Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber (born 10 February 1936) is an Indian military veteran who has also served as

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and Governor of Punjab from 18 September 1994 to 27 November 1999. As member of the

9th Gorkha Rifles The 9th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha infantry regiment of the Indian Army and, previously, the British Army. The regiment was initially formed by the British in 1817, and was one of the Gurkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army after independ ...

he received all the three Peacetime distinguished service awards of

Param Vishisht Seva Medal Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) is a Military awards and decorations, military award of India. It is the highest peacetime medal of the Indian Armed Forces, and is awarded for "dist ...

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, ) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime D ...

and

Vishisht Seva Medal The Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM, ) is a decoration of the Indian Armed Forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of a high order" to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize ex ...

Personal life

Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber was born on 10 February 1936 in the

Burewala Burewala ( Punjabi: بورے والہ), is a city of Vehari District in Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Burewala is the headquarters of Burewala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. It is the 27th largest city of Pakistan by p ...

Punjab Province of

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(present day

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) into the

Chhibber Chhibber, alternatively Chibber, is a clan of Mohyal Brahmins from the Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of th ...

clan of

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. His family migrated to present day-India in 1947 post

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. He was married to Rama Chhibber who died in January 2018 at the age of 78. They have a son and a daughter.

Career

Chhibber graduated from

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, Dehradun in December 1956 and later joined the Gorkha Rifles. He also served as defence advisor to

Royal Bhutan Army The Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; ) is a branch of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Bhutan responsible for maintaining the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty against security threats. The King of Bhutan is the Supreme Commander in Chie ...

from August 1964 to December 1967 and was honoured with the Ugen Thogyal Medal by Bhutan for his services in 1967. Chhibber had also contested the

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from

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representing

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but lost to

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's cricketer turned politician

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References

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