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With the help of facts given in the text prepare a Fact file of Air Marshal Arjan Singh: (a) Date of Birth (b) Place of Birth (c) Education (d) First Assignments (e) Important posts held – in Air Force; after retirement (f) Awards (g) Most outstandin…

With the help of facts given in the text prepare a Fact file of Air Marshal Arjan Singh: (a) Date of Birth (b) Place of Birth (c) Education (d) First Assignments (e) Important posts held – in Air Force; after retirement (f) Awards (g) Most outstanding contribution in IAF (h) Retirement

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(a) Date of Birth15 April 1919
(b) Place of BirthLyalpur (now Faisalabad, Pakistan)
(c) EducationMontgomery (now Sahiwal, Pakistan); Empire Pilot training course at RAF Cranwell (1938); Royal Staff College, UK
(d) First AssignmentsFlying Westland Wapiti biplanes in the North-Western Frontier Province as a member of No. 1 RIAF Squadron
(e) Important posts held – in Air ForceSquadron Leader, Wing Commander, Group Captain, Air Commodore (AOC), Air Vice Marshal (AOC-in-C), Deputy Chief and Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Marshal of the Air Force
(e) Important posts held – after retirementAmbassador to Switzerland; Lieutenant Governor of Delhi (1989–1990)
(f) AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross (1944), Padma Vibhushan, rank of Marshal of the Air Force (2002)
(g) Most outstanding contribution in IAFLeading the IAF during the 1965 Indo-Pak war and denying success to the Pakistani Air Force
(h) RetirementAugust 1969
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