepore by the naioe of J: oti. LJ'J 1561,
';hen he OJ.se iri iia in botober 166, Ear rr ove d fr on-i H v-t- to y'rt—C take. char of He LLLI S or p ..
Be took Yr CI5 H'nä H ova be r 1964. in
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Lt.-Goii. Keshir ing1a K:.toch, C, (IC-83) Gencrol
Officer Coinnd1ng, £'' Gop bern on July 15', 1915.
He VmS COmieO ion:G in ti Indion rzy in July 1936. In
Jon 19 ho coiiiinded b'ttlion of the ikh Regireont.
Ho 1;n3 ororoted no Cc;rr n5or of on nfntry Drido in
November 195c, . tie o ervd no iridn.0 Gonor:l Itn.ff ot o
Corps HQ, Ltcr :m Inspector-Goncr'J of ssom Rifles, before bocominr Director of liii itory 'Op rot ono in Juno I( 1956. In Jonury 1958; hc: nnO romoted Gcrcrnl Officer
Comnnding of on Infontry Division,in the rT,nk of
JI3j1 GQn. He contiDUd os o Div Oor '.ondor till November
J262 Glien hens oppointed Director of I.Iilitory Troining t '.rr:y HQ. In H.y 1963, Lt.-Gcn. tcch eno oppointod
.djUtaflt-GCflCT3l nt rry iI in th. rn.nk of Lt.-Gcnerol. Hc boco:c Gunrnl Officer C ndin of Corps in November and 1963 cntinUeS in tht cojocity till todny. Gon. Ktoch eno :oorod ITilitory Crono deocrotien
during oporntbns in Itoly in 1944. H otnGed 3tff Collegecourse in 1945 ond IDC Course in th. U.K. in
:L961.
November 9 1965.
1t. Gtn, P.). Dunn
t ratrick Oiajd nQ, cio- ) )ic ' 0•.nnand:Ln', 1 Corps was born 'on y' 1l and vaL s co1rniss1)id in Iiidiar ci1 a July '15, 1938, He com. anded Torkhi hjtta1i" r': ,v.rer 1945 in the r a 01 n r in uai I he boe of;iciati coander f -in In f carjtr: J'a e He s s Lstructor1 Defence ervics $tf 11e- cutY Dire Ct or ilitary Tr iininrrry HO, d'iadier Gneraj Staff, HQ esternCornnnd, : Lifantr Y School, befor becorniii Chief ci' Stiff t HO :3Uthrii 0Eand in the rank ot Gen€1 i Sjtbr 161. Dili Decrbr 18 2 Jriuy 1€4. Gn. Dunn C0 landed an Infauty Division. He /a5 ajointed Da 11uty Chief of GeneralStaff it in January 1064 3 and Director of S;iff Dies in January in35, Li aril 1G65 he led hLm India: "I f3rCS in Kutch. Li .aY 7065, he as rroiote Gne:a1 Officer C -fl udan o a Corps 1fl tIi rn OX Lo.Gn.
Sen. aLU radaite d in ants and latc did Lai fron Canabridge Jniversity He Jco attnided Stjff oUge course at Cacaberley in LJJK, in 14d.
Novernber 9, 1905.
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Lt. 'G. J3iiidir Si:h Dhilloñ (I0-lT?) Gera1 J±'1cr 0o'rimindi, J Crr ii 3 nrn cii i 3vJcr 19, and 1iS c3TrriSsl cn di the ILdian •rny cii ruary .19 1936.
In oruar7 1943 njil. 6hilicn cc::cnded !i:eer Grcu2d bec-ime C 1jnder of in Irifiitry 3:ide in ecrrhr 149. He held saverñ, auiitng such as ri idieruiieer StaL' iii I Liecr-ij- ChicL's 3r3Liich, Directcr of Ihici e I GOs brarich and )irectc' of apuiis ìu Sicnt a :Ti HQ bfre becctiuncr:aj. 'Ta. in-charm cf didstratj cii iii stern Cc -rIdm in thrn:' Lmj cr in Januar' 195i. L terier lOGO, hi anunted GOC of an hiifiity Divisioii d lat in October 1961 he ea appointed Denuti Chief ol Ocral str: t p. r)hiilcn iS nr or ote d a CO$p'JLoder in th raik of jut. (ikn. 1L'I j ber 1h63) and contunu in. that capacity till toiy.
Ccii. )hillon atided StL Och±ece 3ursi in 193 and IJO course in u,iç. ill 1O5l-5.
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nT Vie C TI Pr tp Chndre L el vno born Ludhiene(Punjnb) in Deceiibr 1916e Ho VJCS :cuctod in Dcihi. •'nc Lnd)n,,', - h'CiC he r'dL1d frc Jings Cci1c. Ho JO3 prep'ring for the beT tiio Inns of Court ihen tL1dieS CJero interrunt.0 by Jorid.
'.. V.L. L l leern to fLy hobby in J233 On oubrck of e; h. veluntocred. fer eir forc. srvio J3 co;Liss toned in NovTh r 19. Je c nevigtion - nd ytne in.s':ructor n et9•J ': ervice flying Troining choL - nd No.152 Opr tionsJ Troining Unit, before being po3td .t No. 7 ce':rcn in Octobr 1241
Th n quedron, niope eitia divo—bonber :'irc - ft, pnt oi the .• thicje in 1944 supporc. e-onor1 Jinrr.J boner ng n$.± : en i' n 1-1 en r J 1 ovine th. s J c i I hi. . V.i. (th n - n L r ) ) L I essu:d core-ni of th o cuedron in JUn.. 1944 end, ii.Vi.flg been roy. ecuipo d pith fir:hterC, took It intoCur'To for e second tour eriy in 1945, orvini in the tecticel roconnet— ssence role, th scjuecren o...reted in cloCe OL1.njort of the .roy ll tho ec- y fre Nortb hUrOC to H ngoon, For his p - rt in th oprteons o 19- n 1915 .V... Ll - in dospetchos end eeTrded t± Distinguished flying CrCLs,
.1.t the end of tb. ..V.ib Lel n-s rbsorbed intc th. corr nnt cCr. o bh I F rG. In enc h c i conre Tt the R.IF. t - ff Ccli ego, nTevor, nd held scver1. s enter -r pcintnt inctuin TIC) 1' Direct'-: f P1 ns t lr J dcjurters , Dguty ecret -ry(i1 itry to the Crdin t nd .11' 0 exlccr Coenc ing, Tr- enen Cone ne1 Jo nes is o e r ofc vr1 mr nt 'io )roed, 'l I te- ie to cve.iUote nee ircreft in 1954 ho bece:ee one of the t pilots Of tci I,.F. to fl y 105:011 thn thL. Spcec oT sound1
In Novonb..r 1957 his s rvice nero mmcd C) tie In.'een .irlinos Coipor tisn, of ehich h :n' S Gcnc.rel Lone er for five y• -'rs • Jo n's concurrently r Iebr of the Loord of Dirctors of IO end jr mdi. • It ne d1ng th:Ls period tlmt theI. .0. shonod i fir )rofits '-ni y- j the o nisrrtion of is flj.. I.-:dinn up to th pros ontd:y Corev011 C.
ince TCtuTflLni r the .ir Force in I -I h -s held he pee ;; f . C fficor 1nch.ri:e rjT of Lointonrno Iieo.dcju.ertcrs1, ,.ir Offic r Ore - ndingiChjef of 1cs ,ir Cone - nc '-nd is 19T:] Nice Ch:...f 01 te, ir tCIf. continues to h - n - ctiv nilot on eli tyes of service eircr'rft.
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_icT_J R. Jac DFC
iir H, jrrn DFC, ir Officer Cornc'jne- in Chief, 1estern .'1! Coir1oon, oos born 0t IIO'LO in 1917. 1hiie still school s tu ent, ha tooc up flytno ith the iIoro flyin Club in 1933 en cjuoli fie for ii civil licence. He r: (uotor' fro: the Pre' t ency Collee, Jrres, in 1938.
Rejr - cc.eijone in the I...F. in Novenber, 19 6 lie le the I,.,F. fliht to hou1ein in 1941, vhich as theffrs t ele:-ient of the er'r,ce then cons is tn - of I1c'exesl nd t co ovesee , o f V e ter ie fe l cio nc on convert to iurricones, thereefter boin post to the No 6. I. ouo.Cron, He p rtjcip.-tecj in the Ioph-1 nc'.rhon oper:ttons foi'i 1943 to 1945. In 1944 he cc: n of tho No.1 CLl ron othicia, till than, hn been in cc'1: n of the present Chief of the .ir Stff, .ir :rshei(then .W Rejor:i n.Lr.) rj.n Sinh W5 o'.rded th Ditifloui•3ha ?Lyin -; Cr for deter intten lc orship" rceo:plishoc for bcin "- iost t0cticl roconnoi flc3 pilot" rurinr. th 003rions on the liephel front. ir
In 19 he eios pr000to: Grou p Cpt 'in ivcn cornd of the ...r Force tetton, T' n-jnr technic•l round trinin Ot)1151l1nt. r ut3 Of Ge . tff Colle nd the Iriperi1 Defence Coil ere in n.lnnP, .Vl also i Roje.r :ned the 4 ir Force 5 tetion, Pl o n the No.2 Jr Force coday, no hnoin -'s th 'Jr Force1yinC Collec, ct Jodhpur, On boino rontec the ron: of Jr Coeeoocoro in 1958, be- postec to - seniortffoppointocnt t the Opartionol Coar:end(now 1e.stern ir Coioioend). H v-s .:o,eber of the Senior Direct inp Stff of the NTtionnl Defence Colloo in the ron1 of ir VicMcrshel fron Februory 1960 to Decuubcr 1962, then ho ios node ir Officer Conn- nc'inp, No.1 Group, In Juno 1963 when the eistin co:ienP structure of the Jr Force wes chongod, .V 1 wes o OC-in-C of Th rcons c1vc1 _os torn 'Jr Coinond. In .ugust 1963, h cne o 'Jr Hecquo.rtcrs ? the Deputy Chief of the Jr Stff. J oS$ LiIiiJ chore-i of his pros cit po.s t 1 -st yeer.