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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Joginder Singh Dhillon</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Joginder_Singh_Dhillon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Lt_Gen_Joginder_Singh_Dhillon.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="196" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="196" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Joginder Singh Dhillon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1914-11-19</span>)</span>19 November 1914</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">20 November 2003<span style="display:none">(2003-11-20)</span> (aged 89)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/23px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/35px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/46px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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href="/wiki/59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot">59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers" title="16th The Queen's Lancers">16th The Queen's Lancers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant General</a> <b>Joginder Singh Dhillon</b> (19 November 1914–20 November 2003) was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">military officer</a> and the first recipient from the military to be awarded India's third highest civilian award, the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a>, for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1965" title="Indo-Pakistani war of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a>, where he was the general officer commanding the XI corps. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dhillon served overseas in the British Indian Army after his 1939 graduation with honours from <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Roorkee" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee">Thomason Engineering College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Roorkee" title="Roorkee">Roorkee</a>. His active service during World War II occurred in Burma, Iran and Iraq, following which he spent some time at the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Command_and_Staff_College" title="Pakistan Command and Staff College">Staff College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a>. He served as commander of a field company in Malaya during 1945-46 and then briefly of another in <a href="/wiki/Sourabaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sourabaya">Sourabaya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1946 to 1947, Dhillon served as a staff officer in the Engineer-in-Chief's Office and then returned to Quetta as a garrison engineer. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in late 1947, becoming GSO1 in the Engineer-in-Chief Branch from October 1947 to February 1948, before being put in charge of the regimental centre of the <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Sappers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal Sappers">Bengal Sappers</a> in Roorkee. This centre was soon to become a part of the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">newly-created Pakistan</a> and thus there were significant administrative preparations during his time there. Among his significant changes, other than those related to the forthcoming split with Pakistan, were measures to end <a href="/wiki/Caste_system_in_India" title="Caste system in India">caste-ist practices</a> and to encourage joint celebration by Sikhs and Hindus of their respective significant religious days.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> visited the Roorkee centre in 1949 and was so impressed that he asked for Dhillon to command the first <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Republic_Day_parade" title="Delhi Republic Day parade">Republic Day Parade</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 December 1949, by then a major (temporary lieutenant-colonel and acting colonel) Dhillon was promoted to acting brigadier and given command of a brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-brig_com_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brig_com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dhillon then commanded two infantry brigades and also served as director of technical development and director of weapons and equipment at army headquarters before being promoted to major general in 1957. As major general, he was selected to attend a course at <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies" title="Royal College of Defence Studies">Imperial Defence College</a> in the United Kingdom, and returned to a posting at the <a href="/wiki/National_Defence_College,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defence College, India">National Defence College</a>. In August 1960, he was given command of a division, and then he became Deputy Chief of General Staff at Army headquarters when he was promoted to GOC, XI corps in Punjab.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to substantive lieutenant-general on 17 January 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-subs_lt_gen_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subs_lt_gen-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_in_the_1965_Indo-Pakistani_War">Role in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Role in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dhillon, as commander of XI Corps, was responsible for the Punjab sector during the 1965 India-Pakistan War. He is credited in producing and conducting the battle plan that destroyed or captured over 100 superior Pakistani battle tanks, turning a potentially dangerous defeat into victory, as the Pakistani tanks were poised to head for the <a href="/wiki/Beas" class="mw-redirect" title="Beas">Beas</a> Bridge and then on to Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Moraes" title="Frank Moraes">Frank Moraes</a>, the editor-in-chief of the <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Express">Indian Express</a></i>, who spent time on the frontlines, wrote: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I was fortunate to spend some time with Lt General J.S. Dhillon, the corps commander in this sector, and to note and understand how greatly the spirit of all, from jawans to divisional commanders, depends on the calibre of the corps commander. Jogi Dhillon is an enthusiastic, intelligent soldier with a physical vigour, drive and combativeness which enable him to be extraordinarily mobile over his wide command and an inspiring presence and example to his officers and men.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> Dhillon was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1966<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for his role in the 1965 war, becoming the first Army officer to receive the award.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The citation given for the award was as follows: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In this Sector, the enemy launched repeated counter-attacks and the conduct of day to day operations called for great tenacity, strong determination and robust mind. Lieutenant General Dhillon displayed all these qualities in abundance and the success achieved by his Corps was to a great extent due to the personality of the General officer.<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Awards_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Awards-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Following the war, Dhillon was promoted to Army Commander of the Central Command, from where he retired on 4 August 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dhillon was married for 62 years to his wife Minnie, who survived him after his death, aged 89, on 20 November 2003. They had three daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-ie_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dates_of_rank">Dates of rank</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dates of rank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="background:white"> <tbody><tr> <th>Insignia</th> <th>Rank</th> <th>Component</th> <th>Date of rank </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-1a.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1a.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1a.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1a.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1a.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1a.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1a.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries" title="Second lieutenant">Second Lieutenant</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a></td> <td>1 February 1936<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Army_List_47_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Army_List_47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-1b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1b.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1b.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1b.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-1b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">Lieutenant</a></td> <td>British Indian Army</td> <td>15 April 1938<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Army_List_47_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Army_List_47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-2.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-2.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-2.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a></td> <td>British Indian Army</td> <td>1940 (acting)<br />1 December 1940 (temporary)<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Army_List_47_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Army_List_47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />23 August 1942 (war-substantive)<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Army_List_47_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Army_List_47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />3 February 1943 (substantive)<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Army_List_47_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Army_List_47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td>British Indian Army</td> <td>1 December 1940 (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Army_List_47_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Army_List_47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />23 August 1942 (temporary)<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Army_List_47_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Army_List_47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/British_Army_OF-2.svg/35px-British_Army_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/British_Army_OF-2.svg/53px-British_Army_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/British_Army_OF-2.svg/70px-British_Army_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></td> <td>Captain</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a></td> <td>15 August 1947<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-insignia_designs_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia_designs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-4.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-4.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-4.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-Colonel</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>September 1947 (temporary)<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>1948 (substantive)<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-5.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-5.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-5.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920-1953%29_OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">Colonel</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>1949 (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brig_com_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brig_com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1928-1953)_OF-6.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/British_Army_%281928-1953%29_OF-6.svg/35px-British_Army_%281928-1953%29_OF-6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/British_Army_%281928-1953%29_OF-6.svg/53px-British_Army_%281928-1953%29_OF-6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/British_Army_%281928-1953%29_OF-6.svg/70px-British_Army_%281928-1953%29_OF-6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>6 December 1949 (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brig_com_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brig_com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></td> <td>Major</td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia)<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_designs_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia_designs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Colonel">Lieutenant-Colonel</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>3 February 1953<sup id="cite_ref-a_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>3 February 1957<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>1953 (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-a_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />3 February 1958 (substantive)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general#India" title="Major general">Major General</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>15 January 1958 (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-actg_maj_gen_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actg_maj_gen-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> 1 June 1960 (substantive)<sup id="cite_ref-maj_gen_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maj_gen-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lieutenant-General</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>23 November 1963 (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-actg_lt_gen_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actg_lt_gen-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />17 January 1964 (substantive)<sup id="cite_ref-subs_lt_gen_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subs_lt_gen-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-insignia-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-insignia_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insignia_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insignia_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insignia_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insignia_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Upon independence in 1947, India became a <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion</a> within the British <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>. As a result, the rank insignia of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, incorporating the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Crown" title="Tudor Crown">Tudor Crown</a> and four-pointed <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Bath Star</a> ("pip"), was retained, as <a href="/wiki/George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George VI of the United Kingdom">George VI</a> remained Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a>. After 26 January 1950, when India became a <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of India">republic</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> became Commander-in-Chief, and the <a href="/wiki/Lion_Capital_of_Asoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Lion Capital of Asoka">Ashoka Lion</a> replaced the crown, with a five-pointed star being substituted for the "pip."</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ie-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ie_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSingh2003" class="citation news cs1">Singh, Patwant (19 December 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/37534/">"Last salute to the lion of 1965"</a>. <i>The Indian Express</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao">Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Shivpujan_Sahay" title="Acharya Shivpujan Sahay">Acharya Shivpujan Sahay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1961</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rustomji_Bomanji_Billimoria" title="Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria">Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Govind_Das" title="Seth Govind Das">Seth Govind Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verrier_Elwin" title="Verrier Elwin">Verrier Elwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Das_Gulhati" title="Niranjan Das Gulhati">Niranjan Das Gulhati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Venkatakrishna_Iyer" title="L. Venkatakrishna Iyer">L. Venkatakrishna Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anand_Krishna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anand Krishna (page does not exist)">Rai Krishnadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumitranandan_Pant" title="Sumitranandan Pant">Sumitranandan Pant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svetoslav_Roerich" title="Svetoslav Roerich">Svetoslav Roerich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagwan_Sahay" title="Bhagwan Sahay">Bhagwan Sahay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindeshwari_Prasad_Verma" title="Bindeshwari Prasad Verma">Bindeshwari Prasad Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnasami_Venkataraman" title="Krishnasami Venkataraman">Krishnasami Venkataraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardeshir_Ruttonji_Wadia" title="Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia">Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1962</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramchandra_Narayan_Dandekar" title="Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar">Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chandra_Dhanda" title="Prem Chandra Dhanda">Prem Chandra Dhanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asaf_Ali_Asghar_Fyzee" title="Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee">Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bade_Ghulam_Ali_Khan" title="Bade Ghulam Ali Khan">Bade Ghulam Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Singh_Kothari" title="Daulat Singh Kothari">Daulat Singh Kothari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithan_Jamshed_Lam" title="Mithan Jamshed Lam">Mithan Jamshed Lam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhansu_Sobhan_Maitra" title="Sudhansu Sobhan Maitra">Sudhansu Sobhan Maitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisir_Kumar_Mitra" title="Sisir Kumar Mitra">Sisir Kumar Mitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarabai_Modak" title="Tarabai Modak">Tarabai Modak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niaz_Fatehpuri" title="Niaz Fatehpuri">Niaz Fatehpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jal_R._Patel" title="Jal R. Patel">Jal Ratanji Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Sitaram_Phadke" title="Narayan Sitaram Phadke">Narayan Sitaram Phadke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Raghavan" title="V. Raghavan">V. Raghavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukhan_Ram" title="Dukhan Ram">Dukhan Ram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._S._Soundram" class="mw-redirect" title="T. S. Soundram">T. S. Soundram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahankali_Seetharama_Rao" title="Mahankali Seetharama Rao">Mahankali Seetharama Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moturi_Satyanarayana" title="Moturi Satyanarayana">Moturi Satyanarayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitaram_Seksaria" title="Sitaram Seksaria">Sitaram Seksaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Kumar_Sen" title="Santosh Kumar Sen">Santosh Kumar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Radhika_Raman_Sinha" title="Raja Radhika Raman Sinha">Raja Radhika Raman Sinha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1963</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Makhanlal_Chaturvedi" title="Makhanlal Chaturvedi">Makhanlal Chaturvedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omeo_Kumar_Das" title="Omeo Kumar Das">Omeo Kumar Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Chandra_Laharry" title="Nitish Chandra Laharry">Nitish Chandra Laharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Nath_Prasad" title="Badri Nath Prasad">Badri Nath Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanuri_Lakshmana_Rao" title="Kanuri Lakshmana Rao">Kanuri Lakshmana Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Sankrityayan" title="Rahul Sankrityayan">Rahul Sankrityayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanlal_Gokaldas_Saraiya" title="Ramanlal Gokaldas Saraiya">Ramanlal Gokaldas Saraiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._R._Seshadri" title="T. R. Seshadri">T. R. Seshadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Harnarain_Singh" title="Sardar Harnarain Singh">Sardar Harnarain Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramkumar_Verma" title="Ramkumar Verma">Ramkumar Verma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1964</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Abdullah_(educationalist)" title="Sheikh Abdullah (educationalist)">Sheikh Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuruddin_Ahmed" title="Nuruddin Ahmed">Nuruddin Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafiuddin_Ahmed_(dentist)" title="Rafiuddin Ahmed (dentist)">Rafiuddin Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Chandy" title="Jacob Chandy">Jacob Chandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunji_Lal_Dubey" title="Kunji Lal Dubey">Kunji Lal Dubey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tushar_Kanti_Ghosh" title="Tushar Kanti Ghosh">Tushar Kanti Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dara_Nusserwanji_Khurody" title="Dara Nusserwanji Khurody">Dara Nusserwanji Khurody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anukul_Chandra_Mukherjee" title="Anukul Chandra Mukherjee">Anukul Chandra Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnanendra_Nath_Mukherjee" title="Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee">Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhola_Nath_Mullik" title="Bhola Nath Mullik">Bhola Nath Mullik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chintaman_Govind_Pandit" title="Chintaman Govind Pandit">Chintaman Govind Pandit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvandas_Kishibhai_Patel" title="Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel">Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Gandharva" title="Bal Gandharva">Bal Gandharva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Ramachandran" title="T. N. Ramachandran">T. N. Ramachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Lal_Wig" title="Khushwant Lal Wig">Khushwant Lal Wig</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1965</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Joginder Singh Dhillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalchandra_Babaji_Dikshit" title="Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit">Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasinh_Narayan_Godbole" title="Narasinh Narayan Godbole">Narasinh Narayan Godbole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawang_Gombu_Sherpa" title="Nawang Gombu Sherpa">Nawang Gombu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonam_Gyatso_(mountaineer)" title="Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)">Sonam Gyatso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Ali_Khan_(politician)" title="Akbar Ali Khan (politician)">Akbar Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._L._Kirloskar" title="S. L. Kirloskar">S. L. Kirloskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Singh_Kohli" title="Mohan Singh Kohli">Mohan Singh Kohli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh">Harbaksh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dunn_(Indian_Army_general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Dunn (Indian Army general)">P. O. Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmir_Singh_Katoch" title="Kashmir Singh Katoch">Kashmir Singh Katoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Lal" title="Pratap Chandra Lal">Pratap Chandra Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramaswamy_Rajaram" title="Ramaswamy Rajaram">Ramaswamy Rajaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mujeeb" title="Mohammad Mujeeb">Mohammad Mujeeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Ramanathan" title="K. R. Ramanathan">K. R. Ramanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triguna_Sen" title="Triguna Sen">Triguna Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrindavan_Lal_Verma" title="Vrindavan Lal Verma">Vrindavan Lal Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manikya_Lal_Verma" title="Manikya Lal Verma">Manikya Lal Verma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1966</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babubhai_Maneklal_Chinai" title="Babubhai Maneklal Chinai">Babubhai Maneklal Chinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puliyur_Krishnaswamy_Duraiswami" title="Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami">Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Kesava_Menon" title="K. P. Kesava Menon">K. P. Kesava Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannathu_Padmanabha_Pillai" title="Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai">Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai" title="Vikram Sarabhai">Vikram Sarabhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayak_Sitaram_Sarwate" title="Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate">Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodh_Singh" title="Jodh Singh">Jodh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haribhau_Upadhyaya" title="Haribhau Upadhyaya">Haribhau Upadhyaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1967</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mulk_Raj_Anand" title="Mulk Raj Anand">Mulk Raj Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Cherian" title="Tara Cherian">Tara Cherian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kanta_Handique" title="Krishna Kanta Handique">Krishna Kanta Handique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akshay_Kumar_Jain" title="Akshay Kumar Jain">Akshay Kumar Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pupul_Jayakar" title="Pupul Jayakar">Pupul Jayakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Kohli" title="D. P. Kohli">D. P. Kohli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanathan_Krishnan" title="Ramanathan Krishnan">Ramanathan Krishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheruvari_Lakshmanan" title="Cheruvari Lakshmanan">Cheruvari Lakshmanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._C._Pavate" title="D. C. Pavate">D. C. Pavate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Datto_Vaman_Potdar" title="Datto Vaman Potdar">Datto Vaman Potdar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Shiva_Rao" title="B. Shiva Rao">B. Shiva Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ghulam_Saiyidain" title="Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain">Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihir_Sen" title="Mihir Sen">Mihir Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._L._Vasanthakumari" title="M. L. Vasanthakumari">M. L. Vasanthakumari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1968</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Vishva_Bandhu" title="Acharya Vishva Bandhu">Acharya Vishva Bandhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhu_Lal_Bhatnagar" title="Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar">Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav" title="Mary Clubwala Jadhav">Mary Clubwala Jadhav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivaram_Karanth" title="Shivaram Karanth">K. Shivaram Karanth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Sakharam_Khandekar" title="Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar">Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw">Sam Manekshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansukhlal_Atmaram_Master" title="Mansukhlal Atmaram Master">Mansukhlal Atmaram Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waman_Bapuji_Metre" title="Waman Bapuji Metre">Waman Bapuji Metre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarmal_Modi" title="Gujarmal Modi">Gujarmal Modi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murugappa_Channaveerappa_Modi" title="Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi">Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Peary_Pal" title="Benjamin Peary Pal">Benjamin Peary Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahm_Prakash" title="Brahm Prakash">Brahm Prakash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manikonda_Chalapathi_Rau" class="mw-redirect" title="Manikonda Chalapathi Rau">Manikonda Chalapathi Rau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Rao" title="C. R. Rao">C. R. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radhanath_Rath" title="Radhanath Rath">Radhanath Rath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariadas_Ruthnaswamy" title="Mariadas Ruthnaswamy">Mariadas Ruthnaswamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firaq_Gorakhpuri" title="Firaq Gorakhpuri">Firaq Gorakhpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shripad_Damodar_Satwalekar" title="Shripad Damodar Satwalekar">Shripad Damodar Satwalekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Sankara_Kurup" title="G. Sankara Kurup">G. Sankara Kurup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Periyasaamy_Thooran" title="Periyasaamy Thooran">Periyasaamy Thooran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamidipudi_Venkatarangayya" title="Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya">Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1969</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tarasankar_Bandyopadhyay" title="Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay">Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim-ud-in_Khan_Dagar" title="Rahim-ud-in Khan Dagar">Rahim-ud-in Khan Dagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohanlal_Lallubhai_Dantwala" title="Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala">Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshavrao_Krishnarao_Datey" title="Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey">Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Prasad_Goenka" title="Keshav Prasad Goenka">Keshav Prasad Goenka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer" title="Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer">Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithalbhai_Jhaveri" title="Vithalbhai Jhaveri">Vithalbhai Jhaveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Kapoor" title="Prithviraj Kapoor">Prithviraj Kapoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kesarbai_Kerkar" title="Kesarbai Kerkar">Kesarbai Kerkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kripalani" title="Krishna Kripalani">Krishna Kripalani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adinath_Lahiri" title="Adinath Lahiri">Adinath Lahiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobind_Behari_Lal" title="Gobind Behari Lal">Gobind Behari Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasturbhai_Lalbhai" title="Kasturbhai Lalbhai">Kasturbhai Lalbhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Narayana_Menon" title="V. K. Narayana Menon">V. K. Narayana Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saghar_Nizami" title="Saghar Nizami">Saghar Nizami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanasaheb_Parulekar" title="Nanasaheb Parulekar">Nanasaheb Parulekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Dinkar_Pendharkar" title="Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar">Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitthal_Laxman_Phadke" title="Vitthal Laxman Phadke">Vitthal Laxman Phadke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niharranjan_Ray" title="Niharranjan Ray">Niharranjan Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prafulla_Kumar_Sen" title="Prafulla Kumar Sen">Prafulla Kumar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haroon_Khan_Sherwani" title="Haroon Khan Sherwani">Haroon Khan Sherwani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Tata" title="Naval Tata">Naval Tata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Vasan" title="S. S. Vasan">S. S. Vasan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&oldid=1216237658">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joginder_Singh_Dhillon&oldid=1216237658</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_generals" title="Category:Indian generals">Indian generals</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Recipients_of_the_Padma_Bhushan_in_civil_service" title="Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service">Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1914_births" title="Category:1914 births">1914 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2003_deaths" title="Category:2003 deaths">2003 deaths</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_Indian_Army_officers" title="Category:British Indian Army officers">British Indian Army officers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Generals_of_the_Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" title="Category:Generals of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Generals of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_Army_personnel_of_World_War_II" title="Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II">Indian Army personnel of World War II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Graduates_of_the_Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies" title="Category:Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies">Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Graduates_of_the_Staff_College,_Quetta" title="Category:Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta">Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_October_2018" title="Category:Use dmy dates from October 2018">Use dmy dates from October 2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_Indian_English_from_October_2018" title="Category:Use Indian English from October 2018">Use Indian English from October 2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_Indian_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English">All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 29 March 2024, at 21:56<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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