Harbaksh Singh

Lieutenant General Hari Singh Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, VrC
Born	(1913-10-01)1 October 1913 Badrukhan, Punjab, British India
Died	14 November 1999(1999-11-14) (aged 86) New Delhi, India
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Years of service	1935–1969
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	5 Sikh
Commands held	Western Army XXXIII Corps IV Corps 5 Infantry Division 27 Infantry Division 163 Infantry Brigade 1 Sikh
Battles/wars	Malaya Campaign, World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Awards	Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Vir Chakra

Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, VrC was a Three Star General in the Indian Army. As the Western Army Commander, Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh commanded the Indian Army forces and played a key role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Vir Chakra.

Harbaksh Singh was born 1 October 1913 at Badrukhan near Sangrur in Punjab. He graduated from Government College, Lahore.

Harbaksh Singh joined the Indian Military Academy in 1933. He was commissioned on 15 July 1935 and started his career with a year's post-commission attachment with the 2nd battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Rawalpindi with whom he saw service on the North West Frontier during the Mohmand campaign of 1935. He later (19 August 1936) joined 5th battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment at Aurangabad.

During the withdrawal from Kuantan on 5 January 1942, the then Capt. Harbaksh Singh drove into a Japanese ambush and was seriously injured. He was taken Prisoner of war as Singapore fell to the Japanese. He was repatriated only in September 1945 after cessation of hostilities.

He recuperated in Ambala, and was soon posted as second-in-command of 4th battalion, Sikh Regiment at Campbelpur. In 1947, he completed the Long Staff Course at Command and Staff College, Quetta and was posted as GSO-1 (operations and training), Eastern Command.

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