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	K.P. Singh Dev is the son of the late Shankar Pratap Singh Dev, the last Raja of [[Dhenkanal (State)\|Dhenkanal]].<ref name="biodata">{{cite web \|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=427&lastls=13 \|title=Members' Bioprofile - Brig (Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha \|access-date=27 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		K.P. Singh Dev is the son of the late Shankar Pratap Singh Dev, the last Raja of [[Dhenkanal (State)\|Dhenkanal]].<ref name="biodata">{{cite web \|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=427&lastls=13 \|title=Members' Bioprofile - Brig (Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha \|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>

	In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, he stood as a candidate for the [[Swatantra Party]] and was elected from the [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dhenkanal constituency]] of [[Odisha, India\|Odisha]]. Aged 25, he was among the youngest MPs elected that year. From 1967 until 1970, he served as chief whip for the party in the Lok Sabha.<ref name="biodata"/> By 1980, he had transferred his allegiance to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the president of the [[Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/k-p-singh-deo-is-new-orissa-cong-chief-patnaik-in-cwc/415838/ \|title=K P Singh Deo is new Orissa Cong chief, Patnaik in CWC - Indian Express \|work=indianexpress.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Singh Deo replaced Jaydev Jena, who also resigned on January 24, as the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee chief \|access-date=17 May ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/orissa/story_13860650.jsp \|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) \| Odisha \| ‘I don’t question my commander’ \|work=telegraphindia.com \|quote=Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo is the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee \|access-date=17 May 2012 \|location=Calcutta, India \|date=16 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, he stood as a candidate for the [[Swatantra Party]] and was elected from the [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dhenkanal constituency]] of [[Odisha, India\|Odisha]]. Aged 25, he was among the youngest MPs elected that year. From 1967 until 1970, he served as chief whip for the party in the Lok Sabha.<ref name="biodata"/> By 1980, he had transferred his allegiance to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the president of the [[Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/k-p-singh-deo-is-new-orissa-cong-chief-patnaik-in-cwc/415838/ \|title=K P Singh Deo is new Orissa Cong chief, Patnaik in CWC - Indian Express \|work=indianexpress.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Singh Deo replaced Jaydev Jena, who also resigned on January 24, as the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee chief \|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/orissa/story_13860650.jsp \|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) \| Odisha \| ‘I don’t question my commander’ \|work=telegraphindia.com \|quote=Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo is the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee \|access-date=17 May 2012 \|location=Calcutta, India \|date=16 April 2011}}</ref>

	===Military career===		===Military career===
	Singh Dev was commissioned a [[Territorial Army (India)\|Territorial Army]] second lieutenant in the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)\|Regiment of Artillery]] on 1 June 1971.<ref name="commission">{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=235 \|date=12 February 1972 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] (AVSM) in 1994.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://purpleberet.com/details/onceupon_detail.aspx?id=49 \|title=:: Welcome to Purple Beret \|work=purpleberet.com \|year=2012\|quote=As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 1994 \|access-date=17 May ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.stratpost.com/territorial-army-to-ease-training-to-tempt-specialists \|title=Territorial Army to ease training to tempt specialists \| StratPost \|work=stratpost.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Brigadier KP Singh Deo served in the TA and was also awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM). \|access-date=17 May ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was [[Aide-de-camp#India\|ADC]] to the President of India.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://mod.nic.in/samachar/hinsept1-02/html/ch4.htm \|title=On a Winning Spree \|work=mod.nic.in \|year=2002 \|quote=Brig KP Singh Deo and Brig PS Rathore have been ADCs to the President of India \|access-date=17 May ~~2022~~}}</ref> Upon reaching retirement age, he was promoted colonel on 30 August 1995,<ref name="col"/> and retired the following day.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1084 \|date=27 July 1996 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 10 October 1997, he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref name="brig"/>		Singh Dev was commissioned a [[Territorial Army (India)\|Territorial Army]] second lieutenant in the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)\|Regiment of Artillery]] on 1 June 1971.<ref name="commission">{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=235 \|date=12 February 1972 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] (AVSM) in 1994.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://purpleberet.com/details/onceupon_detail.aspx?id=49 \|title=:: Welcome to Purple Beret \|work=purpleberet.com \|year=2012\|quote=As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 1994 \|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.stratpost.com/territorial-army-to-ease-training-to-tempt-specialists \|title=Territorial Army to ease training to tempt specialists \| StratPost \|work=stratpost.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Brigadier KP Singh Deo served in the TA and was also awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM). \|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> He was [[Aide-de-camp#India\|ADC]] to the President of India.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://mod.nic.in/samachar/hinsept1-02/html/ch4.htm \|title=On a Winning Spree \|work=mod.nic.in \|year=2002 \|quote=Brig KP Singh Deo and Brig PS Rathore have been ADCs to the President of India \|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> Upon reaching retirement age, he was promoted colonel on 30 August 1995,<ref name="col"/> and retired the following day.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1084 \|date=27 July 1996 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 10 October 1997, he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref name="brig"/>

	He contested in the General Election 2019 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from Dhenkanal . Not only did he get defeated in that election, he also lost election deposit.		He contested in the General Election 2019 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from Dhenkanal . Not only did he get defeated in that election, he also lost election deposit.

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	==Details==		==Details==
	===Political career===		===Political career===
	K.P. Singh Dev is the son of the late Shankar Pratap Singh Dev, the last Raja of [[Dhenkanal (State)\|Dhenkanal]].<ref name="biodata">{{cite web \|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=427&lastls=13 \|title=Members' Bioprofile - Brig (Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha \|access-date=27 November ~~2020~~}}</ref>		K.P. Singh Dev is the son of the late Shankar Pratap Singh Dev, the last Raja of [[Dhenkanal (State)\|Dhenkanal]].<ref name="biodata">{{cite web \|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=427&lastls=13 \|title=Members' Bioprofile - Brig (Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha \|access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>

	In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, he stood as a candidate for the [[Swatantra Party]] and was elected from the [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dhenkanal constituency]] of [[Odisha, India\|Odisha]]. Aged 25, he was among the youngest MPs elected that year. From 1967 until 1970, he served as chief whip for the party in the Lok Sabha.<ref name="biodata"/> By 1980, he had transferred his allegiance to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the president of the [[Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/k-p-singh-deo-is-new-orissa-cong-chief-patnaik-in-cwc/415838/ \|title=K P Singh Deo is new Orissa Cong chief, Patnaik in CWC - Indian Express \|work=indianexpress.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Singh Deo replaced Jaydev Jena, who also resigned on January 24, as the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee chief \|access-date=17 May ~~2012~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/orissa/story_13860650.jsp \|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) \| Odisha \| ‘I don’t question my commander’ \|work=telegraphindia.com \|quote=Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo is the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee \|access-date=17 May 2012 \|location=Calcutta, India \|date=16 April ~~2011~~}}</ref>		In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, he stood as a candidate for the [[Swatantra Party]] and was elected from the [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dhenkanal constituency]] of [[Odisha, India\|Odisha]]. Aged 25, he was among the youngest MPs elected that year. From 1967 until 1970, he served as chief whip for the party in the Lok Sabha.<ref name="biodata"/> By 1980, he had transferred his allegiance to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the president of the [[Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/k-p-singh-deo-is-new-orissa-cong-chief-patnaik-in-cwc/415838/ \|title=K P Singh Deo is new Orissa Cong chief, Patnaik in CWC - Indian Express \|work=indianexpress.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Singh Deo replaced Jaydev Jena, who also resigned on January 24, as the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee chief \|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/orissa/story_13860650.jsp \|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) \| Odisha \| ‘I don’t question my commander’ \|work=telegraphindia.com \|quote=Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo is the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee \|access-date=17 May 2012 \|location=Calcutta, India \|date=16 April 2022}}</ref>

	===Military career===		===Military career===
	Singh Dev was commissioned a [[Territorial Army (India)\|Territorial Army]] second lieutenant in the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)\|Regiment of Artillery]] on 1 June 1971.<ref name="commission">{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=235 \|date=12 February 1972 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] (AVSM) in 1994.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://purpleberet.com/details/onceupon_detail.aspx?id=49 \|title=:: Welcome to Purple Beret \|work=purpleberet.com \|year=2012\|quote=As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 1994 \|access-date=17 May ~~2012~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.stratpost.com/territorial-army-to-ease-training-to-tempt-specialists \|title=Territorial Army to ease training to tempt specialists \| StratPost \|work=stratpost.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Brigadier KP Singh Deo served in the TA and was also awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM). \|access-date=17 May ~~2012~~}}</ref> He was [[Aide-de-camp#India\|ADC]] to the President of India.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://mod.nic.in/samachar/hinsept1-02/html/ch4.htm \|title=On a Winning Spree \|work=mod.nic.in \|year=2002 \|quote=Brig KP Singh Deo and Brig PS Rathore have been ADCs to the President of India \|access-date=17 May ~~2012~~}}</ref> Upon reaching retirement age, he was promoted colonel on 30 August 1995,<ref name="col"/> and retired the following day.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1084 \|date=27 July 1996 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 10 October 1997, he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref name="brig"/>		Singh Dev was commissioned a [[Territorial Army (India)\|Territorial Army]] second lieutenant in the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)\|Regiment of Artillery]] on 1 June 1971.<ref name="commission">{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=235 \|date=12 February 1972 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] (AVSM) in 1994.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://purpleberet.com/details/onceupon_detail.aspx?id=49 \|title=:: Welcome to Purple Beret \|work=purpleberet.com \|year=2012\|quote=As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 1994 \|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.stratpost.com/territorial-army-to-ease-training-to-tempt-specialists \|title=Territorial Army to ease training to tempt specialists \| StratPost \|work=stratpost.com \|year=2012 \|quote=Brigadier KP Singh Deo served in the TA and was also awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM). \|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> He was [[Aide-de-camp#India\|ADC]] to the President of India.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://mod.nic.in/samachar/hinsept1-02/html/ch4.htm \|title=On a Winning Spree \|work=mod.nic.in \|year=2002 \|quote=Brig KP Singh Deo and Brig PS Rathore have been ADCs to the President of India \|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> Upon reaching retirement age, he was promoted colonel on 30 August 1995,<ref name="col"/> and retired the following day.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=1084 \|date=27 July 1996 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 10 October 1997, he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref name="brig"/>

	He contested in the General Election 2019 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from Dhenkanal . Not only did he get defeated in that election, he also lost election deposit.		He contested in the General Election 2019 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from Dhenkanal . Not only did he get defeated in that election, he also lost election deposit.
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[[Brigadier]] '''Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo''' [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]] (born 6 August 1941), the scion of Dhenkanal is a former Member of Parliament and a retired Indian Territorial Army officer. He was a member of the [[4th Lok Sabha|4th]], [[7th Lok Sabha|7th]], [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]], [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] and [[13th Lok Sabha]]. He was first elected to [[4th Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]] in 1967 representing [[Swatantra Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/printitem.aspx?214766 |title=news.outlookindia.com |work=news.outlookindia.com |year=2012 |quote=Singh Deo had won the Dhenkanal seat on Swatantra party ticket first time in 1967 |access-date=17 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719115120/http://news.outlookindia.com/printitem.aspx?214766 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Details==
===Political career===
K.P. Singh Dev is the son of the late Shankar Pratap Singh Dev, the last Raja of [[Dhenkanal (State)|Dhenkanal]].<ref name="biodata">{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=427&lastls=13 |title=Members' Bioprofile - Brig (Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM |author= |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>

In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, he stood as a candidate for the [[Swatantra Party]] and was elected from the [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhenkanal constituency]] of [[Odisha, India|Odisha]]. Aged 25, he was among the youngest MPs elected that year. From 1967 until 1970, he served as chief whip for the party in the Lok Sabha.<ref name="biodata"/> By 1980, he had transferred his allegiance to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the president of the [[Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/k-p-singh-deo-is-new-orissa-cong-chief-patnaik-in-cwc/415838/ |title=K P Singh Deo is new Orissa Cong chief, Patnaik in CWC - Indian Express |work=indianexpress.com |year=2012 |quote=Singh Deo replaced Jaydev Jena, who also resigned on January 24, as the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee chief |access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/orissa/story_13860650.jsp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Odisha | ‘I don’t question my commander’ |work=telegraphindia.com |quote=Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo is the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee |access-date=17 May 2012 |location=Calcutta, India |date=16 April 2011}}</ref>

===Military career===
Singh Dev was commissioned a [[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]] second lieutenant in the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] on 1 June 1971.<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=235 |date=12 February 1972 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] (AVSM) in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://purpleberet.com/details/onceupon_detail.aspx?id=49 |title=:: Welcome to Purple Beret |work=purpleberet.com |year=2012|quote=As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 1994 |access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stratpost.com/territorial-army-to-ease-training-to-tempt-specialists |title=Territorial Army to ease training to tempt specialists | StratPost |work=stratpost.com |year=2012 |quote=Brigadier KP Singh Deo served in the TA and was also awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM). |access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> He was [[Aide-de-camp#India|ADC]] to the President of India.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://mod.nic.in/samachar/hinsept1-02/html/ch4.htm |title=On a Winning Spree |work=mod.nic.in |year=2002 |quote=Brig KP Singh Deo and Brig PS Rathore have been ADCs to the President of India |access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> Upon reaching retirement age, he was promoted colonel on 30 August 1995,<ref name="col"/> and retired the following day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1084 |date=27 July 1996 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 10 October 1997, he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref name="brig"/>

He contested in the General Election 2019 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from Dhenkanal . Not only did he get defeated in that election, he also lost election deposit.

== Dates of rank ==
{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
|-
|align="center" |[[File:2nd_Lieutenant_Indian_Army.gif|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]] || 1 June 1971<ref name="commission"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army || 1 June 1975
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 1 June 1979<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=812 |date=8 September 1979 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 4 June 1986<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1765 |date=26 December 1987 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || 4 March 1993 (seniority from 1 January 1993)<ref name="col">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1396 |date=13 September 1997 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || 30 August 1995<ref name="col"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 10 October 1997 (honorary)<ref name="brig">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1 |date=10 November 1998 |publisher=The Gazette of India - Extraordinary}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13OR19.htm Members of 13th Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]

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{{Rajya Sabha Members from Orissa}}
{{Ministers of Information and Broadcasting}}

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[[Category:Odisha politicians]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha]]
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:11th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Swatantra Party politicians]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Odisha]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Odisha]]
[[Category:Ministers for Information and Broadcasting of India]]
[[Category:People from Dhenkanal]]
[[Category:Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]