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Harcharanjit Singh Panag


Lieutenant General Harcharanjit Singh Panag, PVSM, AVSM, (Retired) was born on 4 December 1948 at Patiala, Punjab. He is a defence analyst and an ordinary member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Panag was previously an Indian Army officer. He was GOC-in-C, Northern Command and GOC-in-C, Central Command. He retired on 31 December 2008. On 22 June 2009, after his retirement from the Indian Army, he was appointed as an Administrative Member of the Armed Forces Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench. He retired from Armed Forces Tribunal on 4 December 2013. He actively supported the India Against Corruption movement and later joined the Aaam Aadmi Party in January 2014.

Harcharanjit Singh Panag was born in a Jatt Sikh family at Mahadian village, Fatehgarh Sahib district, in the Indian state of Punjab. His father, Colonel Shamsher Singh was a distinguished personality known for taking social initiatives in the field of development, education, ex-servicemen issues, gender equality and child rights.He was elected unopposed as the Sarpanch of his village for 20 years. His 67-year-old sister, Ms. Gurdeepak Kaur is a social activist and amateur Bullet rider. She joined AAP last year. His brother, Major General Charanjit Singh Panag (retired) has various publications to his credit. He has two children, a daughter from his first wife and a son from his second wife. His daughter from first wife, Gul Panag, is a Bollywood actress and social activist. His son from second wife, Sherbir Panag is an Associate with MZM Legal.


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