Lakshman Singh Jangpangi Explained

Lakshman Singh Jangpangi
Birth Date:24 July 1905
Birth Place:Burfu, Johar Valley, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India
Death Date:1976
Yearsactive:1930-1962
Parents:Rai Saheb Soban Singh
Awards:Padma Shri

Lakshman Singh Jangpangi (1905-1976) was an Indian civil servant and a former Indian Trade Agent at Gartok and Yatung regions.[1] He was born on 24 July 1905 at Burfu, in the Johar Valley of the Indian state of Uttarakhand to Rai Saheb Sohan Singh, a rich official of the British administration. He did his schooling in Almora and completed BA Final at Allahabad University.

Lakshman Singh joined the British Trade Agency in 1930 at their base in Gartok, in the western Tibet as an accountant and got promoted as the working Trade Agent in 1941. In 1946, he became the Trade Agent and continued in the post till 1959 when he was transferred to Yatung region.[2] [3] He retired from service in 1962 with the abolition of Trade Agencies.[4] The Government of India honoured him in 1959, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.[5]

Lakshman Singh Jangpangi died at Haldwani, aged 71, in 1976.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Apna Uttarakhand . Apna Uttarakhand . 2015 . 23 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Indian Presence in Tibet . Clause Arpi . 2015 . 23 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Notes . Claude Arpi . 2015 . 23 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090501/http://www.claudearpi.net/maintenance/uploaded_pics/60_01_17_ITA_Gyantse_Mohd_Sayeed.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: Claude Arpi profile . Claude Arpi . 2015 . 23 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072830/http://www.claudearpi.net/maintenance/uploaded_pics/Jangpangi.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: Padma Shri . Padma Shri . 2015 . 11 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .