Kanwar Jaswant Singh

Kanwar Jaswant Singh
2nd Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Air Command
In office
3 March 1962 – 1 January 1963
PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byKundan Lal Sondhi
Succeeded byShivdev Singh
4th Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command
In office
27 May 1958 – 22 March 1959
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byPratap Chandra Lal
Succeeded byRanjan Dutt
1st Chief of Ghana Air Force
In office
May 1959 – August 1960
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byIan Gundry-White
Personal details
Born(1915-09-15)15 September 1915
United Province, British India
Died1 January 1963(1963-01-01) (aged 47)
India
SpouseMariam Khan
RelationsAbdul Jabbar Khan (father-in-law)
Alma materIndian Military Academy
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Military service
Allegiance British India (1937–1947)
 India (1947–1963)
Branch/service British Indian Army
 Royal Indian Air Force
 Indian Air Force
 Ghana Air Force
Years of service1937-1963
Rank Air Vice Marshal
CommandsEastern Air Command
Training Command
Battles/warsWorld War II
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947

Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Jaswant Singh, PVSM (15 September 1915 - 1 January 1963) was both Indian Army and Indian Air Force officer and served in the Ghana Air Force. He was the Chief of Air Staff of the Ghana Air Force from May 1959 to August 1960.[1] He was the AOC- in C of Training Command and Eastern command in Indian Air Force.

  1. ^ Air Staff, Chiefs. "Past CAS". gafonline.mil.gh. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.