President Pranab Mukherjee hosted tea to the veterans of 1965 war at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.President felicitated four veterans – Marshal
of the Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC; CQMH Abdul Hamid, PVC (Posthumous); Lt Col AB Tarapore, PVC (Posthumous) and Chaman Lal, Ashoka Chakra
(Posthumous). Smt. Rasoonan Bibi, Mrs. Zarine Mahir and Smt. Asha Rani received the honour in behalf of Late CQMH Abdul Hamid, Late Lt Col A. B. Tarapore and Late Chaman Lal respectively. Arjan Singh was chief of Air Staff in 1965.In January 2002 he was made the first and the only ‘Five Star’ rank officer in the Indian Air Force.
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