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{{Infobox military person
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| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant General]]
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| servicenumber = IC-39607H
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| unit =[[16th Light Cavalry]]
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| commands = [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]]<br/>[[I Corps (India)|I Corps]]<br>1 Armoured Brigade<br/>[[16th Light Cavalry]]
| commands = [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]]<br/>[[I Corps (India)|I Corps]]<br>1 Armoured Division<br/>[[16th Light Cavalry]]
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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://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
[[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=Archived copy |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>
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


<center>'''CITATION'''<br>
{{center|'''CITATION'''<br>
'''BRIGADIER KHEM KARAN SINGH'''<br>
'''BRIGADIER KHEM KARAN SINGH'''<br>
'''IC-2014'''</center>
'''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.