Although, Indian Army and Air Force have witnessed the Sikh officers as their chiefs, the Indian Navy has not yet got a Sikh officer admiral of the Indian Navy. However, an outstanding officer in the rank of vice admiral, S. Surinder Pal Singh Cheema just retired on 31st January 2016 after 4 decades of distinguished […]

Kulwant Singh Pannu, a decorated officer of the Indian Army, was bron on 6th March 1932. He was initially commissioned as an officer in the 3 Gorkha Rifles in 1952, and joined the Parachute Regiment in 1957 after completing the paratrooper officers’ course. He became a role model officer, when he led 2 Para in […]

Marshal Arjan Singh, presently the Marshall of Indian Air Force, was born on 15.04.1919 in Lyallpur (now in Pakistan) in a distinguished Military family. His ancessetors of earlier three generations including his father, had a distinguished career in the Army of the British India. Arjan Singh, too entered the RAF College, Cranwell in 1938 and […]

Major General Satbir Singh (Retd.) will be remembered as a role-model for his significant role in establishing All India Federation of Ex-serviceman’s Organization which was established in August 2008 in the wake of UPA Government decision to implement sixth pay commission recommendation. Lt. Col. Inderjit Singh, who retired in 1978 was the founder of this […]

Lieutenant General Kartar Singh Gill is a highly decorated retired army officer, social worker, educationist and a crusader to fight against any kind of inequality and injustice. He was born on 26th May 1930 at Chauk in Burma (Now Myanmar). He had joined the army at a very young age and rose to the status […]

Lieutenant General Harcharanjit Singh Panag, One of the Indian Army’s most upright and cerebral generals, was born on 4th December 1948 at Fathegarh Punjab. His father, Colonel Shamsher Singh was a distinguished personality of his times known for his high values and social activities. S. Panag was commissioned into the 18th Battalion of the Mechanised […]

Lt. Col. Jagtar Singh Multani was born on 10.02.1944 at Village 441-Chack Distt. Lyalpur (Now in Pakitan) in the house of S. Bhagwan Singh Multani and Mata Surjeet Kaur. As he was born and brought up in a Gursikh Lubhana family, he had a religious bent of mind from young age. He obtained his B.Tech […]

General Bikram Singh, Former Chief of the Army Staff, will be remembered in the history of Indian Army as the second Sikh to hold this position. He was born on 31.07.1954. As he was a brilliant student in Medical subjects, he wanted to become a Doctor. However, the wars of 1962 with China and 1965 […]

Brigadier Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri is a name of that great Sikh, whose valor in the battle of Longewala, for which he was awarded the second highest Gallantry Award, Mahavir Chakra, has been depicted by Sunny Deol in a movie named ,”BORDER”. S. Chandpuri was born on 22.11.1940 in that part of Punjab which is now […]