Sartaj Singh (general)
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Lieutenant General Sartaj Singh | |
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| Died | 23 April 1998 |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service/branch |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | ?–1974 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Regiment of Artillery |
| Commands held | Southern Command |
| Battles/wars |
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| Awards |
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Lieutenant General Sartaj Singh (died 23 April 1998) was a senior officer in the Indian Army. He was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery of the British Indian Army in 1940, and served as an anti-tank gunner in Ceylon. After completing training to serve as a gunnery staff instructor in the UK in 1947, he served as the first Indian instructor at the School of Artillery in Deolali. He served on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Congo, and commanded a division in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972 for his outstanding services to the nation.[1] At the time of his retirement in 1974 he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command, with the rank of lieutenant general.[2]
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