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1. Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC, Padma Vibhushan awardee
2. He was born on 15 Apr 1919 as Arjan Singh Aulakh.
3. He is the only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to five-star rank, equal to a Field Marshal, to which he was promoted in 2002.
4. He was born in the Punjab town of Lyallpur, British India (now Faisalabad, Pakistan).
5. With the death of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw in June 2008, he is the only living Indian military officer with a five-star rank.
6. His father was a Lance Daffadar in the Hodson’s Horse at the time of his birth, and retired as a full Risaldar of the Cavalry, serving for a time as ADC to a Division Commander.
7. Arjan Singh was educated at Montgomery, British India (now in Pakistan).
8. He entered the RAF College Cranwell in 1938 and was commissioned as a pilot officer in December 1939. Singh led No. 1 Squadron, Indian Air Force into combat during the Arakan Campaign in 1944.
9. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944, and commanded the Indian Air Force Exhibition Flight in 1945.
10. He was awarded Padma Vibhusan in 1965