Surendra Singh Panwar

Infobox Military Person
name= Surendra Singh Panwar
lived= 19 October 1919 – 29 April 2002
placeofbirth= Dehradun, India
placeofdeath=Dehradun, India


caption= Serving at Ambala
nickname=
allegiance=flag|India
serviceyears= 1942–1973
rank= Brigadier
branch=
commands=
unit= Regiment of Artillery
battles= World War II, Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan War of 1965
awards=
laterwork=

Brigadier Surendra Singh Panwar (19 October 1919 - April 29 2002) served as an artillery officer in the Indian Army.

Early Life and Education

Surendra Panwar was born in Dehradun, and attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School as a child. He pursued post-secondary studies at Allahabad University.

Military career

Surendra Panwar entered the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery on 3 May 1942. [Defence Department. (1946, April). "The Half Yearly Indian Army List". New Delhi: Manager of Publications, Government of India.] He went on to serve with the Dagger Division in Burma during World War II and in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. In 1949 he entered the British Long Gunnery Staff Course at the School of Anti-aircraft Artillery in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales. A graduate of the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, his service continued in the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. In between the wars, Brigadier Panwar created the Air Defence Brigade for New Delhi in 1964. In 1968-1969 he represented India, serving as chairman on the International Control Commission in Vietnam. At the end of his tenure he served as Sub-Area commander for Lucknow from 1969-1971, and Ambala from 1971-1972. Among his many appointments, he was Chief Instructor at the School of Artillery in Deolali and the Deputy Director of Artillery at Army Headquarters. He retired as a Brigadier in 1973.

Later life

He would later serve as President of the All India Gurkha Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association from 1983-2002, providing guidance and looking after the welfare of ex-Gurkha soldiers and their families. Surendra Panwar would also serve on the board of trustees for Cambrian Hall and the Gurkha Military College.

References

* Air Cmde (Retd) N. B. Singh, Defence Watch, 1:9, May 2002, p 42.

Footnote

ee also

*Indian Army

External links

* [http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/ Indian Army]
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ Bharat Rakshak: The Consortium of Indian Military Websites]
* [http://indianarmy.nic.in/arimamain.htm Indian Military Academy]