Hari Chand Dewan Explained
| Honorific Prefix: | Air Marshal |
| H C Dewan |
| Honorific Suffix: | PVSM |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 1921 |
| Death Date: | 22 August 2017 |
| Allegiance: | (1942–1947)
 India (from 1947) |
| Branch: |
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| Battles: | Burma Campaign |
Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan, (20 September 1921 – 22 August 2017) was an Indian Air Force officer. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972 for his services at the head of the Eastern Air Command in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[1]
Career
Hari Chand Dewan was born on 20 September 1921.[2] In 1940 he was one of the 24 Indian pilots seconded to the UK.[3] In 1969 he received Param Vishist Seva Medal.[4] He was head of the Eastern Air Command in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[5]
Death
Dewan died in August 2017 at the age of 95.[2]
Notes and References
- Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . July 21, 2015 . 19 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215108/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Service Record for Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan . 2022-11-22 . Bharat Rakshak . en-gb.
- Book: Chowdhry . Mohindra S. . Defence of Europe by Sikh Soldiers in the World Wars . 2018 . Troubador Publishing Ltd . Leicestershire . 978-1788037-983 . 329–383 . https://books.google.com/books?id=twFQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA329 . en . 7. Sikhs in the Second World War.
- Book: The Rotarian . 1969 . Rotary International . 28 . en.
- Book: Batabyal . Guru Saday . Politico-Military Strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 . 2020 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-000-31766-4 . 282 . en.
