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• Baatcheet - Indian Army Bulletin
  1. It is amply evident now that the decision to employ the army in Punjab to deal with the tragic situation was taken by the authorities re The Army Action
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• INA
  ...ely this ended with the Sikhs fighting against Sikhs in the British Indian Army.
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• Subedar
  ...mpany's presidency armies (the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army) to make it easier for British officers to communicate with native troops. Until 1866, the rank was the highest a non-European Indian could achieve in the armies of British India.
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• Sarabjit Singh Dhillon
  ...ce services staff course, Wellington, senior and higher command courses at Army War College, Mhow and also the National Defence college at New Delhi.
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• Sher Singh Attariwalla
  ...ianwalah." However, with supplies running out for his army and the British Army resupplied with fresh military supplies and more troops, the success in the
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• Punjab Regiment (India)
  ...ent of India was formed from the 2nd Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army in 1947 ...ed Pakistan army, while the 2nd Punjab Regiment was retained in the Indian Army. There were transfers of troops between the regiments and other regiments t
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• Havildar
  ...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army. ...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army.
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• Dafadar
  ...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army. ...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army.
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• Kulwant Singh Pannu
  ...gail (now in Bangladesh) and tasked to cut off the 93 Brigade of Pakistani Army which was retreating from the north to defend Dacca and its approaches. For
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• June 18
  ...cent people were killed. In the 1984 action called Operation Bluestar, the army stormed the Golden Temple under the pretence of driving out armed militants
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• Kuldip Singh Chandpuri
  ...of Longewala for which he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army. ...ld the 2000-3000 strong Pakistani Army at bay for the full night until the Indian Air Force arrived in the morning.
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• Chanan Singh Dhillon
  ...d War II hero and veteran. He fought in World War II in the British Indian army. He was taken prisoner (POW) by the Germans in 1943. He stayed in POW camps ...r the full recognition of the sacrifice and courage of the soldiers of the Indian-subcontinent, African and Caribbean origin who fought in WWII for the allie
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• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  ...rom Germany to the Far-Eastern front in June 1943 that the Indian National Army was revived and Mohan Singh reinstated to his former command with Subhas as ...egislator in the Punjab, he was elected to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament, for two terms. In and out of Parliament he strove for the recog
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• Brave Acts of Singhs
  ...ed he would kill all Skh soldiers, within few minutes, although some Hindu army officers warned him againist directly engaging against singhs as they might ===A Sikh Army officer===
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• Nand Singh VC
  '''Nand Singh VC''', MVC (24 September 1914- 12 December 1947) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for He was 29 years old, and an Acting Naik in the 1/11th, Sikh Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he
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• Nagrota
  Nagrota is the home of 16 Corps, the largest Corps in the Indian Army. The corps is tasked with counter insurgency operations in the Jammu and Ud A Military Police checkpost is located at the entry point. Army personnel are required to enter their particulars - in a register at the ch
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• Karamjeet Singh Judge
  Lieutenant Karamjeet Singh Judge was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for ...s old, and a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he
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• December 27
  Khalistan supported and the Indian army takes control of all Sikh functions.
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• Firozpur Cantonment
  ...British Indian Army. Today, it is a Divisional headquarter for the Indian Army.
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• Malagar Singh Babbar
  ...as killed with his close friend Shaheed Manjeet Singh Babbar by the Indian army on the border of Rajasthan, India on 25 October 1990. Was a General of the
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• Mohan Singh
  ...Mohan Singh Deb (1909-1989) was famous for his part in the Indian National Army for the liberation of India from British rule, in which he held the rank of ...College, Nowgong (Madhya Pradesh), and another two and a half years in the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, he received his commission in 1934, and was po
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• Manjit Singh Babbar
  ...Indian army on the Darbar Sahib, bhai sahib and 8 other Sikhs hijacked an Indian Airliner from Jammu to Lahore. The other hijackers were: ...tani movement. On Oct 25 1990, while they were crossing border, the Indian Army was passing, and Malaghar Singh with anger, opened fire, as consequence Man
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• Gurdwara Yaadgaar Shaheedan
  Dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of 1984 assault of the Indian Army on the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple), Sri Amritsar ...ex add grandeur to Sikh history, who fell martyr fighting against the huge army, defending these shrines from the invaders. ''
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• Lance Naik Karham Singh (P.V.C.)
  ...f China and a threatened invasion of India via Burma, he enlisted into the Army as number 22356 of First Sikh regiment as Sepoy on 15 September 1941. ...the only Indian soldier to win the highest medals of both the British and Indian governments. With the award of the VC he was promoted from Sepoy to Lance N
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• Highly Distinguished Sikhs (Modern Era)
  * [[Master Tara Singh]] - celebrated Sikh hero leader and famous Sikh Indian independence movement leader * [[Baldev Singh]] - Indian independence movement leader
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• Gian Singh, Recipient of the Victoria Cross
  '''Gian Singh''' (5 October 1920 - 6 October 1996) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for He was 24 years old, and a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he
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• 32nd Sikh Pioneers
  The 32nd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the Indian Army during British rule. The regiment was founded in 1857 as the Punjab Sappers
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• Francis
  ...Francis, who arrived at Lahore in 1833 and joined Maharaja Ranjit Singl's army. ...writer, or me, less formally had the unusual experience of shopping in an Indian clothing store, with my wife, who was looking for some bangles, north of At
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• Parkash Singh
  '''Major Parkash Singh''' (31 March 1913- 23 March 1991) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for He was 29 years old, and a Havildar in the 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he
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• Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna
  '''Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna''' was an Indian revolutionary and the founding president of the Ghadar Party. He was born i ...u German Conspiracy that sought to trigger rebellion in the British Indian Army. Sohan Singh, as one of the top Ghadar leaders, returned to India at the ou
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• Sikh population
  ...nd]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>Break down of Indian Sikh population by Indian States/Union territories [http://www.censusindia.net/religiondata/Summary%2 ...s in the [[Indian Civil Service]] and, in particular, the [[British Indian Army]], which led to migration of Sikhs to different parts of [[India|British In
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• General Mohan Singh Deb
  ...lic life as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) of the Indian Parliament. ...College, Nowgong (Madhya Pradesh), and another two and a half years in the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, he received his commission in 1934 and was pos
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• Harbans Singh Jaswal
  ...r, C.I.E., D.S.O., M.D., LL.D., D.P.H., I.M.S., among other British Indian Army Medical Service and I.M.S. officers.
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• Mass Murder of the Sikhs in Kashmir
  ...ot identify the murders, but provides enough raw-material to challenge the Indian Government’s familiar version blaming the Kashmiri militants. For example ...tity of the murderers is known," thus distancing himself from the official Indian version.
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• Gurdwara Charan Kamal Sahib (Kargil)
  ...s been built at that place near Igbal bridge, which is being run by Indian Army.
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• Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia
  Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia AVSM**, YSM, VSM, is serving in the Indian Army and is presently the General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Central Command. ...l Defence Academy and was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery from Indian Military Academy on 14 Nov 1971. A keen aviator, he has a great amount of e
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• Operation Wood Rose
  ...rrounded his place of torture) were massa­cred by th eforce sof the Indian Army. ...tion were well aware that one of the most decorated Generals in the Indian Army's history had joined the Sikh occupiers of the Akal Takht and was surely ad
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• Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
  ...re. He is considered the bravest and most efficient General of the Indian Army. Air Vice Marshall Pinto, Lt Gen Daulet Singh, Brigadier S.R. Uberoi (MC) [[Image:Indian-Army-Helicopter.jpg||175px|right|]]
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• Sajjan Singh Rangroot
  Sajjan Singh Rangroot is a 2018 Indian Punjabi-language war drama film directed by Pankaj Batra. It stars Diljit D ...film titled "Sajjan Singh Rangroot". The film portrays the experiences of Indian soldiers fighting in the trenches of the Western Front during World War 1.
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• Dalip Singh
  ...hen did not bring home any laurels, but it is on record that two among the Indian athletic performed really well, and one of them was Dalip Singh. In the lon Another honour which went to Dalip Singh was that he was the first Indian, a Sikh, to be the torch-bearer at the inaugural Asian Games at Delhi in 19
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• Lashkar militant admits killing Sikhs in Chittisinghpura
  Suhail Malik of Sialkot, interviewed by a New York Times correspondent in an Indian prison, has said he had no regret that he participated in the massacre, whi ...oney. He took part only in two attacks before Chittisinghpora -- one on an army outpost and the other on a bus carrying soldiers.
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• Henry Charles Van Cortlandt
  ...d Sabhraori. On the conclusion of the war, he was reinstated in the Sikh army, promoted a general and made governor of Dera Ismail Khan. In 1846, Gener
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• Darshan Singh Pheruman
  ...in 1912 the Indian army as a sepoy. Two years later, he resigned from the army and set up as a contractor at Hissar. He was doing well as a contractor, wh ...months. He also took part in the non-cooperation movement launched by the Indian National Congress, serving a 14-month term in jail. In 1926, he visited Mal
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• Hemkunt sahib during the Uttrakhand floods disaster 2013
  ...hrough out, providing shelter to another for the ENTIRE time. While Indian Army specially the brave Garhwal Scouts had their hands full trying to evacuate ...s huge calamity out. There was also a small permanent detachment of Indian Army Sikh regiment soldiers who helped to establish control and provided much ne
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• Punjab insurgency
  The insurgency in the Indian state of Punjab originated in the late 1970s. There roots of the insurgency Punjab, after Indian independence, had large Hindi speaking areas in the south and the west. In
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• Ishar Singh CV
  '''Captain Ishar Singh''', (13 December 1895 - 2 December 1963) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for Ishar Singh was 25 years old, and a Sepoy in the 28th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign, India when the following deed took place fo
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• Southall
  ...row Airport. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian [[Punjabi]]s. ...Indian draught beers and was the first pub in the UK to accept payment in Indian rupees. Also the film ''"Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal"'' starring John Abraham and
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• Bhai Amrik Singh
  ...at [[Harmandir Sahib]] ([[Amritsar]]) during the attack by the [[Indian]] army known as [[Operation Bluestar]]. He gave new life to the Sikh Students Fede ...t released in 1984. On June 4, 1984, [[Operation Blue Star|when the Indian army invaded Darbar Sahib]], he fought bravely embracing martyrdom on [[June 6]
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• General JJ Singh
  ...SIngh 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{C|'''[[General JJ Singh]], Chief of Indian Army'''}}]] ...oginder Jaswant Singh''' (b. 17 September 1945) is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of [[India]].
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• Joginder Singh Dhillon
  ...ero. He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, was the first Army Officer to be awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ on 24 November 1965. Gen Dhillon, ...Lt Gen and was the first post independence Sapper Army Commander (Central Army).
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• Hitler on Sikhism
  ...Indian Legion (Legion De Freis Indian) he makes derogatory remarks against Indian people, although complements Sikhs specifically. The translated version is ...eaten up. They won't kill an Englishman either. In particular the Northern Indian, produces a better solider. This may be due to the dominant Aryan traits pr
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