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{{short description|Indian Air Force officer}}
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|honorific_prefix=Air Marshal
|name= Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj
|honorific_suffix=[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]]
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|birth_place=[[Lahore]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Undivided British India]]
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|commands= [[No. 20 Squadron IAF|No. 20 Squadron IAF "Lightnings"]]<br>15 Wing IAF<br>[[Southern Air Command (India)|Southern Air Command]]
|unit= [[No. 20 Squadron IAF|No. 20 Squadron IAF "Lightnings"]]
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[[Air Marshal]] '''Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]] is a retired officer of the [[Indian Air Force]] and a recipient of the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (India's second highest gallantry Award) and the [[Vayu Sena Medal]].

==Early life==
Air Marshal Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj was born in [[Lahore]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Undivided British India]] in July 1935. His father's name was Shri P.N.Bhardwaj.

==Military career==
Air Marshal Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj was commissioned into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 8 Oct 1955.<ref name=bharat-service>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/5001|title=Air Marshal Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj|publisher=Bharat Rakshak |access-date= 11 June 2020}}</ref>
After joining the Indian Air Force, he saw action in both the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965]] and [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 Indo-Pakistan War]]s.

In January 1971, as he served in an operational training squadron, where he instituted measures bringing about improved flying skills and knowledge of the trainees, for which he was awarded the [[Vayu Sena Medal]].

During the 1971 war, he held the rank of [[Squadron Leader]], in [[No. 20 Squadron IAF]], a fighter bomber squadron equipped with [[Hawker Hunter]] aircraft and as senior officer of the squadron, led a number of deep penetration missions into Pakistani territory attacking heavily defended targets including Pakistani airfields, oil refineries and in support of ground operations. For bravery and leadership displayed in combat missions, Squadron Leader Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj was awarded the [[Mahavir Chakra]], India's second highest gallantry award.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&q=Air+Marshal+Ravinder+Nath+Bhardwaj&pg=PA112|title=Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners|last=Chakravorty|first=B.|date=1995|publisher=Allied Publishers|year= 1995|isbn=9788170235163 |location=112|pages= 387|language=en}}</ref>

After the war, he went on to hold senior responsibilities:
* Director, Plans at Air Headquarters
* Air Officer Commanding of 15 Wing
* Deputy Commandant & Chief Instructor of National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla
* Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Southern Air Command, Trivandrum

He rose to the rank of Air Marshal, before retiring on 31 Jul 1993.

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[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Indian aviators]]
[[Category:Pilots of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
[[Category:Pilots of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:Indian military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Maha Vir Chakra]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Vayu Sena Medal]]

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->Iridescent 2: /* Early life */Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: on July 1935 → in July 1935