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== Career ==
== Career ==
Bhinder was commissioned in the [[9th Deccan Horse]] in June 1983.<ref name="mathura"/> A graduate of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, he has commanded both an armoured brigade and an armoured division, and has also served as a UN peacekeeping force military observer.<ref name="mathura">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Amardeep Bhinder takes command of Strike One Corps Mathura |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/amardeep-bhinder-takes-command-of-strike-one-corps-mathura-119013101186_1.html|work=Business Standard|location= |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> He served as Director General Military Training at Integrated HQ before taking command of the elite [[I Corps (India)|I Corps]] on 31 January 2019.<ref name="mathura"/> He then served as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Information Systems) before assuming command of the South Western Command.<ref name="Bhinder"/>
Bhinder was commissioned in the [[9th Deccan Horse|9th Horse (Deccan Horse)]] in June 1983.<ref name="mathura"/> A graduate of the [[National Defence Academy]] , Khadakwasla, he has commanded both an armoured brigade and an armoured division, and has also served as a UN peacekeeping force military observer.<ref name="mathura">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Amardeep Bhinder takes command of Strike One Corps Mathura |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/amardeep-bhinder-takes-command-of-strike-one-corps-mathura-119013101186_1.html|work=Business Standard|location= |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> He served as Director General Military Training at Integrated HQ before taking command of the elite [[I Corps (India)|I Corps]] on 31 January 2019.<ref name="mathura"/> He then served as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Information Systems) before assuming command of the [[South Western Command (India)|South Western Command]].<ref name="Bhinder"/>


==Awards and decorations==
==Awards and decorations==
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Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/Images/Content/1000040007/Lieutenant%20General%20Amardeep%20Singh%20Bhinder.jpg |website=indianarmy.nic.in}}</ref>
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/Images/Content/1000040007/Lieutenant%20General%20Amardeep%20Singh%20Bhinder.jpg |website=indianarmy.nic.in|title=The Official Home Page of the Indian Army }}</ref>


== Dates of rank ==
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|align="center" |[[File:Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]]  || 18 June 1983<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1985/O-0780-1985-0013-34592.pdf |page=414  |date=30 March 1985 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>   
|align="center" |[[File:Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]]  || 18 June 1983<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1985/O-0780-1985-0013-34592.pdf |page=414  |date=30 March 1985 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>   
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|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army  || 18 June 1985<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=656  |date=9 May 1987|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1987/O-0672-1987-0019-30018.pdf  |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army  || 18 June 1985<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|page=656  |date=9 May 1987|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1987/O-0672-1987-0019-30018.pdf  |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
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|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 18 June 1988<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=589  |date=22 April 1989|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 18 June 1988<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=589  |date=22 April 1989|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1989/O-0592-1989-0016-25627.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|-
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 18 June 1994<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1894  |date=15 October 1994|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1994/O-0364-1994-0042-14345.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 18 June 1994<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1894  |date=15 October 1994|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1994/O-0364-1994-0042-14345.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
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|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || 16 December 2004<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1896  |date=15 October 2005|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2005/W_42_2012_119.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || 16 December 2004<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1896  |date=15 October 2005|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2005/W_42_2012_119.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
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|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || 15 March 2006<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=2179  |date=20 December 2008|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2008/W_51_2011_053.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || 15 March 2006<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=2179  |date=20 December 2008|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2008/W_51_2011_053.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|-
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]]  || [[Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 27 August 2010 (substantive, with seniority from 16 August 2009)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=430  |date=22 March 2014|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/158718.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]]  || [[Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 27 August 2010 (substantive, with seniority from 16 August 2009)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=430  |date=22 March 2014|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/158718.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|-
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major general (India)|Major General]] || Indian Army || 1 January 2016 (substantive, seniority from 4 January 2013)<ref name="maj_gen">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=350 |date=8 April 2017|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/175252.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major general (India)|Major General]] || Indian Army || 18 November 2015 (seniority from 23 August 2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=755 |date=16 April 2022 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2022/235171.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
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|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]]  || [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 1 March 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=393  |date=9 February 2019|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/197165.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]]  || [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 1 March 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=393  |date=9 February 2019|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/197165.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>  
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 3 July 2022


Lieutenant General

Amardeep Singh Bhinder

AVSM, VSM
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Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of serviceJune 1983 – present
Rank Lieutenant General
Service numberIC-41083L[1]
UnitThe Deccan Horse
Commands heldError creating thumbnail: File missing South Western Army
I Corps
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal

Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Bhinder AVSM, VSM is the present General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army South Western Command. He assumed command from Lieutenant-General Alok Singh Kler on 1 April 2021.[2]

Career[edit | edit source]

Bhinder was commissioned in the 9th Horse (Deccan Horse) in June 1983.[3] A graduate of the National Defence Academy , Khadakwasla, he has commanded both an armoured brigade and an armoured division, and has also served as a UN peacekeeping force military observer.[3] He served as Director General Military Training at Integrated HQ before taking command of the elite I Corps on 31 January 2019.[3] He then served as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Information Systems) before assuming command of the South Western Command.[2]

Awards and decorations[edit | edit source]

Bhinder has been decorated with the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM), which he was awarded in the 2021 Republic Day honours.[1]

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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Samanya Seva Medal Special Service Medal
Operation Vijay Medal Operation Parakram Medal Videsh Seva Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal UNMEE Medal

Source:[4]

Dates of rank[edit | edit source]

Insignia Rank Component Date of rank
Second Lieutenant Indian Army 18 June 1983[5]
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant Indian Army 18 June 1985[6]
Captain Indian Army 18 June 1988[7]
Major Indian Army 18 June 1994[8]
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army 16 December 2004[9]
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Indian Army 15 March 2006[10]
Brigadier Indian Army 27 August 2010 (substantive, with seniority from 16 August 2009)[11]
Major General Indian Army 18 November 2015 (seniority from 23 August 2014)[12]
Lieutenant-General Indian Army 1 March 2018[13]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "List of Personnel being Conferred Gallantry and Distinguished Awards on the Occasion of Republic Day 2021" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Bhinder takes over as chief of South Western Command". The Economic Times. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Amardeep Bhinder takes command of Strike One Corps Mathura". Business Standard. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Official Home Page of the Indian Army". indianarmy.nic.in.
  5. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 30 March 1985. p. 414.
  6. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 May 1987. p. 656.
  7. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 22 April 1989. p. 589.
  8. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 15 October 1994. p. 1894.
  9. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 1896.
  10. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 20 December 2008. p. 2179.
  11. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 22 March 2014. p. 430.
  12. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 16 April 2022. p. 755.
  13. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 February 2019. p. 393.
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Alok Singh Kler 		General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief South Western Army
1 April 2021 - 		Succeeded by
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