Kanwar Bahadur Singh

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Kanwar Bahadur Singh
5 August 1910 – 08 May 2007

Place of birth Palaitha, India
Allegiance Flag of India India
Service/branch Indian Army
Rank Lieutenant-General
Unit The Kumaon Regiment
Battles/wars World War II, Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Awards MBE
Other work Lt. Governor of Himachal Pradesh

Lieutenant-General K. Bahadur Singh, MBE, (5 August 1910 – 08 May 2007) was a senior officer in the Indian Army.

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[edit] Early Life and Education

Bahadur Singh was born in the Thikana of Palaitha in the princely state of Kotah on 5 August 1910, the son of Major-General Sir Onkar Singh, CIE, a minister for the state of Kotah. He attended the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College (RIMC) from August 1923 to 26 August 1929. During his time at the college, he became Section Commander for Kitchener Section and Cadet Captain. Following his education at RIMC, he gained entrance to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He would join Sandhurst as the top student from India.

[edit] Military career

Upon graduation from Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 19th Hyderabad Regiment on 27 August 1931.[1] He was promoted to Captain on 1 January 1939. Bahadur Singh would retire as a Lieutenant-General.

[edit] Later Life

After retiring from the army, Lt. Gen. K. Bahadur Singh was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh from 16 May 1967 to 24 January 1971.

[edit] References

[edit] Footnote

  1. ^ Defence Department. (1943, April). The Half Yearly Indian Army List. New Delhi: Manager of Publications, Government of India.

[edit] See also

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