Lt Gen A A K Niazi signing the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender under the gaze of Lt Gen J S Aurora. Standing immediately behind (L-R) Vice Admiral Krishnan, Air Marshal Dewan, Lt. Gen Sagat Singh, Maj Gen JFR Jacob.
Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan, PVSM (20 September 1921 – 22 August 2017) was an Indian Air Force officer. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972 for his services at the head of the Eastern Air Command in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[1]
^"Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Air Marshal HariChandDewan, PVSM (20 September 1921 – 22 August 2017) was an Indian Air Force officer. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972 for his...
Niazi.[citation needed] Sagat Singh, Commander of the Indian IV Corps; HariChandDewan, Commander of the Indian Eastern Air Command; and J. F. R. Jacob, Chief...
towards Srinagar by Ram Dayal, grandson of Dewan Mokham Chand, while Jamadar Khushal Singh commanded the van, Hari Singh Nalwa and Nihal Singh Attariwala...
Diwan Mokham Chand (died 16 or 29 October 1814) was one of the chief commanders of the Sikh Empire. He conquered Attock from the Durrani Afghans in 1813...
commissioned as second lieutenants on 1 February 1935. Some of his batchmates were Dewan Ranjit Rai; Mohan Singh, the founder of the Indian National Army; Melville...
Lt Gen J S Aurora. Standing immediately behind (L-R) VAdm Nilakanta Krishnan, Air Mshl HariChandDewan, Lt Gen Sagat Singh and Maj Gen J. F. R. Jacob....
Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 19 July 1969. p. 663. Raja, Dewan Mohammad Tasawwar (2010). O General My General. The Osmany Memorial Trust...
from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015. Raja, Dewan Mohammad Tasawwar (2010). O General My General. Osmany Memorial Trust. pp...
Mehr Chand Mahajan (23 December 1889 – 11 December 1967) was an Indian jurist and politician who was the third chief justice of the Supreme Court of India...
Captains K. K. Sanjana and V. A. Kamath from the navy and Air Commodores HariChandDewan and Hrushikesh Moolgavkar from the air force) lifted the bier bearing...
captured the city after six attempts. Hari Singh Nalwa was left at the suburbs of Mitha Tiwana by Dewan Mokham Chand as an order from the Maharaja. He achieved...
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