Pushpinder Singh Chopra

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{{short description|Indian military historian}}

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| birth_place = [[Murree]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| death_date = 03 May 2021
| death_place = [[Gurgaon]], [[India]]
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| education = [[The Doon School]]
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'''Pushpinder Singh Chopra''' (1943–2021) was an Indian military historian and the author of several books, chiefly on military aviation history of India.<ref>{{cite web|author=Category: The India Pakistan Air War of 1965 |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965-Air-War/1116-Making.html |title=Introduction : Behind the Book - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |date=2017-06-12 |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref name="businesstoday1">{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/columns/falcon-down-why-pakistan-desperate-fake-f-16-dogfight/story/334901.html |title=Falcon down: Why Pakistan is desperate to fake the F-16 dogfight |publisher=Businesstoday.in |date= |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/70th-anniversary-of-attari-border-brigadier-who-drew-the-line-remembered-at-partition-museum/story-xLrTDJwrvXSIGRhkM2EPJM.html |title=70th anniversary of Attari border: Brigadier who drew the line remembered at Partition museum - punjab top |publisher=Hindustan Times |date= |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref> He wrote extensively about the history of the [[Indian Air Force]], from its inception in 1933 till present day.<ref name="businesstoday1"/> He was the founder editor of ''Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review'', a bi-monthly aviation and defence magazine based in [[New Delhi]], and the Society of Aerospace Studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/when-arjan-singh-sold-off-his-farm-for-air-force-personnel-468091 |title=When Arjan Singh sold off his farm for Air Force personnel |publisher=The Tribune India |date=2017-09-16 |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sagar |first=Pradip R. |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2018/03/28/defence-strength-india-two-front-war-pakistan-china-iaf-navy-army.html |title=Defence experts raise concerns over IAF's depleting fleet - The Week |publisher=Theweek.in |date=2018-03-28 |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref> Singh was educated at [[The Doon School]].

Singh died from [[COVID-19]] in [[Delhi]] on 3 May 2021.

==Selected bibliography==
*{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Pushpinder |author-link= |date=1982 |title=The Indian Air Force and its Aircraft |url= |location=London |publisher=Ducimus Books |page= |isbn=}}<ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/aeronautical-journal/article/aircraft-of-the-indian-air-force-19331973-pushpindar-singh-the-english-book-store-new-delhi-1974-180-pp-illustrated-85-rupees/4954A3306FD7AAD81003821356EC9F0E</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1500081351 |title=The Indian Air Force and its aircraft | Imperial War Museums |publisher=Iwm.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-05-23}}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Pushpinder |author-link= |date=2003 |title=History of Aviation of India: Spanning the Century of Flight |url= |location= |publisher=Society of Aerospace Studies |page= |isbn=}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancerpublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1086 |title=Lancer Publishers Online Bookshop |publisher=Lancerpublishers.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.thepeninsula.org.in/pushpinder-singh-chopra/ Profile on The Peninsula Foundation]

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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Indian historians]]
[[Category:Indian male journalists]]
[[Category:Indian military writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Delhi]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian writers]]
[[Category:The Doon School alumni]]

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