Sartaj Singh (general)

Lieutenant General
Sartaj Singh
Died 23 April 1998
Allegiance  India
Service/branch  Indian Army
Years of service ?–1974
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit Regiment of Artillery
Commands held Southern Command
Battles/wars
Awards

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 U.K. 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.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19980424/11450884.html
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