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[[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Khem Karan Singh''' (March 5, 1921 – July 26, 2016) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] for his services to the nation during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 war]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https:// | [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Khem Karan Singh''' [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] (March 5, 1921 – July 26, 2016) was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] for his services to the nation during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 war]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> | ||
He also received [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his services during [[1965 Indo-Pakistan war]]. | He also received [[Maha Vir Chakra]] for his services during [[1965 Indo-Pakistan war]]. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
He was born in 1919 in [[Rohtak district]] in [[Haryana]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haryana-online.com/warheroes/lt_gen_khem_karan_singh.htm |title= | He was born in 1919 in [[Rohtak district]] in [[Haryana]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haryana-online.com/warheroes/lt_gen_khem_karan_singh.htm |title=Lt General Khem Karan Singh - Indian Army - Maha vir Chakra - Padma Bhushan - Haryana - India |access-date=16 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130070331/http://www.haryana-online.com/WarHeroes/lt_gen_khem_karan_singh.htm |archive-date=30 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A third generation Cavalry Officer, his grandfather [[Risaldar Major]] Ram Singh and father Honorary Major Bharat Singh has served in the [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]] (which later became [[20th Lancers (British Indian Army)|20th Lancers]]). Singh attended the [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Service |first1=Tribune News |title=Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh: An outstanding military leader |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryanatribune/lt-gen-khem-karan-singh-an-outstanding-military-leader-670659 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
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Date of Award: 06 Sep 1965 | Date of Award: 06 Sep 1965 | ||
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'''BRIGADIER KHEM KARAN SINGH'''<br> | '''BRIGADIER KHEM KARAN SINGH'''<br> | ||
'''IC-2014''' | '''IC-2014'''}} | ||
Brigadier Khem Karan Singh, commander of an armoured brigade, led his brigade and some additional armoured units into action during the operations in the Sialkot Sector from 6 to 22 September 1965. He was to cope with enemy tanks which were superior in number and better in technical performance. | Brigadier Khem Karan Singh, commander of an armoured brigade, led his brigade and some additional armoured units into action during the operations in the Sialkot Sector from 6 to 22 September 1965. He was to cope with enemy tanks which were superior in number and better in technical performance. | ||