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	[[File:1971 Instrument of Surrender.jpg\|thumbnail\|[[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi\|Lt Gen A A K Niazi]] signing the [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender]] under the gaze of [[Jagjit Singh Aurora\|Lt Gen J S Aurora]]. Standing immediately behind (L-R) [[Nilakanta Krishnan\|Vice Admiral Krishnan]], Air Marshal Dewan, [[Sagat Singh\|Lt. Gen Sagat Singh]], [[J. F. R. Jacob\|Maj Gen JFR Jacob]].]]		[[File:1971 Instrument of Surrender.jpg\|thumbnail\|[[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi\|Lt Gen A A K Niazi]] signing the [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender]] under the gaze of [[Jagjit Singh Aurora\|Lt Gen J S Aurora]]. Standing immediately behind (L-R) [[Nilakanta Krishnan\|Vice Admiral Krishnan]], Air Marshal Dewan, [[Sagat Singh\|Lt. Gen Sagat Singh]], [[J. F. R. Jacob\|Maj Gen JFR Jacob]].]]

	[[Air Marshal (India)\|Air Marshal]] '''Hari Chand Dewan''', {{small\|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]]}} (20 September 1921 – 22 August 2017) was an [[Indian Air Force]] officer. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1972 for his services at the head of the [[Eastern Air Command (India)\|Eastern Air Command]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>		[[Air Marshal (India)\|Air Marshal]] '''Hari Chand Dewan''', {{small\|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]]}} (20 September 1921 – 22 August 2017) was an [[Indian Air Force]] officer. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1972 for his services at the head of the [[Eastern Air Command (India)\|Eastern Air Command]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=July 21, 2015 \| archive-date=19 October 2017 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215108/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| url-status=dead }}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	He was ~~commissioned in 1940. He also received [[Param Vishist Seva Medal]] in 1969~~.<ref>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/1598</ref> ~~Dewan died~~ in ~~August 2017 at~~ the ~~age of 95~~.<ref>[~~http~~://~~www~~.~~bharat~~-~~rakshak~~.com/~~IAF~~/~~Database/1598 Air Marshal Hari Chand~~ Dewan ~~profile]~~</~~ref~~>		Hari Chand Dewan was born on 20 September 1921.<ref name=BR>{{Cite web \|title=Service Record for Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/1598 \|access-date=2022-11-22 \|website=Bharat Rakshak \|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 1940 he was one of the [[24 Indian pilots (1940)\|24 Indian pilots seconded to the UK]].<ref name=Chowdhry2018>{{cite book \|last1=Chowdhry \|first1=Mohindra S. \|title=Defence of Europe by Sikh Soldiers in the World Wars \|date=2018 \|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd \|location=Leicestershire \|isbn=978-1788037-983 \|pages=329-383 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twFQDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA329 \|language=en \|chapter=7. Sikhs in the Second World War}}</ref> In 1969 he received [[Param Vishist Seva Medal]].<ref name=Rotary1969>{{cite book \|title=The Rotarian \|date=1969 \|publisher=Rotary International \|page=28 \|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XTUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 \|language=en}}</ref> He was head of the [[Eastern Air Command (India)\|Eastern Air Command]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name="Batabyal2020">{{cite book \|last1=Batabyal \|first1=Guru Saday \|title=Politico-Military Strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 \|date=2020 \|publisher=Taylor & Francis \|isbn=978-1-000-31766-4 \|page=282 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QsLEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT282 \|language=en}}</ref>

			==Death==
			Dewan died in August 2017 at the age of 95.<ref name=BR/>

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| name = H C Dewan
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]]
| birth_date = 20 September 1921
| death_date = 22 August 2017
| branch = [[Indian Air Force]]
| battles = [[Burma Campaign]]
}}
[[File:1971 Instrument of Surrender.jpg|thumbnail|[[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi|Lt Gen A A K Niazi]] signing the [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender]] under the gaze of [[Jagjit Singh Aurora|Lt Gen J S Aurora]]. Standing immediately behind (L-R) [[Nilakanta Krishnan|Vice Admiral Krishnan]], Air Marshal Dewan, [[Sagat Singh|Lt. Gen Sagat Singh]], [[J. F. R. Jacob|Maj Gen JFR Jacob]].]]

[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Hari Chand Dewan''', {{small|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]]}} (20 September 1921 – 22 August 2017) was an [[Indian Air Force]] officer. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1972 for his services at the head of the [[Eastern Air Command (India)|Eastern Air Command]] in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

== Career ==
He was commissioned in 1940. He also received [[Param Vishist Seva Medal]] in 1969.<ref>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/1598</ref> Dewan died in August 2017 at the age of 95.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/1598 Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan profile]</ref>

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[[Category:Air marshals of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force air marshals]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Indian military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:Indian military personnel of World War II]]
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