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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Lt. Gen Sami Khan was born in [[Hyderabad, India]], and was commissioned in the 4th Battalion, The [[Madras Regiment]], [[Indian Army]].{{fact\|date=August ~~2022~~}}		Lt. Gen Sami Khan was born in [[Hyderabad, India]], and was commissioned in the 4th Battalion, The [[Madras Regiment]], [[Indian Army]].{{fact\|date=August 2019}}
	He was a member of the Royal family of [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh\|Rampur]], and attended [[Sherwood College]], [[Nainital]], and The [[Scindia School]], [[Gwalior]] before attending the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]].{{fact\|date=August ~~2022~~}}		He was a member of the Royal family of [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh\|Rampur]], and attended [[Sherwood College]], [[Nainital]], and The [[Scindia School]], [[Gwalior]] before attending the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]].{{fact\|date=August 2019}}

	==Military career==		==Military career==

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Lt. Gen Sami Khan was born in [[Hyderabad, India]], and was commissioned in the 4th Battalion, The [[Madras Regiment]], [[Indian Army]].{{fact\|date=August ~~2019~~}}		Lt. Gen Sami Khan was born in [[Hyderabad, India]], and was commissioned in the 4th Battalion, The [[Madras Regiment]], [[Indian Army]].{{fact\|date=August 2022}}
	He was a member of the Royal family of [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh\|Rampur]], and attended [[Sherwood College]], [[Nainital]], and The [[Scindia School]], [[Gwalior]] before attending the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]].{{fact\|date=August ~~2019~~}}		He was a member of the Royal family of [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh\|Rampur]], and attended [[Sherwood College]], [[Nainital]], and The [[Scindia School]], [[Gwalior]] before attending the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]].{{fact\|date=August 2022}}

	==Military career==		==Military career==
	[[Second lieutenant\|2 Lt]] Sami Khan joined the Indian Army on 10 January 1951 and was commissioned into the 4th Battalion the [[Madras Regiment]]. In a career spanning 38 years, Lt Gen Khan served with the United Nations in Congo, and was awarded the [[Sena Medal]]. He then attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington, and later became the Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General of the 69 Brigade in Chaubatiya (now in Uttaranchal). In 1965, Gen Khan joined the 4th Madras Regiment in the Operational Theatre – Maharajke (near Sialkot). After this, Gen Sami Khan joined the battalion as a second in command to Dharchula, and took over the battalion in 1967. Thereafter, the General took the battalion to [[Trivandrum]] and left for an instructor’s job at the [[Central Command (India)\|Central Command]], [[Lucknow]] as the GSO 1 (Ops) Air. After spending two-and-a-half to three years as such, he was posted as a full colonel and instructor to the [[Mhow\|Infantry School Mhow]] (near Indore in Madhya Pradesh). Having been elevated to [[Brigadier]], he was given the task of an instructor at the Higher Command Wing at the [[Army War College, Mhow]] from where he picked up his rank as a [[Major General]] and commanded a division in Arunachal Pradesh. Prior to taking over as the 13th Army Commander of the Central Command in 1987, Gen Khan had a stint in the NDA as [[List of Commandants of the National Defence Academy\|Commandant]], and also commanded a corps in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/royal-general-passes-away/article1-85508.aspx#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2014-12-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216134406/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/royal-general-passes-away/article1-85508.aspx#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf \|archive-date=2014-12-16 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		[[Second lieutenant\|2 Lt]] Sami Khan joined the Indian Army on 10 January 1951 and was commissioned into the 4th Battalion the [[Madras Regiment]]. In a career spanning 38 years, Lt Gen Khan served with the United Nations in Congo, and was awarded the [[Sena Medal]]. He then attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington, and later became the Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General of the 69 Brigade in Chaubatiya (now in Uttaranchal). In 1965, Gen Khan joined the 4th Madras Regiment in the Operational Theatre – Maharajke (near Sialkot). After this, Gen Sami Khan joined the battalion as a second in command to Dharchula, and took over the battalion in 1967. Thereafter, the General took the battalion to [[Trivandrum]] and left for an instructor’s job at the [[Central Command (India)\|Central Command]], [[Lucknow]] as the GSO 1 (Ops) Air. After spending two-and-a-half to three years as such, he was posted as a full colonel and instructor to the [[Mhow\|Infantry School Mhow]] (near Indore in Madhya Pradesh). Having been elevated to [[Brigadier]], he was given the task of an instructor at the Higher Command Wing at the [[Army War College, Mhow]] from where he picked up his rank as a [[Major General]] and commanded a division in Arunachal Pradesh. Prior to taking over as the 13th Army Commander of the Central Command in 1987, Gen Khan had a stint in the NDA as [[List of Commandants of the National Defence Academy\|Commandant]], and also commanded a corps in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/royal-general-passes-away/article1-85508.aspx#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf \|title=Royal General passes away - Hindustan Times \|access-date=2014-12-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216134406/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/royal-general-passes-away/article1-85508.aspx#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf \|archive-date=2014-12-16 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	He was awarded with a [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] (PVSM) by the Indian government for his services to the nation. He was also recently posthumously awarded the Madhav Award 2016 by his alma mater, The [[Scindia School]], Gwalior where he had spent 4 formative years from 1944 to 1948.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.scindia.edu/madhav-awardees/ \|title=MADHAV AWARDEES - The Scindia School \|publisher=Scindia.edu \|date= \|accessdate=2018-08-30}}</ref>		He was awarded with a [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] (PVSM) by the Indian government for his services to the nation. He was also recently posthumously awarded the Madhav Award 2016 by his alma mater, The [[Scindia School]], Gwalior where he had spent 4 formative years from 1944 to 1948.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.scindia.edu/madhav-awardees/ \|title=MADHAV AWARDEES - The Scindia School \|publisher=Scindia.edu \|date= \|accessdate=2018-08-30}}</ref>

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[[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Sami Khan''', [[PVSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]] was a General in the [[Indian Army]] who served as the 13th General officer Commanding-in-Chief of the [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]], [[Lucknow]]. Gen Khan had earlier served as the [[List of Commandants of the National Defence Academy|Commandant]] of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], Khadakwasla.

==Early life==
Lt. Gen Sami Khan was born in [[Hyderabad, India]], and was commissioned in the 4th Battalion, The [[Madras Regiment]], [[Indian Army]].{{fact|date=August 2019}}
He was a member of the Royal family of [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]], and attended [[Sherwood College]], [[Nainital]], and The [[Scindia School]], [[Gwalior]] before attending the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]].{{fact|date=August 2019}}

==Military career==
[[Second lieutenant|2 Lt]] Sami Khan joined the Indian Army on 10 January 1951 and was commissioned into the 4th Battalion the [[Madras Regiment]]. In a career spanning 38 years, Lt Gen Khan served with the United Nations in Congo, and was awarded the [[Sena Medal]]. He then attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington, and later became the Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General of the 69 Brigade in Chaubatiya (now in Uttaranchal). In 1965, Gen Khan joined the 4th Madras Regiment in the Operational Theatre – Maharajke (near Sialkot). After this, Gen Sami Khan joined the battalion as a second in command to Dharchula, and took over the battalion in 1967. Thereafter, the General took the battalion to [[Trivandrum]] and left for an instructor’s job at the [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]], [[Lucknow]] as the GSO 1 (Ops) Air. After spending two-and-a-half to three years as such, he was posted as a full colonel and instructor to the [[Mhow|Infantry School Mhow]] (near Indore in Madhya Pradesh). Having been elevated to [[Brigadier]], he was given the task of an instructor at the Higher Command Wing at the [[Army War College, Mhow]] from where he picked up his rank as a [[Major General]] and commanded a division in Arunachal Pradesh. Prior to taking over as the 13th Army Commander of the Central Command in 1987, Gen Khan had a stint in the NDA as [[List of Commandants of the National Defence Academy|Commandant]], and also commanded a corps in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/royal-general-passes-away/article1-85508.aspx#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216134406/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/royal-general-passes-away/article1-85508.aspx#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf#sthash.RCATPMrm.dpuf |archive-date=2014-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was awarded with a [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] (PVSM) by the Indian government for his services to the nation. He was also recently posthumously awarded the Madhav Award 2016 by his alma mater, The [[Scindia School]], Gwalior where he had spent 4 formative years from 1944 to 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scindia.edu/madhav-awardees/ |title=MADHAV AWARDEES - The Scindia School |publisher=Scindia.edu |date= |accessdate=2018-08-30}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Indian Army Param Vishisht Seva Medal Winners - Infantry [http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=7kbNubNFaIc=&ParentID=YG/CErIR6dY=]

==External links==
* National Defence Academy of India - Gallery of the Commandants [https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071236/http://nda.nic.in/html/nda-commandants-gallery.html].

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