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Jagjit Singh Bedi
Vice Admiral (India), Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh 'Jaggi' Bedi, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, Vishisht Seva Medal, VSM is a former Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, from 2007 to 2009. He earlier commanded the Southern Naval Command and the Western Fleet (India), Western Fleet. Early life and education Bedi was born in Nabha on 25 April 1949. His father and grandfather both served the Nabha State. His grandfather was the Revenue Minister of the state. His father was a commissioned officer in the Nabha Akal Regiment of the Nabha States Forces. After the Independence of India, the regiment became the 14th battalion, Punjab Regiment (India), Punjab Regiment. Bedi attended the Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi. When the Punjab Public School, Nabha was established in 1960, he joined the first batch of the school. He subsequently joined the National Defence Academy (India), National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Admiral (India)
Vice admiral is a Three-star rank, three-star flag officer rank in the Indian Navy. It is the second-highest active rank in the Indian Navy. Vice admiral ranks above the two-star rank of rear admiral and below the four-star rank of Admiral (India), admiral, which is held by the Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS). The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is Lieutenant General (India), lieutenant general and in the Indian Air Force is Air Marshal (India), air marshal. Officers in the rank of vice admiral hold important appointments at the naval commands and at the naval headquarters. History Admiral (India), Admiral Ram Dass Katari was the first Indian to be promoted to the rank of Vice admiral. On 22 April 1958, he took over as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) and promoted to the substantive rank of Vice Admiral. From 1948 to 1968, the appointment of CNS, the professional head of the Indian Navy was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
