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Major General
Shabeg Singh
PVSM, AVSM
Major General Shabeg Singh
Birth name
Shabeg Singh
Born
1 May 1924 Khiala Kalan, Amritsar, Punjab, British India
Died
(1984-06-06)6 June 1984 (Age 60) Akal Takht, Amritsar, Punjab, India
GOC, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and parts of Odisha; Defence of the Akal Takht, Amritsar
Battles/wars
Second World War Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Blue Star †
Awards
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Sikh Shaheed[1]
Memorials
Gurdwara Yaadgar Shaheedan, Amritsar
Relations
Mehtab Singh Bhangu
Major General Shabeg Singh, Hero of Bangladesh War, Charcoal on Paper Portrait by Amitabh Mitra
Shabeg Singh, PVSM, AVSM (1 May 1924 – 6 June 1984), was an Indian military officer. He had previously served in the Indian Army but later joined the revolutionary movement of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
He is well known for his involvement in extensively in the training of Mukti Bahini volunteers during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2] He had fought in other major wars such as World War II, 1947 Indo-Pak War, Sino-Indian War,[3] and 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.[4] Later, Singh joined Sikh movement for rights in Punjab, named Dharam Yudh Morcha.[5][6]
^"Shaheedi Samagam Organised at Sri Akal Takhat Sahib". Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022. ...the Sikh warriors, taking guidance from history, resisted the enemy army and attained martyrdom
^Mahmood, Cynthia Keppley (1996). Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Armed forces. Series in Contemporary Ethnography. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0812215922. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
^Kaul, B. M. (1967). The Untold Story. Allied Publishers. p. 420.
^"1971 war hero helped Bhindranwale as he wanted to avenge sacking insult, say kins". The Times of India. 2021-12-13. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
^Danopoulos, Constantine Panos; Watson, Cynthia Ann (1996). The Political Role of the Military: An International Handbook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-313-28837-1. Recent examples of senior officers seeking recourse in civil courts are the cases of Major General Shabeg Singh ... [He] was dismissed from service without a court martial a day before he was due to retire and therefore lost part of his pension. He had to seek redress in civil courts, and later joined a camp of Sikh militants in Punjab.
^Holt, James D. (2022-12-29). Understanding Sikhism: A Guide for Teachers. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-26319-2.
ShabegSingh, PVSM, AVSM (1 May 1924 – 6 June 1984), was an Indian military officer. He had previously served in the Indian Army but later joined the revolutionary...
militants and the barricades. His former superior, retired Major General ShabegSingh, who led the militants, saw him making rounds, and knew that he was up...
ex-military personnel like Major general ShabegSingh, retired Major General J.S. Bhullar, retired Brigadier Mohinder Singh, and others, had made the Golden Temple...
and ShabegSingh were killed in the operation. The armed Sikhs within the Harmandir Sahib were led by Bhindranwale, former Maj. Gen. ShabegSingh, and...
temple complex, were led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and former Maj. Gen. ShabegSingh. Maj. Gen. Kuldip Singh Brar had command of the action, operating...
The Bhindranwale-led group under the military leadership of General ShabegSingh had begun to build bunkers and observations posts in and around the Golden...
Sahib Akali Phoola Singh Hari Singh Nalwa Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was declared a martyr by the Akal Takht. Major General ShabegSingh was declared a martyr...
a large number of Sikh ex-servicemen, including retd. Major General ShabegSingh who subsequently became Bhindranwale's military advisor. Widespread murders...
Sardar Chuhar Singh (born c. 1743), Shaheedan Misl general Sartaj Singh (general) (died 1998), Indian Army lieutenant general ShabegSingh (1925–1984),...
regiment, but also denied it. Some say that it was led by Major General ShabegSingh. Another belief holds that Dashmesh Regiment was a borad name used by...
of India, against militants commanded by ShabegSingh, a former Officer of the Indian Army, under Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Chief of Damdami Taksal, in...
Operation Bluestar, 1978 Sikh–Nirankari clash, and the role of Major ShabegSingh as an army officer, its theatrical release was banned which led to its...
Schandra Singh (born 1977), American artist Seityasen Singh (born 1992), Indian footballer ShabegSingh (1925–1984), military adviser to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale...
Dyal Richhpal Ram, recipient of Victoria cross Sant Singh recipient of Mahavir Chakra ShabegSingh Ved Prakash Malik, 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian...
surrender all Pakistan Armed Forces in Bangladesh to Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, General Officer Commanding-in –chief of the Indian and Bangladesh...
including retired officers Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora, and Maj. Gen. ShabegSingh. Sikhs began to be singled out in other states...
to become the Vice-Admiral of Indian Navy Major General ShabegSingh Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retired), awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the...
Indian generals ShabegSingh and Arun Shridhar Vaidya were killed as a result of the domestic fallout of Operation Blue Star, and Kuldip Singh Brar survived...
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