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<div>{{short description|Indian air marshal}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]]<br />
| name = Dilbagh Singh<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]]<br />
| image = Dilbag singh.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 10 March 1926<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|02|09|1926|3|10|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rahon]] [[Jalandhar district]] [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]<br />
| death_place = Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India<br />
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| allegiance = {{flag|British India}} (1945-1947) <br> {{flag|India}} (from 1947)<br />
| branch = {{air force|British India}} (1945-1947) <br> {{air force|India}} (1947-1984)<br />
| serviceyears = 1945-1984<br />
| rank = [[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]]<br />
| unit = [[No. 1 Squadron IAF|No. 1 Squadron]]<br />
| commands = [[Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force|Eastern Air Command]]<br />[[Ambala Air Force Station]]<br />[[No. 28 Squadron IAF|28 Squadron]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Kumaria Visits Air Force Station Chandigarh To Felicitate its 50 Golden Years|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=70401|date=1 March 2011}}</ref><br />
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[[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] '''Dilbagh Singh''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]] (10 March 1926 – 9 February 2001) was the head of the [[Indian Air Force]] from 1981 to 1984,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/261-Dilbagh-Singh.html | title= Dilbagh Singh | publisher=Bharat Rakshak | access-date=8 April 2018 }}</ref> as [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]. He was the second [[Sikh]] to hold that position.<br />
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Dilbagh Singh was commissioned as a pilot in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|title=rediff.com: Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh no more|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/10air.htm|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref> His operational flying career spanned the [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] to introducing the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]] into service in India. He had earlier made the first official [[Sonic boom|"Supersonic Bang"]] over India in [[New Delhi]] when the [[Dassault Mystère IV|Mystere IV-A]] was showcased in a public demonstration.<br />
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He was India's [[Ambassador]] to [[Brazil]] from 1985 to 1987. He was a student of pandit Buta Ram of Rahon. His visit to Rahon to visit his teacher when he was Air Marshal is still remembered. He inspired scores of youngsters from Rahon and Nawanshahar region to join defense forces<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010211/nation.htm#11 ''Ex-Air Chief Dilbagh Singh dead'', The Tribune, 11 Feb 2001]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070202204429/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Air-Chiefs/Chiefs-Air-11.html Air Chiefs, www.bharat-rakshak.com]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070425105601/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Sikhs.html Sikh Pilots in the Indian Air Force in World War Two, www.bharat-rakshak.com]<br />
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[[Category:Indian aviators]]<br />
[[Category:Chiefs of Air Staff (India)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Air Force air marshals]]<br />
[[Category:1926 births]]<br />
[[Category:2001 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]<br />
[[Category:Military personnel from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Brazil]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]<br />
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