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Lakshman Madhav Katre
Air Chief Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar (1926-1985) was the head of the Indian Air Force from 1984 to 1985, as Chief of the Air Staff —and the second IAF Chief of Staff to die in— harness. He was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Bar. He completed his schooling from The Doon School, Dehradun, India. In his career in the lAF, he has commanded with distinction Operational Squadrons and Squadrons and stations and the Air Force Academy. During 1971 war he successfully conducted uninterrupted operations from one of the most forward airfields and one, which was regularly attacked by the PAF. This was due to his meticulous planning. As the Commandant of the Air Force Academy at Dundigal, he expanded the facilities to cater for the training of Ground duty officers. Flying activity at the base was successfully reoriented for advance training on jet aircraft and safety record achieved during his tenure. On completion of the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Chief Marshal (India)
Air chief marshal is a four-star air officer rank in the Indian Air Force. It is the highest active rank in the Indian Air Force. Air chief marshal ranks above the three-star rank of air marshal and below the five-star rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force, which is largely a war-time or ceremonial rank. The rank is held by the Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the Indian Air Force. The rank may also be held by the Chief of Defence Staff when the holder is a serving Indian Air Force officer. Rank holders The current and only air chief marshal in the Indian Armed Forces is the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS). The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is general and in the Indian Navy is admiral. History The Indian Air Force inherited the rank of air chief marshal from the RAF. While the RAF air officers in command of RAF India were normally of a lower rank, Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt was promoted to the rank in 1937, towards the end of his tenure as Air Officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ribbon
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Param may refer to: *PARAM, a series of Indian supercomputers *Param (company), a video game developer *Param, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Param, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *Param, Chuuk, Micronesia, a municipality *Param, Rampur, India, a village *an abbreviation for parameter See also *Para (other) Para, or PARA, may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange * Para Group, the former name of CT Corp * Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer * Para USA, formerly P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon
Ind or IND may refer to: General * Independent (politician), a politician not affiliated to any political party * Independent station, used within television program listings and the television industry for a station that is not affiliated with any network * Independent Subway System, a former rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway * International Nurses Day, celebrated in early May of each year to mark the contributions nurses make to society Science and technology * Improvised nuclear device, theoretical illicit nuclear weapon * IND, the Index control character in the C0 and C1 control codes * Individualism Index, a measure of a person's independence from organizations or collectivity * Induced representation, in mathematics, an operation for passing from a representation of a subgroup to a representation of the group itself * Indus (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky * Investigational New Drug, an experiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Independence Medal 1947
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon
Ind or IND may refer to: General * Independent (politician), a politician not affiliated to any political party * Independent station, used within television program listings and the television industry for a station that is not affiliated with any network * Independent Subway System, a former rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway * International Nurses Day, celebrated in early May of each year to mark the contributions nurses make to society Science and technology * Improvised nuclear device, theoretical illicit nuclear weapon * IND, the Index control character in the C0 and C1 control codes * Individualism Index, a measure of a person's independence from organizations or collectivity * Induced representation, in mathematics, an operation for passing from a representation of a subgroup to a representation of the group itself * Indus (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky * Investigational New Drug, an experiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IND Sangram Medal Ribbon
Ind or IND may refer to: General * Independent (politician), a politician not affiliated to any political party * Independent station, used within television program listings and the television industry for a station that is not affiliated with any network * Independent Subway System, a former rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway * International Nurses Day, celebrated in early May of each year to mark the contributions nurses make to society Science and technology * Improvised nuclear device, theoretical illicit nuclear weapon * IND, the Index control character in the C0 and C1 control codes * Individualism Index, a measure of a person's independence from organizations or collectivity * Induced representation, in mathematics, an operation for passing from a representation of a subgroup to a representation of the group itself * Indus (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky * Investigational New Drug, an exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IND Raksha Medal Ribbon
Ind or IND may refer to: General * Independent (politician), a politician not affiliated to any political party * Independent station, used within television program listings and the television industry for a station that is not affiliated with any network * Independent Subway System, a former rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway * International Nurses Day, celebrated in early May of each year to mark the contributions nurses make to society Science and technology * Improvised nuclear device, theoretical illicit nuclear weapon * IND, the Index control character in the C0 and C1 control codes * Individualism Index, a measure of a person's independence from organizations or collectivity * Induced representation, in mathematics, an operation for passing from a representation of a subgroup to a representation of the group itself * Indus (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky * Investigational New Drug, an experim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
