Dilbagh Singh Explained

Honorific Prefix:Air Chief Marshal
Dilbagh Singh
Honorific Suffix:PVSM, AVSM, VM
Birth Date:10 March 1926
Birth Place:Rahon, Jalandhar district, Punjab
Death Place:Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Office:12th Indian Ambassador to Brazil
Term Start:August 1985
Term End:August 1987
Predecessor:S.S. Nath
Successor:A.R. Kakodar
Office1:25th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
Term Start1:31 July 1983
Term End1:3 September 1984
President1:Zail Singh
Primeminister1:Indira Gandhi
Predecessor1:K. V. Krishna Rao
Successor1:Oscar Stanley Dawson
Office2:11th Chief of the Air Staff (India)
Term Start2:1 September 1981
Term End2:3 September 1984
President2:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Zail Singh
Primeminister2:Indira Gandhi
Predecessor2:Idris Hasan Latif
Successor2:Lakshman Madhav Katre
Allegiance: (1945–1947)
India (from 1947)
Branch: (1945–1947)
(1947–1984)
Serviceyears:1945-1984
Rank: Air Chief Marshal
Unit:No. 1 Squadron
Commands:Eastern Air Command
Ambala Air Force Station
28 Squadron[1]
Battles:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Operation Lal Dora
Military Blank1:Award(s)
Military Data1:

Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VM (10 March 1926 – 9 February 2001) was the head of the Indian Air Force from 1981 to 1984,[2] as Chief of the Air Staff. He was the second Sikh to hold that position.

Dilbagh Singh was commissioned as a pilot in 1944.[3] His operational flying career spanned the Spitfire to introducing the MiG-21 into service in India. He had earlier made the first official "supersonic bang" over India in New Delhi when the Mystere IV-A was showcased in a public demonstration.

He was India's ambassador to Brazil from 1985 to 1987. He was a student of pandit Buta Ram of Rahon. His visit to Rahon to visit his teacher when he was Air Marshal is still remembered. He inspired scores of youngsters from Rahon and Nawanshahar region to join defense forces

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Air Marshal Kumaria Visits Air Force Station Chandigarh To Felicitate its 50 Golden Years. 1 March 2011.
  2. Web site: Dilbagh Singh . Bharat Rakshak . 8 April 2018 . 7 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407054451/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/261-Dilbagh-Singh.html . dead .
  3. Web site: rediff.com: Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh no more. www.rediff.com. 2020-05-28.