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	\| birth_place=[[Jasol]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British Raj]]		\| birth_place=[[Jasol]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British Raj]]
	\| death_place= [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]		\| death_place= [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
	\| nickname={{Unbulleted list\|"Huntie"<ref name="mehta">{{cite web\|title='Huntie' was special\|url=http://www.claws.in/images/journals_doc/1792943765_RajMehta.pdf\|work=Center for Land Warfare Studies\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta}}</ref>\|"Gurudev"<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="bd">{{cite web\| title=Goodbye Gurudev: Lieutenant General Hanut Singh\|url=http://bangladeshdefencejournal.com/index.php/bdj-contents/bdj-articles/bdj-featured-articles/item/320-goodbye-gurudev-lieutenant-general-hanut-singh\|author=Hamid Hussain\|work=Bangladesh Defence Journal\|accessdate=15 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>}}		\| nickname={{Unbulleted list\|"Huntie"<ref name="mehta">{{cite web\|title='Huntie' was special\|url=http://www.claws.in/images/journals_doc/1792943765_RajMehta.pdf\|work=Center for Land Warfare Studies\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta}}</ref>\|"Gurudev"<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="bd">{{cite web\| title=Goodbye Gurudev: Lieutenant General Hanut Singh\|url=http://bangladeshdefencejournal.com/index.php/bdj-contents/bdj-articles/bdj-featured-articles/item/320-goodbye-gurudev-lieutenant-general-hanut-singh\|author=Hamid Hussain\|work=Bangladesh Defence Journal\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>}}
	\| allegiance={{flag\|India}}		\| allegiance={{flag\|India}}
	\| branch={{army\|India}}		\| branch={{army\|India}}
	\| serviceyears= 1952-1991<ref name="veekay">{{Cite web\|url=http://veekay-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/biography-lieut-general-hanut-singh.html\|title=veekay's history book: Biography - Lieut. General Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|date=4 October ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-1971-war-hero-dies/article7095506.ece\|title=Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, a 1971 war hero, passes away\|author=Staff Reporter\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=12 April 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		\| serviceyears= 1952-1991<ref name="veekay">{{Cite web\|url=http://veekay-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/biography-lieut-general-hanut-singh.html\|title=veekay's history book: Biography - Lieut. General Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|date=4 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-1971-war-hero-dies/article7095506.ece\|title=Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, a 1971 war hero, passes away\|author=Staff Reporter\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=12 April 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
	\| servicenumber=IC-6126<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="mvc">{{cite web\|title=Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd)\|url=http://twdi.in/node/1382\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|work=The War Decorated India Trust}}</ref>		\| servicenumber=IC-6126<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="mvc">{{cite web\|title=Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd)\|url=http://twdi.in/node/1382\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|work=The War Decorated India Trust}}</ref>
	\| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg\|20px]] [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]		\| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg\|20px]] [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]
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	'''Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore''',<ref name=tr>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation-66101\|title = Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref><ref name=time>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/anger-as-dehradun-civic-body-seals-the-ashram-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-hero-of-battle-of-basantar/274431\|title = Anger, as Dehradun civic body seals the ashram of Lt Gen Hanut Singh Rathore, hero of battle of Basantar}}</ref> [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>		'''Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore''',<ref name=tr>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation-66101\|title = Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref><ref name=time>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/anger-as-dehradun-civic-body-seals-the-ashram-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-hero-of-battle-of-basantar/274431\|title = Anger, as Dehradun civic body seals the ashram of Lt Gen Hanut Singh Rathore, hero of battle of Basantar}}</ref> [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Hanut Singh was born in [[Jasol]] in a Mahecha [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family<ref name=print>{{Cite web\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen-hanut-singh-bold-commander-who-led-from-front-in-1971-but-was-never-made-army-chief/400625/\|title=Lt Gen. Hanut Singh — bold commander who led from front in 1971, but was never made Army chief\|date=13 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to Lt Col Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the (jsw) [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing.]]<nowiki/>where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Hanut Singh was born in [[Jasol]] in a Mahecha [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family<ref name=print>{{Cite web\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen-hanut-singh-bold-commander-who-led-from-front-in-1971-but-was-never-made-army-chief/400625/\|title=Lt Gen. Hanut Singh — bold commander who led from front in 1971, but was never made Army chief\|date=13 April 2020}}</ref> in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to Lt Col Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February 2018}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the (jsw) [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing.]]<nowiki/>where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==
	Upon graduating from the [[Indian Military Academy]] in December 1952, he chose to join the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps\|Armoured Corps]], and was commissioned into [[The Poona Horse]].<ref name="davar" /><ref name="maroof">{{cite web\|title=Lt. Gen. HANUT SINGH- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE\|author=Maroof Raza\|author-link=Maroof Raza\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/#comment-72722\|accessdate=15 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Upon graduating from the [[Indian Military Academy]] in December 1952, he chose to join the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps\|Armoured Corps]], and was commissioned into [[The Poona Horse]].<ref name="davar" /><ref name="maroof">{{cite web\|title=Lt. Gen. HANUT SINGH- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE\|author=Maroof Raza\|author-link=Maroof Raza\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/#comment-72722\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	He did not participate in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] as he was posted as the [[Brigade Major]] of the 66th Brigade.<ref name="veekay" /><ref name="bd" />		He did not participate in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] as he was posted as the [[Brigade Major]] of the 66th Brigade.<ref name="veekay" /><ref name="bd" />
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	Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh was commanding 17 Horse in Shakargarh Sector of the Western Front. On 16 December 1971, his regiment was inducted into the Basantar River bridgehead and took up positions ahead of the infantry. The enemy launched a number of armoured attacks in strength on 16 and 17 December. Undeterred by enemy medium artillery and tank fire, Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh moved from one threatened sector to another with utter disregard for his personal safety. His presence and cool courage inspired his men to remain steadfast and perform commendable acts of gallantry.\|sign=\|source=}}		Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh was commanding 17 Horse in Shakargarh Sector of the Western Front. On 16 December 1971, his regiment was inducted into the Basantar River bridgehead and took up positions ahead of the infantry. The enemy launched a number of armoured attacks in strength on 16 and 17 December. Undeterred by enemy medium artillery and tank fire, Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh moved from one threatened sector to another with utter disregard for his personal safety. His presence and cool courage inspired his men to remain steadfast and perform commendable acts of gallantry.\|sign=\|source=}}

	[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Arun Khetarpal]], also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]] for the same battle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/arun-khetarpal\|title=ARUN KHETARPAL\|access-date=15 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Arun Khetarpal]], also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]] for the same battle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/arun-khetarpal\|title=ARUN KHETARPAL\|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|date=12 April 2015\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|date=12 April 2015\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	He is the only indian soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August ~~2022~~}}</ref>		He is the only indian soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

	== Post-retirement ==		== Post-retirement ==

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	\| death_date={{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2015\|04\|10\|1933\|07\|06}}		\| death_date={{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2015\|04\|10\|1933\|07\|06}}
	\| birth_place=[[Jasol]], [[~~Rajasthan~~]], [[~~Jodhpur State~~]]		\| birth_place=[[Jasol]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British Raj]]
	\| death_place= [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]		\| death_place= [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
	\| nickname={{Unbulleted list\|"Huntie"<ref name="mehta">{{cite web\|title='Huntie' was special\|url=http://www.claws.in/images/journals_doc/1792943765_RajMehta.pdf\|work=Center for Land Warfare Studies\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta}}</ref>\|"Gurudev"<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="bd">{{cite web\| title=Goodbye Gurudev: Lieutenant General Hanut Singh\|url=http://bangladeshdefencejournal.com/index.php/bdj-contents/bdj-articles/bdj-featured-articles/item/320-goodbye-gurudev-lieutenant-general-hanut-singh\|author=Hamid Hussain\|work=Bangladesh Defence Journal\|accessdate=15 February ~~2018~~}}</ref>}}		\| nickname={{Unbulleted list\|"Huntie"<ref name="mehta">{{cite web\|title='Huntie' was special\|url=http://www.claws.in/images/journals_doc/1792943765_RajMehta.pdf\|work=Center for Land Warfare Studies\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta}}</ref>\|"Gurudev"<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="bd">{{cite web\| title=Goodbye Gurudev: Lieutenant General Hanut Singh\|url=http://bangladeshdefencejournal.com/index.php/bdj-contents/bdj-articles/bdj-featured-articles/item/320-goodbye-gurudev-lieutenant-general-hanut-singh\|author=Hamid Hussain\|work=Bangladesh Defence Journal\|accessdate=15 February 2022}}</ref>}}
	\| allegiance={{flag\|India}}		\| allegiance={{flag\|India}}
	\| branch={{army\|India}}		\| branch={{army\|India}}
	\| serviceyears= 1952-1991<ref name="veekay">{{Cite web\|url=http://veekay-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/biography-lieut-general-hanut-singh.html\|title=veekay's history book: Biography - Lieut. General Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|date=4 October ~~2012~~}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-1971-war-hero-dies/article7095506.ece\|title=Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, a 1971 war hero, passes away\|author=Staff Reporter\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=12 April 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		\| serviceyears= 1952-1991<ref name="veekay">{{Cite web\|url=http://veekay-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/biography-lieut-general-hanut-singh.html\|title=veekay's history book: Biography - Lieut. General Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|date=4 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-1971-war-hero-dies/article7095506.ece\|title=Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, a 1971 war hero, passes away\|author=Staff Reporter\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=12 April 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
	\| servicenumber=IC-6126<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="mvc">{{cite web\|title=Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd)\|url=http://twdi.in/node/1382\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|work=The War Decorated India Trust}}</ref>		\| servicenumber=IC-6126<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="mvc">{{cite web\|title=Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd)\|url=http://twdi.in/node/1382\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|work=The War Decorated India Trust}}</ref>
	\| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg\|20px]] [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]		\| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg\|20px]] [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]
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	'''Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore''',<ref name=tr>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation-66101\|title = Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref><ref name=time>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/anger-as-dehradun-civic-body-seals-the-ashram-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-hero-of-battle-of-basantar/274431\|title = Anger, as Dehradun civic body seals the ashram of Lt Gen Hanut Singh Rathore, hero of battle of Basantar}}</ref> [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>		'''Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore''',<ref name=tr>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation-66101\|title = Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref><ref name=time>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/anger-as-dehradun-civic-body-seals-the-ashram-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-hero-of-battle-of-basantar/274431\|title = Anger, as Dehradun civic body seals the ashram of Lt Gen Hanut Singh Rathore, hero of battle of Basantar}}</ref> [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Hanut Singh was born in [[Jasol]] in a Mahecha [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family<ref name=print>{{Cite web\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen-hanut-singh-bold-commander-who-led-from-front-in-1971-but-was-never-made-army-chief/400625/\|title=Lt Gen. Hanut Singh — bold commander who led from front in 1971, but was never made Army chief\|date=13 April ~~2020~~}}</ref> in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to Lt Col Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February ~~2018~~}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing]], where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February ~~2018~~}}</ref>		Hanut Singh was born in [[Jasol]] in a Mahecha [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family<ref name=print>{{Cite web\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen-hanut-singh-bold-commander-who-led-from-front-in-1971-but-was-never-made-army-chief/400625/\|title=Lt Gen. Hanut Singh — bold commander who led from front in 1971, but was never made Army chief\|date=13 April 2022}}</ref> in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to Lt Col Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February 2022}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the (jsw) [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing.]]<nowiki/>where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February 2022}}</ref>

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==
	Upon graduating from the [[Indian Military Academy]] in December 1952, he chose to join the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps\|Armoured Corps]], and was commissioned into [[The Poona Horse]].<ref name="davar" /><ref name="maroof">{{cite web\|title=Lt. Gen. HANUT SINGH- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE\|author=Maroof Raza\|author-link=Maroof Raza\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/#comment-72722\|accessdate=15 February ~~2018~~}}</ref>		Upon graduating from the [[Indian Military Academy]] in December 1952, he chose to join the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps\|Armoured Corps]], and was commissioned into [[The Poona Horse]].<ref name="davar" /><ref name="maroof">{{cite web\|title=Lt. Gen. HANUT SINGH- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE\|author=Maroof Raza\|author-link=Maroof Raza\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/#comment-72722\|accessdate=15 February 2022}}</ref>

	He did not participate in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] as he was posted as the [[Brigade Major]] of the 66th Brigade.<ref name="veekay" /><ref name="bd" />		He did not participate in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] as he was posted as the [[Brigade Major]] of the 66th Brigade.<ref name="veekay" /><ref name="bd" />
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	<center>'''CITATION'''<br>		{{center\|'''CITATION'''<br>
	'''LIEUTENANT COLONEL HANUT SINGH'''<br>		'''LIEUTENANT COLONEL HANUT SINGH'''<br>
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	Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh was commanding 17 Horse in Shakargarh Sector of the Western Front. On 16 December 1971, his regiment was inducted into the Basantar River bridgehead and took up positions ahead of the infantry. The enemy launched a number of armoured attacks in strength on 16 and 17 December. Undeterred by enemy medium artillery and tank fire, Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh moved from one threatened sector to another with utter disregard for his personal safety. His presence and cool courage inspired his men to remain steadfast and perform commendable acts of gallantry.\|sign=\|source=}}		Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh was commanding 17 Horse in Shakargarh Sector of the Western Front. On 16 December 1971, his regiment was inducted into the Basantar River bridgehead and took up positions ahead of the infantry. The enemy launched a number of armoured attacks in strength on 16 and 17 December. Undeterred by enemy medium artillery and tank fire, Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh moved from one threatened sector to another with utter disregard for his personal safety. His presence and cool courage inspired his men to remain steadfast and perform commendable acts of gallantry.\|sign=\|source=}}

	[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Arun Khetarpal]], also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]] for the same battle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/arun-khetarpal\|title=ARUN KHETARPAL\|access-date=15 February ~~2018~~}}</ref>		[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Arun Khetarpal]], also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]] for the same battle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/arun-khetarpal\|title=ARUN KHETARPAL\|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>

	Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|date=12 April 2015\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February ~~2018~~}}</ref>		Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|date=12 April 2015\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February 2022}}</ref>

	He is the only indian soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August ~~2018~~}}</ref>		He is the only indian soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August 2022}}</ref>

	== Post-retirement ==		== Post-retirement ==

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	\| serviceyears= 1952-1991<ref name="veekay">{{Cite web\|url=http://veekay-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/biography-lieut-general-hanut-singh.html\|title=veekay's history book: Biography - Lieut. General Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|date=4 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-1971-war-hero-dies/article7095506.ece\|title=Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, a 1971 war hero, passes away\|author=Staff Reporter\|date=12 April 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		\| serviceyears= 1952-1991<ref name="veekay">{{Cite web\|url=http://veekay-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/biography-lieut-general-hanut-singh.html\|title=veekay's history book: Biography - Lieut. General Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|date=4 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-1971-war-hero-dies/article7095506.ece\|title=Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, a 1971 war hero, passes away\|author=Staff Reporter\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=12 April 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
	\| servicenumber=IC-6126<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="mvc">{{cite web\|title=Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd)\|url=http://twdi.in/node/1382\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|work=The War Decorated India Trust}}</ref>		\| servicenumber=IC-6126<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="mvc">{{cite web\|title=Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd)\|url=http://twdi.in/node/1382\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|work=The War Decorated India Trust}}</ref>
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	'''Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore''',<ref name=tr>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation-66101</ref><ref name=time>https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/anger-as-dehradun-civic-body-seals-the-ashram-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-hero-of-battle-of-basantar/274431</ref> [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>		'''Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore''',<ref name=tr>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation-66101\|title = Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref><ref name=time>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/anger-as-dehradun-civic-body-seals-the-ashram-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-hero-of-battle-of-basantar/274431\|title = Anger, as Dehradun civic body seals the ashram of Lt Gen Hanut Singh Rathore, hero of battle of Basantar}}</ref> [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Hanut was born in [[Jasol]] in a [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family<ref name=print>https://theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen-hanut-singh-bold-commander-who-led-from-front-in-1971-but-was-never-made-army-chief/400625/</ref> in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to Lt Col Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February 2018}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing]], where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>		Hanut Singh was born in [[Jasol]] in a Mahecha [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family<ref name=print>{{Cite web\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen-hanut-singh-bold-commander-who-led-from-front-in-1971-but-was-never-made-army-chief/400625/\|title=Lt Gen. Hanut Singh — bold commander who led from front in 1971, but was never made Army chief\|date=13 April 2020}}</ref> in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to Lt Col Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February 2018}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing]], where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==
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	[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Arun Khetarpal]], also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]] for the same battle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/arun-khetarpal\|title=ARUN KHETARPAL\|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>		[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Arun Khetarpal]], also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]] for the same battle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/arun-khetarpal\|title=ARUN KHETARPAL\|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>		Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|date=12 April 2015\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	He is the only soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>		He is the only indian soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

	== Post-retirement ==		== Post-retirement ==
	Upon retirement, he chose to live in [[Dehradun]], dedicating his life to meditation. He ~~passed away~~ on 11 April 2015.<ref name="IE" /> The Indian Army announced plans for the construction of a war memorial in his memory, which will come up in Jasol.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web\|title=War memorial in memory of Lt Gen Hanut Singh soon\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/war-memorial-in-memory-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-soon/articleshow/61990817.cms}}</ref>		Upon retirement, he chose to live in [[Dehradun]], dedicating his life to meditation. He died on 11 April 2015.<ref name="IE" /> The Indian Army announced plans for the construction of a war memorial in his memory, which will come up in Jasol.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web\|title=War memorial in memory of Lt Gen Hanut Singh soon\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=15 February 2018\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/war-memorial-in-memory-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-soon/articleshow/61990817.cms}}</ref>

	== Military Awards ==		== Military Awards ==

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	~~[[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]~~ '''Hanut Singh''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>		'''Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore''',<ref name=tr>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation-66101</ref><ref name=time>https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/anger-as-dehradun-civic-body-seals-the-ashram-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-hero-of-battle-of-basantar/274431</ref> [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra\|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html\|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Hanut was born in Jasol in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to ~~[[Lieutenant Colonel]]~~ Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February 2018}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing]], where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>		Hanut was born in [[Jasol]] in a [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family<ref name=print>https://theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen-hanut-singh-bold-commander-who-led-from-front-in-1971-but-was-never-made-army-chief/400625/</ref> in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to Lt Col Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)\|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web\|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal\|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar\|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355\|work= South Asia Monitor\|accessdate= 15 February 2018}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the [[National Defence Academy\|Joint Services Wing]], where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC\|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review\|publisher=Aakash Media\|access-date=31 March 2014\|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381\|archive-date=7 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web\|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"\|author=Surinder Singh\|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==
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	Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>		Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1144 \|date=14 July 1984 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=57 \|date=10 January 1987 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/\|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

	He is the only soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war .<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>		He is the only soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/\|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest\|first=Zoyena Shams\|last=Ansari\|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

	== Post-retirement ==		== Post-retirement ==

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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix= [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]]
| name=Hanut Singh
| honorific_suffix= [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]]
| image=
| caption=
| birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1933|07|06}}
| death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|04|10|1933|07|06}}
| birth_place=[[Jasol]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Jodhpur State]]
| death_place= [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| nickname={{Unbulleted list|"Huntie"<ref name="mehta">{{cite web|title='Huntie' was special|url=http://www.claws.in/images/journals_doc/1792943765_RajMehta.pdf|work=Center for Land Warfare Studies|accessdate=15 February 2018|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta}}</ref>|"Gurudev"<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="bd">{{cite web| title=Goodbye Gurudev: Lieutenant General Hanut Singh|url=http://bangladeshdefencejournal.com/index.php/bdj-contents/bdj-articles/bdj-featured-articles/item/320-goodbye-gurudev-lieutenant-general-hanut-singh|author=Hamid Hussain|work=Bangladesh Defence Journal|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>}}
| allegiance={{flag|India}}
| branch={{army|India}}
| serviceyears= 1952-1991<ref name="veekay">{{Cite web|url=http://veekay-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/biography-lieut-general-hanut-singh.html|title=veekay's history book: Biography - Lieut. General Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC|date=4 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-1971-war-hero-dies/article7095506.ece|title=Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, a 1971 war hero, passes away|author=Staff Reporter|date=12 April 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
| servicenumber=IC-6126<ref name="mehta" /><ref name="mvc">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd)|url=http://twdi.in/node/1382|accessdate=15 February 2018|work=The War Decorated India Trust}}</ref>
| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|20px]] [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]]
| unit=[[The Poona Horse]]
| commands = {{plainlist|
*[[II Corps (India)|II Corps]]
*[[1st Armoured Division (India)|1st Armoured Division]]
*[[17th Infantry Division (India)|17th Infantry Division]]
*14 (I) Armoured Brigade
*[[The Poona Horse]]
}}
| battles={{Unbulleted list|
[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]|
{{*}}[[Battle of Basantar]]
}}
| awards={{plainlist|
*[[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
*[[File:Maha Vir Chakra ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Maha Vir Chakra]]
}}
| spouse=
}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}

[[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Hanut Singh''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] (6 July 1933 – 10 April 2015) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was decorated with the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his role in the [[Battle of Basantar]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Hanut was born in Jasol in [[Pachpadra]], [[Barmer District]], to [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Arjun Singh, who had served in the [[Jodhpur Lancers]], and later commanded the [[61st Cavalry (India)|Kachhawa Horse]].<ref name="davar">{{cite web|title= Lt Gen Hanut Singh: A legend merges into the Eternal|author= Lt Gen Kamal Davar|url= http://southasiamonitor.org/news/lt-gen-hanut-singh-a-legend-merges-into-the-eternal/sl/11355|work= South Asia Monitor|accessdate= 15 February 2018}}</ref> He attended the [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]] in [[Dehradun]] and joined the 1st course of the [[National Defence Academy|Joint Services Wing]], where he was in the Baker squadron.<ref name="veekay" /><ref>{{cite web|title=A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC|url=http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381|work=South Asia Defence & Strategic Review|publisher=Aakash Media|access-date=31 March 2014|author=Maj Gen Raj Mehta|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070601/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=381|archive-date=7 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="surinder">{{cite web|title=GEN HANUT of PH : "Fakhr-e-Hind"|author=Surinder Singh|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

== Military career ==
Upon graduating from the [[Indian Military Academy]] in December 1952, he chose to join the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Armoured Corps]], and was commissioned into [[The Poona Horse]].<ref name="davar" /><ref name="maroof">{{cite web|title=Lt. Gen. HANUT SINGH- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE|author=Maroof Raza|author-link=Maroof Raza|url=http://amolak.in/web/gen-hanut-of-ph-fakhr-e-hind/#comment-72722|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

He did not participate in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] as he was posted as the [[Brigade Major]] of the 66th Brigade.<ref name="veekay" /><ref name="bd" />

Hanut is widely known for his command of [[The Poona Horse]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], during the [[Battle of Basantar]]. For his conduct during the battle, he was awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]].

===Maha Vir Chakra===
The citation for the [[Maha Vir Chakra]] reads as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=HANUT SINGH {{!}} Gallantry Awards |url=https://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/hanut-singh |website=gallantryawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mahavir Chakra (MVC), Awardee: Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC (retd) @ TWDI |url=http://twdi.in/node/1382 |website=twdi.in}}</ref>
{{Quotation|Gazette Notification: 18 Pres/72,12-2-72
Operation: 1971 Cactus Lily
Date of Award: 16 Dec 1971

<center>'''CITATION'''<br>
'''LIEUTENANT COLONEL HANUT SINGH'''<br>
'''(IC-6126), 17 HORSE'''</center>

Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh was commanding 17 Horse in Shakargarh Sector of the Western Front. On 16 December 1971, his regiment was inducted into the Basantar River bridgehead and took up positions ahead of the infantry. The enemy launched a number of armoured attacks in strength on 16 and 17 December. Undeterred by enemy medium artillery and tank fire, Lieutenant Colonel Hanut Singh moved from one threatened sector to another with utter disregard for his personal safety. His presence and cool courage inspired his men to remain steadfast and perform commendable acts of gallantry.|sign=|source=}}

[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Arun Khetarpal]], also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]] for the same battle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/arun-khetarpal|title=ARUN KHETARPAL|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>

Hanut was promoted to [[Major general]] on 8 April 1983,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1144 |date=14 July 1984 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] on 30 December 1985.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=57 |date=10 January 1987 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He subsequently commanded [[II Corps (India)|II Corps]] during [[Operation Brasstacks]], when India almost went to war with Pakistan.<ref name="IE">{{cite web|title=1971 war hero Hanut Singh passes away|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/1971-war-hero-hanut-singh-passes-away/|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

He is the only soldier whose bravery and valour was appreciated by Pakistan by giving him the title Fakhr-e-Hind after 1971 war .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest|first=Zoyena Shams|last=Ansari|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

== Post-retirement ==
Upon retirement, he chose to live in [[Dehradun]], dedicating his life to meditation. He passed away on 11 April 2015.<ref name="IE" /> The Indian Army announced plans for the construction of a war memorial in his memory, which will come up in Jasol.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|title=War memorial in memory of Lt Gen Hanut Singh soon|accessdate=15 February 2018|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/war-memorial-in-memory-of-lt-gen-hanut-singh-soon/articleshow/61990817.cms}}</ref>

== Military Awards ==

{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|colspan="4"| [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|100px]] [[File:Maha Vir Chakra ribbon.svg|100px]] [[File:IND Samar Seva Star Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|-
|[[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|-
|[[File:IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|100px]]
|[[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|100px]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="1"| [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
| colspan= "2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Maha Vir Chakra]]
| colspan="1"| Samar Seva Medal
|-
|Paschimi Star
|Raksha Medal
|Sangram Medal
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
|-
|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal
|30 Years Long Service Medal
|20 Years Long Service Medal
|9 Years Long Service Medal
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*Leadership in the Indian Army (Biographies of Twelve Soldiers) by Maj. Gen. V.K.Singh, Sage Publications India Pvt.Ltd.

== External links ==
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206072621/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Regiments2/Poona%20Horse.pdf |date=6 December 2006 }}

{{1971 Indo-Pak War}}

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