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After his graduation Ahluwalia joined the Indian Army as an officer, receiving a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Electrical-Mechanical Engineering branch on 14 December 1958.<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=226 |date=12 September 1959 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 December 1960 and to captain on 14 December 1964.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=20 |date=21 January 1961 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=146 |date=20 March 1965 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Seeing action during the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was wounded by a bullet in his spine, which left him confined to a wheelchair. He received an early discharge from the Army on 8 January 1968,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=295 |date=3 March 1973 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with the honorary rank of major.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part II-Section 3 |page=5 |date=15 September 1997 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | After his graduation Ahluwalia joined the Indian Army as an officer, receiving a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Electrical-Mechanical Engineering branch on 14 December 1958.<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=226 |date=12 September 1959 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 December 1960 and to captain on 14 December 1964.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=20 |date=21 January 1961 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=146 |date=20 March 1965 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Seeing action during the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was wounded by a bullet in his spine, which left him confined to a wheelchair. He received an early discharge from the Army on 8 January 1968,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=295 |date=3 March 1973 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with the honorary rank of major.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part II-Section 3 |page=5 |date=15 September 1997 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | ||