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100-year-old retired colonel is Indian Army's
First Citizen
Monday April 01, 2013 08:30:23 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: On a day
he celebrated his 100th birthday, a retired lieutenant colonel of
the Indian Army was Monday declared the First Citizen of the
force.
Lt. Col. Kartar Singh was felicitated by top army commanders and
officers at the Khetarpal Officers Institute at Chandimandir
Cantonment, the headquarters of the swordarm Western Command near
here.
Lt. Col. Kartar Singh is, perhaps, the oldest surviving officer of
the army.
The felicitation was done by the Western Command headquarters and
the Mahar Regiment. Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Chachra, general officer
commanding-in-chief (GOC-in-C) of the Western Command and Lt. Gen
Gyan Bhushan, GOC-in-C South Western Command and Colonel of The
Mahar Regiment. Nearly 250 serving and retired officers were
present at the function.
Lt. Col. Kartar Singh was commissioned in 1937 and was nominated
for service in Egypt and Sudan during World War II. He was the
first Indian commanding Officer of 1 Mahar Regiment from 1947 to
1951 and saw action in the 1947-48 Kashmir operations. The
battalion earned the first Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest
war-time gallantry award of independent India.
"After his retirement from the army, he continued to lead an
active life as vice president of the Zila Sainik Board and
sarpanch of his village for 25 long years," a defence spokesman
said.
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