| 词条 | Zorawar Chand Bakhshi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant general | name= Zorawar Chand Bakshi |honorific_suffix = PVSM, MVC, VrC, VSM | imagesize = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|10|21|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|5|24|1921|10|21|df=y}} | birth_place=Gulyana, Punjab, British India | image= | caption= | nickname= Zoru | allegiance={{flag|British India}} {{flag|India}} | branch={{army|British Raj}} {{army|India}} | serviceyears= 1943—1979 | rank= Lieutenant General | servicenumber = IC-1510[1] | commands= II Corps 26 Infantry Division 8 Mountain Division 68 Infantry Brigade 2/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) | unit= 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 10th Baluch Regiment | battles= World War II Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 | awards= Param Vishisht Seva Medal Maha Vir Chakra Vir Chakra Vishisht Seva Medal |laterwork= }}Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand Bakshi[2] (Z.C. Bakshi) PVSM, MVC, VrC, VSM[2] (21 October 1921[3] – 24 May 2018) was a General of the Indian Army, most known as one of the commanders of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (Operation Ablaze). He also has the distinction of being "India's most decorated General".[4][6] Family and early lifeBakshi's father, Bahadur Bakshi Lal Chand Lau, a Mohyal, was a decorated soldier in the British Indian Army and held the OBI.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} His family belonged to the village of Gulyana, Tehsil Gujarkhan Rawalpindi District.[5] As with many other non-Muslims of that region, his family had to shift to India after the independence of Pakistan. Prior to the partition, he graduated from Rawalpindi's Gordon College in 1942.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} Military career and major awardsHe was commissioned into the Baloch Regiment of the Indian Army in 1943. Later he also did a course at Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), UK.[6] His first major battle was against the Japanese in Burma in World War II, where he earned a Mention in Despatches for overcoming a heavily fortified Japanese position. After the liberation of Burma, he participated in the operations to liberate Malaysia from Japanese control, earning a fast-track promotion to the rank of a Major for his role.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} Upon the Partition of India in 1947, he was transferred to the 5th Gorkha Rifles regiment of the Indian Army.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} In the Indo Pakistani War of 1947-1948, he was awarded a Vir Chakra for his bravery in July 1948.[6][7] Soon afterward he was awarded the MacGregor Medal in 1949. In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, he was instrumental in the capture of the Haji Pir Pass from the Pakistani Forces, for which he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra. In the early 1960s he led his battalion in a United Nations Operation to undo the secession of the province of Katanga from Congo, in the process earning a Vishisht Seva Medal.[8][9] In 1969-1970, he led successful counter-insurgency operations in pockets of North East India, and was promoted to major-general on 23 November 1970.[10] During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 he was instrumental in the capture of territory in what is now referred to as the crucial Chicken-Neck Sector, for which he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} On 7 September 1974, he was appointed Military Secretary with the acting rank of lieutenant-general.[11] On 15 December 1976, he was granted an extension of service past his statutory retirement age to 1 January 1979.[12] He is popularly known as "Zoru" in the Indian Army.[13] Military Awards and DecorationsSee also
References1. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=558 |date=22 July 1967 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Ian Cardozo|title=The Indian Army: A Brief History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5reAAAAMAAJ|year= 2005|publisher=Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India|isbn=978-81-902097-0-0}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi, PVSM, MVC, VrC, VSM (retd)|work=The War Decorated India & Trust|url=http://twdi.in/node/1096|accessdate=21 August 2013}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=V K Singh|title=Leadership in the Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fitUUKyeG6IC&pg=PA329|year= 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3322-9|pages=329–}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=B. Chakravorty|title=Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&pg=PA102|year=1995|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-516-3|pages=102–103}} 6. ^1 {{cite book|title=The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52q5AAAAIAAJ|year=1983|page=175|publisher=West of England Press}} 7. ^{{cite book|author1=Sri Nandan Prasad|author2=Dharm Pal|title=Operations in Jammu & Kashmir, 1947-48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBwNAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India|page=398}} 8. ^1 {{cite web | title =Indo-Pakistani War of 1965: Golden Jubilee Commemoration |work=Official Website of Indian Army | url = http://indianarmy.nic.in/Index.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/IndoPakWar/Site/FormTemplete/frmPhotoGallery1965.aspx | accessdate = 2015-11-05 | first = Pawan | last = Pratik }} 9. ^{{cite book|author=Rachna Bisht|title=1965: Stories from the Second Indo-Pakistan War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8tcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT17|year=2015|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5214-129-6|pages=17–18}} 10. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=686 |date=12 June 1971 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}} 11. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1385 |date=14 December 1974 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}} 12. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=596 |date=21 May 1977 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}} 13. ^1 {{cite web | title = The Mask of Zoru | url = http://www.gqindia.com/get-smart/personalities/mask-zoru|work=GQIndia magazine |author= Kai Friese|date=10 July 2014| accessdate = 2015-11-05 }} External links
11 : 1921 births|2018 deaths|British Indian Army officers|Recipients of the Maha Vir Chakra|Indian generals|Recipients of the Vir Chakra|Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal|People from Rawalpindi District|Gordon College (Pakistan) alumni|People of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|People of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 |
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