Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh, who is from the royal family of Patiala, was educated at the Doon School. After graduating from the National Defence Academy at Khadakawasla and the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun, he was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of the Sikh regiment. During the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was ADC to the GOC-in-C, Western Command, in whose theatre of operations the entire war was fought. Later, as member of Parliament, he was a member of the Parliamentary Defence Committee....See more

Amarinder Singh, who is from the royal family of Patiala, was educated at the Doon School. After graduating from the National Defence Academy at Khadakawasla and the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun, he was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of the Sikh regiment. During the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was ADC to the GOC-in-C, Western Command, in whose theatre of operations the entire war was fought. Later, as member of Parliament, he was a member of the Parliamentary Defence Committee. Amarinder Singh spent four terms in the Punjab Legislature once as Minister and then as Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007. He presently represents the state Congress Party. He has authored two books: Lest We Forget: The History of the Indian Army from 1947-65 and A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999 See less