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	'''Brig. Pritam Singh''' is an [[India\|Indian]] [[Indian Army\|Army]] Officer, born in Dina Village in [[Firozpur\|Ferozpur]], [[Punjab, India]]. He fought in the [[Battle of Singapore]] in 1942. After the war, he promoted to Lt. Colonel. In 1947, he fought against [[Pakistan]] in [[Poonch (town)\|Poonch]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://poonch.nic.in/SaviourPch/SOP.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027073428/http://poonch.nic.in/SaviourPch/SOP.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2010-10-27\|title=Brigadier Pritam Singh\|date=2010-10-27\|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>		'''Brig. Pritam Singh''' is an [[India\|Indian]] [[Indian Army\|Army]] Officer, born in Dina Village in [[Firozpur\|Ferozpur]], [[Punjab, India]]. He fought in the [[Battle of Singapore]] in 1942. After the war, he promoted to Lt. Colonel. In 1947, he fought against [[Pakistan]] in [[Poonch (town)\|Poonch]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://poonch.nic.in/SaviourPch/SOP.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027073428/http://poonch.nic.in/SaviourPch/SOP.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2010-10-27\|title=Brigadier Pritam Singh\|date=2010-10-27\|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>
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	== Army career ==		== Army career ==
	[[File:Relief of Poonch (Op Easy).png\|right\|thumb\|275px\|Operation Easy. Poonch link-up 1 November 1948 - 26 November 1948]]		[[File:Relief of Poonch (Op Easy).png\|right\|thumb\|275px\|Operation Easy. Poonch link-up 1 November 1948 - 26 November 1948]]
	As a young officer, Pritam Singh fought in the battle of Singapore in 1942 and was wounded badly. He was imprisoned by the enemy, but escaped from the army camp, and after six months reached Manipur, India. Later, he was awarded the coveted Military Cross for his bravery.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/shooting-straight/a-hero-disowned-by-the-nation-deserves-pardon/\|title=A hero disowned by the nation deserves pardon\|date=2018-05-15\|website=Times of India Blog\|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> Lt Col Pritam Singh was promoted to the rank of Brigadier in December 1948. Poonch withstood a siege by the [[Pakistan Army]] from November 1947 till relieved by an Indian offensive, [[Operation Easy]] on 20 November 1948. The besieged garrison Singh commanded was maintained by air supply. [[Military operations in Poonch (1948)\|Military operations]] ended with Poonch town and the eastern part of Poonch district in Indian hands and western Poonch in Pakistani hands. In 1951, Singh faced a court-martial.{{cn\|date=February ~~2022~~}}		As a young officer, Pritam Singh fought in the battle of Singapore in 1942 and was wounded badly. He was imprisoned by the enemy, but escaped from the army camp, and after six months reached Manipur, India. Later, he was awarded the coveted Military Cross for his bravery.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/shooting-straight/a-hero-disowned-by-the-nation-deserves-pardon/\|title=A hero disowned by the nation deserves pardon\|date=2018-05-15\|website=Times of India Blog\|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> Lt Col Pritam Singh was promoted to the rank of Brigadier in December 1948. Poonch withstood a siege by the [[Pakistan Army]] from November 1947 till relieved by an Indian offensive, [[Operation Easy]] on 20 November 1948. The besieged garrison Singh commanded was maintained by air supply. [[Military operations in Poonch (1948)\|Military operations]] ended with Poonch town and the eastern part of Poonch district in Indian hands and western Poonch in Pakistani hands. In 1951, Singh faced a court-martial.{{cn\|date=February 2019}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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{{short description|Indian general}}
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'''Brig. Pritam Singh''' is an [[India|Indian]] [[Indian Army|Army]] Officer, born in Dina Village in [[Firozpur|Ferozpur]], [[Punjab, India]]. He fought in the [[Battle of Singapore]] in 1942. After the war, he promoted to Lt. Colonel. In 1947, he fought against [[Pakistan]] in [[Poonch (town)|Poonch]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://poonch.nic.in/SaviourPch/SOP.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027073428/http://poonch.nic.in/SaviourPch/SOP.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-10-27|title=Brigadier Pritam Singh|date=2010-10-27|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>

== Army career ==
[[File:Relief of Poonch (Op Easy).png|right|thumb|275px|Operation Easy. Poonch link-up 1 November 1948 - 26 November 1948]]
As a young officer, Pritam Singh fought in the battle of Singapore in 1942 and was wounded badly. He was imprisoned by the enemy, but escaped from the army camp, and after six months reached Manipur, India. Later, he was awarded the coveted Military Cross for his bravery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/shooting-straight/a-hero-disowned-by-the-nation-deserves-pardon/|title=A hero disowned by the nation deserves pardon|date=2018-05-15|website=Times of India Blog|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> Lt Col Pritam Singh was promoted to the rank of Brigadier in December 1948. Poonch withstood a siege by the [[Pakistan Army]] from November 1947 till relieved by an Indian offensive, [[Operation Easy]] on 20 November 1948. The besieged garrison Singh commanded was maintained by air supply. [[Military operations in Poonch (1948)|Military operations]] ended with Poonch town and the eastern part of Poonch district in Indian hands and western Poonch in Pakistani hands. In 1951, Singh faced a court-martial.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

== See also ==
* ''[[The Saviour Brig. Pritam Singh]]''

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]

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