II Corps 26 Infantry Division 8 Mountain Division 68 Infantry Brigade 2/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
Battles/wars
World War II Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Awards
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Maha Vir Chakra Vir Chakra Vishisht Seva Medal
MacGregor Medal
Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand 'Zoru' Bakshi[2] PVSM, MVC, VrC, VSM[3] (21 October 1921[4] or 2 January 1921[5][note 1] – 24 May 2018) was a General Officer of the Indian Army, most widely known as one of the commanders of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (Operation Ablaze). He also has the distinction of being "India's most decorated General".[6][7]
^"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 22 July 1967. p. 558.
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^Ian Cardozo (2005). The Indian Army: A Brief History. Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India. ISBN 978-81-902097-0-0.
^"Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi, PVSM, MVC, VrC, VSM (retd)". The War Decorated India & Trust. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^Indian Army List (Special Edition) 1947. Government of India Press. 1947. pp. 269K1.
^V K Singh (2005). Leadership in the Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers. SAGE Publications. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-7619-3322-9.
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