Om Prakash Mehra
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Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra |
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| ਓਮਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਮੇਹਰਾ | |
| 8th Chief of Air Staff | |
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In office 16 January 1973 – 31 January 1976 |
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| President | V. V. Giri |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Pratap Chandra Lal |
| Succeeded by | Hrushikesh Moolgavkar |
| Governor of Maharashtra | |
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In office 3 November 1980 – 5 March 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Sri Sadiq Ali |
| Succeeded by | Air Chief Marshal I H Latif |
| Governor of Rajasthan | |
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In office 6 March 1982 – 4 January 1985 |
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| Preceded by | K. D. Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Vasantrao Patil |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 January 1919 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Died | 8 November 2015 (aged 96) New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater |
Sacred Heart Convent Central Model School Government College University Punjab University |
| Awards | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 British India (1940-1947) India (from 1947) |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Air Force Indian Air Force
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| Years of service | 1940-1976 |
| Rank |
 Air Chief Marshal
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| Commands |
Chief of the Air Staff (India) (1973–1976) No.3 Squadron Western Air Command |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Indo-Pakistani War (1965) |
Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (in Punjabi ਓਮਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਮੇਹਰਾ,in Hindi ओमप्रकाश मेहरा) (19 January 1919 – 8 November 2015) was Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force from 1973 to 1976. He received Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM), the highest military award for peace-time service, in 1968. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, in 1977. He later became Governor of Maharashtra from 1980 to 1982, and Governor of Rajasthan from 1985 to 1987. He married Satya Mehra and has four children with her Sunil,Parveen,Rahul, and Amitava and numerous grand children.
Air Chief Marshal OP Mehra was born on 19 January 1919 at Lahore. His basic education was at the Sacred Heart Convent. He finished school at the Central Model School in 1933 and joined Government College University, Lahore and completed a Master's degree in History from the Punjab University in 1940.
After a short spell of flying at the Northern India Flying Club, Lahore, he was selected for the Indian Air Force and joined the services as Pilot Officer on 30 November 1940.
On completion of his training, he was posted to No.1 Squadron in August 1941. In March 1946 Mehra was selected to serve as the Indian Air force representative at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Australia, an organization set up to provide administrative and logistics support to the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces located in Japan. In view of the nationalization of the armed forces, he was recalled and posted in February 1947 as the Chief Ground Instructor at the No.1 Advance Flying School Ambala, to replace the RAF officer who was returning home.
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