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[[Air commodore|Air Commodore]] '''Jagdev Chandra''', ([[Punjabi people|Punjabi]]) (6 October 1916 – 19 Apr 1991), Royal Indian Air force and later one of the first recruits of [[Indian Air Force]], was a war veteran, served with excellence in Burma during [[World War II]]. Was born in [[Peshawar]], to a Punjabi family of repute, father a doctor and brother, the popular [[politician]] and Gandhian Jag Pravesh Chandra. He quit medical school to join [[JRD Tata|J.R.D Tata]] as one of his first few students in flying. He joined the Royal Indian Air Force and was commissioned on 1 August 1940. He served as [[squadron leader]] and CO of the [[No. 4 Squadron RAF|No.4 Squadron]]. | [[Air commodore|Air Commodore]] '''Jagdev Chandra''', ([[Punjabi people|Punjabi]]) (6 October 1916 – 19 Apr 1991), Royal Indian Air force and later one of the first recruits of [[Indian Air Force]], was a war veteran, served with excellence in Burma during [[World War II]]. Was born in [[Peshawar]], to a Punjabi family of repute, father a doctor and brother, the popular [[politician]] and Gandhian Jag Pravesh Chandra. He quit medical school to join [[JRD Tata|J.R.D Tata]] as one of his first few students in flying. He joined the Royal Indian Air Force and was commissioned on 1 August 1940. He served as [[squadron leader]] and CO of the [[No. 4 Squadron RAF|No.4 Squadron]]. | ||