Harinder Singh (general)

Lieutenant General

Harinder Singh

PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM
Lieutenant General; Harinder Singh; PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM
	Gen. Harinder Singh as North Kivu brigade commander in 2012
Allegiance	India
Service / branch	Indian Army
Years of service	17 December 1983 – 31 August 2022
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	IC-41528
Unit	Maratha Light Infantry
Commands	Commandant Indian Military Academy; XIV Corps; Rashtriya Rifles
Awards	PVSM; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ; Vishisht Seva Medal; Yudh Seva Medal; Sena Medal

Lieutenant General Harinder Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, is a retired General Officer of the Indian Army. He retired from Indian Army after serving as commandant of Indian Military Academy in his last appointment. Previously, he was the Commander of XIV Corps (also known as Fire and Fury Corps) from October 2019 to October 2020, succeeding Lt Gen Yogesh Kumar Joshi, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VrC, SM, ADC.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

General Harinder Singh completed his schooling from Senior Secondary School, Bhilai. An alumnus of NDA and IMA, the officer has been an academy blue in hockey and represented his school and services at the national level.

Career

The officer was commissioned into the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment, in Dec 1983.

Writing

Honours and decorations

, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) in 2017, Yudh Seva Medal (YSM) in 2005, Sena Medal (SM-G) for gallantry in 1984 and Vishist Seva Medal (VSM) in 2016.

Param Vishisht Seva Medal		Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Yudh Seva Medal	Sena Medal	Vishisht Seva Medal	Special Service Medal
Siachen Glacier Medal	Operation Vijay Medal	Operation Parakram Medal	Sainya Seva Medal
High Altitude Service Medal	Videsh Seva Medal	50th Anniversary of Independence Medal	30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal	9 Years Long Service Medal	UNAVEM III Medal	United Nations Medal

Dates of rank

Rank	Component	Date of rank
Second Lieutenant	Indian Army	17 December 1983
Lieutenant	Indian Army	17 December 1985
Captain	Indian Army	17 December 1988^[4]
Major	Indian Army	17 December 1994^[5]
Lieutenant-Colonel	Indian Army	16 December 2004^[6]
Colonel	Indian Army	15 March 2006^[7]
Brigadier	Indian Army	1 April 2011 (substantive, with seniority from 5 September 2009)^[8]
Major General	Indian Army	1 June 2016 (substantive, with seniority from 13 January 2013)^[9]
Lieutenant-General	Indian Army	1 October 2018^[10]

References

^ "Lt Gen Harinder Singh assumes command of Fire & Fury Corps". Tribune India. 10 October 2019.
^ Manral, Karan (6 June 2020). "Ladakh Standoff: Meet Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, Who Will Represent India at Today's Talks With China". India.com.
^ "Lt Gen Harinder Singh visits Eastern Ladakh, reviews operational preparedness". ANI News. 1 October 2019.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 16 September 1989. p. 1398.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 April 1995. p. 569.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 1898.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 20 December 2008. p. 2181.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 22 April 2014. p. 433.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 8 April 2017. p. 351.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 24 October 2020. p. 1670.

Military offices
Preceded by Yogesh Kumar Joshi	General Officer Commanding XIV Corps October 2019 - Incumbent	Succeeded by PGK Menon

[tribune-1] "Lt Gen Harinder Singh assumes command of Fire & Fury Corps". Tribune India. 10 October 2019.

[2] Manral, Karan (6 June 2020). "Ladakh Standoff: Meet Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, Who Will Represent India at Today's Talks With China". India.com.

[3] "Lt Gen Harinder Singh visits Eastern Ladakh, reviews operational preparedness". ANI News. 1 October 2019.

[4] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 16 September 1989. p. 1398.

[5] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 April 1995. p. 569.

[6] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 1898.

[7] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 20 December 2008. p. 2181.

[8] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 22 April 2014. p. 433.

[9] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 8 April 2017. p. 351.

[10] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 24 October 2020. p. 1670.

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Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1947–1948)	Sir Rob Lockhart Sir Roy Butcher
Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1948–1955)	Sir Roy Butcher** Kodandera M. Cariappa Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
Chief of the Army Staff (1955–present)	Rajendrasinhji Jadeja S. M. Shrinagesh Kodandera Subayya Thimayya Pran Nath Thapar Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Sam Manekshaw Gopal Gurunath Bewoor Tapishwar Narain Raina Om Prakash Malhotra K. V. Krishna Rao Arun Shridhar Vaidya Krishnaswamy Sundarji Vishwa Nath Sharma Sunith Francis Rodrigues Bipin Chandra Joshi Shankar Roychowdhury Ved Prakash Malik Sundararajan Padmanabhan Nirmal Chander Vij Joginder Jaswant Singh Deepak Kapoor Vijay Kumar Singh Bikram Singh Dalbir Singh Bipin Rawat Manoj Mukund Naravane Manoj Pande Upendra Dwivedi (incumbent)
(**Seconded from the British Army)