EMINENT RIMCOLLIANS

Chiefs

OTHER DISTINGUISHED POSITIONS

GOC-in-C

• Lt Gen KS Thimayya, DSO (1922-24, RAW)
• Lt Gen K Bahadur Singh, MBE (1923-29, KIT)
• Lt Gen JS Dhillon, Padma Bhushan (1927-32, KIT)
• Lt Gen GG Bewoor, Padma Bhushan, PVSM (1928-34, KIT)
• Lt Gen KP Candeth, Padma Bhusan, PVSM (1928-34, RAW)
• Lt Gen PS Bhagat, PVSM, VC (1930-36, RAW)
• Lt Gen S Padmanabhan, AVSM, VSM (1930-36, RAW)
• Lt Gen K Chiman Singh, PVSM (1939-45, RAW)
• Lt Gen VN Sharma, AVSM (1941-45, RAW)
• Lt Gen RK Gulati (1948-54, KIT)
• Lt Gen RN Batra, PVSM, VSM (1950-53, PRA)
• Lt Gen HM Khanna, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM (1952-56, RAN)
• Lt Gen JS Varma, PVSM, AVSM (1956-60, SHI)
• Lt Gen SK Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM (1965-68, PRA)
• Lt Gen BS Negi, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM**, PhD (1970-74, CHA)
• Lt Gen CP Mohanty, AVSM, SM, VSM (1973-78, SHI)
• Lt Gen AS Bhinder, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (1974-78, CHA)
• Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (1975-79, CHA)

AOC-in-C

• AVM Kanwar Jaswant Singh (1927-34, RAW)
• AVM Ranjan Dutt, VrC (1934-40, RAW)
• Air Mshl CD Subia, PVSM, VrC (1935-41, RAW)
• Air Mshl S Raghvendran, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (1942-47, ROB)
• Air Mshl PK Dey, PVSM, AVSM (1948-52, RAN)
• Air Mshl V Patney, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrC (1953-56, PRA)
• Air Mshl TJ Master, PVSM, AVSM (1954-58, PRA)
• Air Mshl DC Kumaria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM (1965-68, PRA)
• Air Mshl BS Dhanoa, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM (1969-74, CHA)
• Air Mshl C Hari Kumar, AVSM, VM, VSM, ADC (1971-75, CHA)
• Air Mshl B Suresh, AVSM, VM (1972-76, RAN)
• Air Mshl SP Dharkar, PVSM, AVSM (1976-81, SHI)
• Air Mshl Narmdeshwar Tiwari, PVSM, AVSM, VM (1977-82, CHA)

CISC

• Air Mshl PP Reddy, PVSM, VM (1968-72, SHI)

FOC-in-C

• Vice Admiral KASZ Raju, PVSM, AVSM, NM (1948-51, KIT)
• Vice Admiral (Dr) AR Tandon, PVSM, AVSM, Ph.D (1951-55, RAN)
• Vice Admiral Harinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM (1954-58, RAN)
• Vice Admiral Vennam Srinivas, AVSM, NM (1977-82, SHI)

C-in-C A & N (CINCAN)

• Vice Admiral PK Chatterjee, PVSM, AVSM, NM (1967-72, PRA)
• Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, AVSM, ADC (1971-75, RAN)

Vice Chief of Army Staff

• Lt Gen TKS Katoch, MC, Padma Bhushan (1927-33, RAW)
• Lt Gen SK Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, ADC (1965-68, PRA)
• Lt Gen CP Mohanty, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC (1973-78, SHI)

Vice Chief of Air Staff

• Air Mshl PS Raghavendran, PVSM, AVSM (1942-47, ROB)
• Air Mshl NC Suri, AVSM, VM (1946-49, KIT)
• Air Mshl V Patney, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrC (1953-56, PRA)
• Air Mshl DC Kumaria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM (1965-68, PRA)
• Air Mshl BS Dhanoa, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM (1969-74, CHA)
• Air Mshl SP Dharkar, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM (1976-81, SHI)
• Air Mshl Narmadeshwar Tiwari, PVSM, AVSM, VM (1977-82, CHA)

Dy Chief of Air Staff

• Air Mshl Narmadeshwar Tiwari, PVSM, AVSM, VM (1977-82, CHA)

Dy Chief of Naval Staff

• Vice Admiral PK Chatterjee, PVSM, AVSM, NM (1967-72, PRA)

Adjutant General

• Maj Gen Hira Lal Atal, AVSM (1922-23, RAW)
• Maj Gen Karam Singh, PVSM, SM (1943-46, KIT)
• Lt Gen MM Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (1949-53, RAN)
• Lt Gen SS Grewal, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (1953-57, SHI)

Engineer-in-Chief

• Lt Gen Gautam Dutt, VSM (1961-65, PRA)

SO-in-Chief

• Lt Gen Kanwar Vinod Kumar, AVSM (1977-82, SHI)

Commandant IMA

• Lt Gen MA Zaki, PVSM, AVSM, VrC (1947-51, RAW)
• Maj Gen SC Sinha, PVSM (1937-42, ROB)
• Lt Gen MA Gurbaxani, PVSM, AVSM (1954-58, SHI)
• Lt Gen Manvender Singh, AVSM, VSM (1967-71, SHI)
• Lt Gen BS Negi, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM**, PhD (1970-74, CHA)

Commandant NDA

• Maj Gen KS Thimayya, DSO (1922-24, RAW)
• Maj Gen MS Wadalia (1923-27, KIT)
• Vice Admiral Ajay Kochher, AVSM, NM (1979-84, CHA)

Commandant OTA

• Lt Gen Sunil S Jog, AVSM, SM, VSM (1966-71, RAN)

Lieutenant Governor / Governor

• Lt Gen KP Candeth, Padma Bhushan, PVSM (1928-34, RAW) (Goa)
• Lt Gen MM Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (1949-53, RAN) (Mizoram, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
• Mr Ashwani Kumar, IPS (1962-67, RAN) (Nagaland, Manipur)