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	Surendra Panwar was born in [[Dehradun]], and attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School as a child.{{citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}} He pursued post-secondary studies at [[Allahabad University]].		Surendra Panwar was born in [[Dehradun]], and attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School as a child.{{citation needed\|date=April 2014}} He pursued post-secondary studies at [[Allahabad University]].

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	Surendra Panwar was born in [[Dehradun]], and attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School as a child.{{citation needed\|date=April ~~2014~~}} He pursued post-secondary studies at [[Allahabad University]].		Surendra Panwar was born in [[Dehradun]], and attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School as a child.{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}} He pursued post-secondary studies at [[Allahabad University]].

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	* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ Bharat Rakshak: The Consortium of Indian Military Websites]		* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ Bharat Rakshak: The Consortium of Indian Military Websites]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080330224657/http://indianarmy.nic.in/arimamain.htm Indian Military Academy]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080330224657/http://indianarmy.nic.in/arimamain.htm Indian Military Academy]
			* [https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/lt-gen-panwar-takes-charge/story-gx0N430sKuKMyGwg0W5OEM.html SS Panwar]

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{{Infobox military person
|name= Surendra Singh Panwar
|birth_date=19 October 1919
|death_date= 29 April 2002
|birth_place= [[Dehradun]], [[India]]
|death_place=[[Dehradun]], [[India]]
|image= Brig. S. S. Panwar 001.jpg
|caption= Serving at Ambala
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|India }}
|serviceyears= 1942–1973
|rank= [[Brigadier]]
|branch= [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|23px]] [[Indian Army]]
|commands=
|unit= [[Regiment of Artillery]]
|battles= [[World War II]]<br />[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]]<br />[[Sino-Indian War]]<br />[[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]]
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[[Brigadier]] '''Surendra Singh Panwar''' (19 October 1919 – 29 April 2002) served as an artillery officer in the [[Indian Army]].

==Early life and education==

Surendra Panwar was born in [[Dehradun]], and attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School as a child.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} He pursued post-secondary studies at [[Allahabad University]].

==Military career==

Surendra Panwar entered the [[Indian Military Academy]] and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery on 3 May 1942.<ref>Defence Department. (1946, April). ''The Half Yearly Indian Army List''. New Delhi: Manager of Publications, Government of India.</ref> He went on to serve with the Dagger Division ([[19th Infantry Division (India)|19th Infantry Division]]) in Burma during [[World War II]] and in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]]. In 1949 he entered the British Long Gunnery Staff Course at the School of Anti-aircraft Artillery in Manorbier, [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]. A graduate of the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, his service continued in the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962 and the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]]. In between the wars, Brigadier Panwar created the Air Defence Brigade for New Delhi in 1964. In 1968-1969 he represented India, serving as chairman on the [[International Control Commission]] in [[Vietnam]]. At the end of his tenure he served as Sub-Area commander for Lucknow from 1969 to 1971, and Ambala from 1971 to 1972. Among his many appointments, he was Chief Instructor at the School of Artillery in Deolali and the Deputy Director of Artillery at Army Headquarters. He retired as a Brigadier in 1973.
[[File:Indian Officers Meeting.jpg|thumb|225px|right|Brig. S. S. Panwar (far left) with Lt. Gen. [[Premindra Singh Bhagat]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (far right)]]

==Later life==

He would later serve as President of the All India [[Gurkha]] Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association from 1983 to 2002, providing guidance and looking after the welfare of ex-Gurkha soldiers and their families. Surendra Panwar would also serve on the board of trustees for Cambrian Hall and the Gurkha Military College.

==See also==
*[[Indian Army]]

==References==
* Air Cmde (Retd) N. B. Singh, Defence Watch, 1:9, May 2002, p 42.

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/ Indian Army]
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ Bharat Rakshak: The Consortium of Indian Military Websites]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080330224657/http://indianarmy.nic.in/arimamain.htm Indian Military Academy]

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