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Singh served in the ranks of the [[British Indian Army]] from 3 October 1932 to 31 January 1938. He attended the [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehra Dun]], and was commissioned onto the Unattached List, Indian Army on 1 February 1938. He spent the next year attached to [[The King's Regiment (Liverpool)]], a British Army regiment, stationed on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North West Frontier]].<ref>Indian Army List, January 1939</ref> He was then admitted to the Indian Army and joined the [[7th Light Cavalry]] on 24 February 1939. He was promoted to lieutenant on 30 April 1939,<ref>Indian Army List, various dates</ref> and served during [[World War II]]. He was promoted temporary captain and acting major on 16 April 1942, to war-substantive captain and temporary major on 9 January 1943 and to substantive captain on 31 January 1945.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47">{{cite book|pages=232|title=Indian Army List (Special Edition) 1947|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1947}}</ref> | Singh served in the ranks of the [[British Indian Army]] from 3 October 1932 to 31 January 1938. He attended the [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehra Dun]], and was commissioned onto the Unattached List, Indian Army on 1 February 1938. He spent the next year attached to [[The King's Regiment (Liverpool)]], a British Army regiment, stationed on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North West Frontier]].<ref>Indian Army List, January 1939</ref> He was then admitted to the Indian Army and joined the [[7th Light Cavalry]] on 24 February 1939. He was promoted to lieutenant on 30 April 1939,<ref>Indian Army List, various dates</ref> and served during [[World War II]]. He was promoted temporary captain and acting major on 16 April 1942, to war-substantive captain and temporary major on 9 January 1943 and to substantive captain on 31 January 1945.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47">{{cite book|pages=232|title=Indian Army List (Special Edition) 1947|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1947}}</ref> | ||
Singh opted to join the [[Indian Army]] upon the partition of India in 1947, and commanded the 7th Light Cavalry from September 1947 to May 1949. He was twice awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]], the second highest military decoration in India, the first for his role during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], for outstanding leadership during the advance and capture of Jhangar ([[Operation Bison (Jammu & Kashmir 1948)|Operation Bison]]),<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |title=Red letter day for 7 Light Cavalry |first=Prabhjot |last=Singh |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |location=[[Chandigarh]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov01/chd.htm#1 |date=1 November 1998 |access-date=7 July | Singh opted to join the [[Indian Army]] upon the partition of India in 1947, and commanded the 7th Light Cavalry from September 1947 to May 1949. He was twice awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]], the second highest military decoration in India, the first for his role during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], for outstanding leadership during the advance and capture of Jhangar ([[Operation Bison (Jammu & Kashmir 1948)|Operation Bison]]),<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |title=Red letter day for 7 Light Cavalry |first=Prabhjot |last=Singh |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |location=[[Chandigarh]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov01/chd.htm#1 |date=1 November 1998 |access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> and the second for displaying gallantry in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]],<ref name=today/> during which he was [[General officer commanding|GOC]] of the [[1st Armoured Division (India)|1st Armoured Division]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Galleries/Wars/1965/I/0597.jpg.html |title=Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow, MVC, GOC 1st Armoured Division |work=[[Bharat Rakshak]] |access-date=7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601235055/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Galleries/Wars/1965/I/0597.jpg.html |archive-date=1 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="PradhanChavan2007">{{cite book |last1=Pradhan |first1=R. D. |last2=Chavan |first2=Y. B. |author-link2=Yashwantrao Chavan |title=1965 War, the Inside Story: Defence Minister Y.B. Chavan's Diary of India-Pakistan War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymYCJQjEGBUC&pg=PA50 |date=2007 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-269-0762-5 |page=50}}</ref> | ||
Promoted to colonel on 30 January 1957,<ref name="col">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=296 |date=23 November 1957 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Singh held the appointment of regimental colonel of the 7th Light Cavalry from July 1959 to July 1969. He was appointed D. A.C., Army HQ.<ref name="DAC">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=265 |date=31 October 1959 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 3 July 1961, he was appointed a G.O.C. commanding a division, with the acting rank of major-general.<ref name="actg_gen"/> | Promoted to colonel on 30 January 1957,<ref name="col">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=296 |date=23 November 1957 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Singh held the appointment of regimental colonel of the 7th Light Cavalry from July 1959 to July 1969. He was appointed D. A.C., Army HQ.<ref name="DAC">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=265 |date=31 October 1959 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 3 July 1961, he was appointed a G.O.C. commanding a division, with the acting rank of major-general.<ref name="actg_gen"/> | ||
Singh retired from the Army on 26 September 1966.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=657 |date=29 October 1966 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> After retirement he entered politics and became a minister in the short lived [[Gurnam Singh]] ministry in 1967. Later he was elected to the Lok Sabha in [[7th Lok Sabha|1980]] and [[8th Lok Sabha|1985]] for the [[Jalandhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalandhar]] constituency as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=elec>{{cite web |title=List of winner/current and past and runner up MPs of Jalandhar Parliamentary Constituency, Punjab |url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/parliamentary-constituencies/jalandhar.html |work=Elections.in |date=2014 |access-date=7 July | Singh retired from the Army on 26 September 1966.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=657 |date=29 October 1966 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> After retirement he entered politics and became a minister in the short lived [[Gurnam Singh]] ministry in 1967. Later he was elected to the Lok Sabha in [[7th Lok Sabha|1980]] and [[8th Lok Sabha|1985]] for the [[Jalandhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalandhar]] constituency as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=elec>{{cite web |title=List of winner/current and past and runner up MPs of Jalandhar Parliamentary Constituency, Punjab |url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/parliamentary-constituencies/jalandhar.html |work=Elections.in |date=2014 |access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Seventh Lok Sabha Members |work=Lok Sabha |url=http://www.loksabha.nic.in/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=7 |access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eighth Lok Sabha Members |work=Lok Sabha |url=http://www.loksabha.nic.in/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=8 |access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> He died in May 1994, at the age of 83.<ref name=today>{{cite magazine |title=Former Congress (I) MP Rajinder Singh Sparrow passes away |magazine=[[India Today]] |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-congressi-mp-rajinder-singh-sparrow-passes-away/1/293312.html |date=15 May 1994 |access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> | ||
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