Famous Personalities

MILITARY LEADERS

Daily Mirror picturing Khudadad Khan Minhas was awarded Victoria Cross, the first native Indian to receive this honour
Indian Armed Forces
Airforce

* Marshal Arjan Singh, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.,[1] Only Marshal in the History of Indian Air Force
* Air Chief Marshal Surinder Mehra, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
* Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
* Air Chief Marshal Satish Sareen, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
* Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
* Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, Former Chief of Indian Air Force.[2]
* Harita Kaur Deol, first Indian woman pilot in the Indian Air Force, on a solo flight .
Army

* Brigadier(retired)Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, He is known for his heroic leadership in the famous Battle of Longewala for which he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army.
* General Deepak Kapoor, Indian Army Chief.
* General Pran Nath Thapar, Former Indian Army Chief.
* General Om Prakash Malhotra, Former Indian Army Chief.
* General Ved Prakash Malik, Former Indian Army Chief.
* General Nirmal Chander Vij, Former Indian Army Chief.
* General Joginder Jaswant Singh, Former Indian Army Chief.[3]
* Lt General Punita Arora, first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to don the second highest rank of Lt General[4] and the first lady to become the Vice-Admiral of Indian Navy.[5]
* Shabeg Singh
* Brigadier (retired) Jodhbir Singh Sandhu, He is known for his heroic leadership in capturing a Pakistani post in the Siachen glacier with no casualties ,this attack was first of its kind at 20000 feet in the history of warfare , for conspicuous bravery and leadership under most adverse conditions he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal by the Indian Army
Navy

* Admiral S.N Kohli, Former Chief Of Indian Navy
* Admiral S.M Nanda, Former Chief Of Indian Navy

Surinder Kumar Khanna,Former Lieutenant Colonol [Indian Army]
Other notables

* Kiran Bedi - First women IPS officer