Inderjit Singh Gill


I S Gill

Born(1922-01-16)16 January 1922[1][2]
United Kingdom[3]
Died30 May 2001(2001-05-30) (aged 79)[4]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Allegiance United Kingdom
 British India
 India
Service / branch British Army
 British Indian Army
 Indian Army
Years of service1941–1979[5]
Rank Lieutenant General
Service number229329 (British Army)[6]
IC-1641 (Br. Indian/Indian Army)[7]
Unit
Commands
Battles / wars
Awards

Lieutenant General Inderjit Singh Gill, PVSM, MC (16 January 1922 – 30 May 2001)[4] was a general officer in the Indian Army. He was the officiating Director of Military Operations (DMO)[2] of the Indian Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He retired in 1979 after serving as the Western Army Commander.

  1. ^ S. Muthiah 2008, p. 4.
  2. ^ a b c "Lt. General Inderjit Singh Gill - PVSM, MC". 27 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. ^ Barooah Pisharoty, Sangeeta (24 March 2008). "Soldier First". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Remembering Lt Gen Inderjit Singh Gill, PVSM, MC". 26 February 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ Padmanabhan, Sundararajan. "Soldier's soldier brought to life" (PDF). The New Indian Express (The New Sunday Express). Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference London_Gazette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ S. Muthiah 2008, p. 90.
  8. ^ a b S. Muthiah 2008, p. 143.
  9. ^ a b S. Muthiah 2008, p. 95.