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{{Use dmy dates|date=September | {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} | ||
{{Use British English|date=November | {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} | ||
{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
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==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
Bhagat applied himself to his studies in his final year and was commissioned in the [[British Indian Army]] on 15 July 1939 as a [[Second lieutenant]] (2Lt.) in the [[Bombay Engineer Group|Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners]]. He was posted to the 21 Field Company of Engineers at [[Pune]] in September, shortly after war began in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sikhli.info/index.php/colonel1 |title=1 - Value Domain:バリュードメイン |access-date=2009-09-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510120402/http://sikhli.info/index.php/colonel1 |archive-date=10 May | Bhagat applied himself to his studies in his final year and was commissioned in the [[British Indian Army]] on 15 July 1939 as a [[Second lieutenant]] (2Lt.) in the [[Bombay Engineer Group|Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners]]. He was posted to the 21 Field Company of Engineers at [[Pune]] in September, shortly after war began in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sikhli.info/index.php/colonel1 |title=1 - Value Domain:バリュードメイン |access-date=2009-09-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510120402/http://sikhli.info/index.php/colonel1 |archive-date=10 May 2012}}</ref> | ||
===World War II=== | ===World War II=== | ||
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|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-4.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] ||Indian Army || 1 September 1947 (acting)<br>July 1948 (temporary)<ref name="insignia" group="note"/> | |align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-4.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] ||Indian Army || 1 September 1947 (acting)<br>July 1948 (temporary)<ref name="insignia" group="note"/> | ||
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|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || Captain || Indian Army || 26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia)<ref name="insignia_designs">{{cite web|title=New Designs of Crests and Badges in the Services|url=http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193914/http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|archive-date=8 August | |align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || Captain || Indian Army || 26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia)<ref name="insignia_designs">{{cite web|title=New Designs of Crests and Badges in the Services|url=http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193914/http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2017}}</ref> | ||
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|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || Major || Indian Army || 28 August 1951 (substantive)<ref name="major"/> | |align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || Major || Indian Army || 28 August 1951 (substantive)<ref name="major"/> | ||