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Today is the 102nd birthday of Marshal of the Air Force - Arjan Singh - A much loved legend!
Sharing some photos of his from my collection, sourced from here and there on the www
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Arjan Singh during the Burma Campaign, WW II
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Lord Mountbatten pins the DFC award on Squadron Leader Arjan Singh, No 1 Squadron RIAF, Burma, Second World War.
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PM Modi and Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, Air Force Day 2014.
Just look at the 95 year old and his perfect military posture!
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ACM (Later Marshal of Air Force) Arjan Singh, with Fg Offr Vinod Neb & Flt Lt DN Rathore, both Vir Chakras, 1965 War
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When the PM served tea to the Marshal!
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When the Marshal saw off Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his final journey with a crisp salute.
Perfectly sums up the character / worth of BOTH men - APJ Abdul Kalam as well as Arjan Singh
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On his 102nd Birth Anniversary, let me plug this thread here.
The question still remains unanswered - Will we ever see INS Kipper, INS Sam Bahadur and INS Arjan rule the high seas?
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When two young men saluted each other!
Photo: Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh returns the salute of 4 year old Vihaan Naik, grandson of then IAF chief P V Naik at Air House in 2011
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Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC with President of the Union of India. This photo showcases that age was just a number for the legend. He was 98 years old when this photo was clicked!
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The Grand Old Man of the IAF, with the next generation - women pilots training to fly fighters.
Photo is from some time in 2016 when Arjan Singh was 97 years old - more than the combined ages of the lovely ladies who had come to call on him!
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Jan 2016: Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh paying tributes to Former Army Chief General KV Krishna Rao.
Age was but a mere number for him. He was up and about till his very last days.
A LOT to learn from the way he lived his life.
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Imagine .. He flew Generals Slim and Stilwell in Burma during WW2 ..
And he walked amongst us till as late as four years ago!
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Jan 2015: U.S. President Barack Obama greets Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force, in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan at India's annual republic day parade.
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Swag!
Photo: Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh at Thiruvananthapuram in 2009.
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Legends - Both of them!
Wonder what they were talking about that morning!
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Arjan Singh with a GLO, Capt Brian, Arkonam Dec 1942.
Photo: @bharatrakshak
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An inspiration for the current generation of air warriors like none other
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The Marshal's final journey in this mortal realm.
God Bless you, Sir.
It is a blessing to have been part of this realm at the same time as you.
Jai Hind!
(Photo: Indian Express)
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So this happened at the Vayu Bhawan this day in 2019 to commemorate his birth centenary - ACM BS Dhanoa unveils a bust of Marshal of the Air Force at the Vayu Bhawan
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God Bless the soul of perhaps the most loved and admired air warrior that this Nation has had the privilege of seeing.
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Today is the 105th anniversary of the #JallianwalaBagh massacre
#LestWeForget
Soldiers of 25th London enforcing the 'Crawling Order' in Amritsar, Apr 1919.
Buildup to #JallianwalaBagh massacre
"Your action is correct and the Lieutenant Governor approves" : Michael O'Dwyer (Punjab Governor) to Gen Dyer, after the #JallianwalaBaghMassacre
Dwyer was dispatched to his maker to seek his approval by Udham Singh Shaheed in 1940.
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So yesterday was the second anniversary of the day an Indian Brahmos landed up in Mian Channu in Bhikharistan. In light of the same, replugging a short thread I did in the immediate aftermath of that.
Here goes!
Folks, sharing some thoughts on the recent trip of a not so distant cousin of Shri Brahmos Ji to the Land of the Pure.
Let's see how this one goes ..
But first let me just write the phrase "Brown Pants", so that now Shri Viveek Agrawal Ji can also read this thread.
Ok, here goes ..
Here's wishing Happy #WalongDay to the heroes of 6 KUMAON.
They went to their deaths heroically & steadfastly, without any fuss, this day in 1962. Just so that a General could please a PM on his birthday.
This day in 1962 - The only attack of the war by Indian army was launched - As a birthday gift from a General to a PM.
A heavy price was paid by the Kumaonis of 6 Kumaon that night.
#WalongDay
Denied even one extra day to prepare for the attack, they went in as ordered. Out of the over 200 men that had gone into the attack, only 90 returned.
#WalongDay
A thousand years old Varun Dev Mandir in Manora Island beach Karachi - Being used by Pakistan as a toilet for tourists.
Looks like the tweet above has generated quite some discussion. Apparently, the temple is no longer being utilized as a public toilet for some time now.
That said, replugging a thread tweeted some years back with the hashtag #PakistanAgainstMinorities, chronicling systemic hatred
#PakistanAgainstMinorities
A really interesting interpretation of their flag!
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Folks, sharing some thoughts about the ongoing events in Israel.
Let's see how this thread goes ..
But first, let me take you 50 years back - to 06 Oct 1973.
That day, sometime in afternoon, the Egyptians executed a brilliant crossing of the Suez Canal and rushed ahead into the Sinai Peninsula that was theirs till 1967.
At the same time, Syrians too attacked Israel from North.
As for the Israelis, they were caught with utter and complete surprise. Add to it the fact that it was the Yom Kippur Day, most of them were actually celebrating the festival at homes when Egypt and Syria crossed into Israel in a feat of military brilliance.