MAJ GEN RAJINDER SINGH SPARROW..MVC BAR, 7 CAV, INDO PAK WAR 1947 AT ZOZILA PASS AS LT COL COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE REGT AND AS THE DIV COMMANDER IN 1965 INDO PAK WAR AT SIALKOT SECTOR WHERE HIS FIRST ARMOURED DIVISION BLACK ELEPHANTKNOCKED OFF 79PAKISNTANI TANKS FOR THE LOSS OF 9 OWN TANKS.THIS WAS THE BIGGEST TANK BATTLE FOUGHT AFTER WW II. IN WHICH LT COL TARAPORE WAS AWARDED PVC POSTHUMOUSLY. GEN RAJINDER SINGH WAS AWARDED MVC AGAIN. AFTER RETIREMENT IN 1966 HE JOINED POLITICS AND HE BECAME MP UNDER CONGRESS GOVT, EARLIER HE WAS A MINISTER IN THE Govt OF PUNJAB FOR A SHORT TIME.
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