This brave Major of the Indian Army had saved the sixes of Pakistani soldiers in the battle of Sylhet, Bangladesh. One of his legs was badly injured in a landmine blast while fighting against the Pakistani Army in the 1971 war. When he did not get treatment, he showed courage and cut his own leg with khukri and separated it from the body. Major Cardozo of the Gorkha Regiment never gave up in life even after losing his leg in battle. Major Cardozo became the first disabled officer of the Indian Army to command a battalion. The government awarded him the Sena Medal for his bravery in the Pak war.

Ian Cardozo was a Major General of the Fifth Gorkha Rifles. During the IndoPak war of 1971, there was an incident when Major General Ian Cardozo himself had to amputate his leg.

Born in 1937 in a common family of Mumbai, Ian would one day be ready to sacrifice himself for the country, no one ever thought. He was a child of a common house and used to lead a normal life. Yes, but his dreams were never common. It is said that Ian had a desire to do something for the country since childhood. He knew only one way to reach this destination. That was the army. Ian knew from childhood that only through the army could he do something for his country. So he started preparing himself for it from a very young age.

After completing his college studies, he directly enrolled in the National Defense Academy. From here the journey of his army started. During his studies in the academy, Ian paid very close attention to everything.

Within a few years, Ian completed his training at the National Defense Academy, but even after this he did not stop. After this he directly joined the Indian Military Academy. Like the National Defense Academy, Ian’s performance here too was excellent. Not only this, even before his training was over, Ian had found a place in the Gorkha Rifle.

An ideal melange’ of public and military service, The General Officer comes with over three and a half decades of leadership and administrative experience. Having been commissioned into the Armoured Corps, he has commanded an Armoured Regiment and an Armoured Brigade, (Tank Brigade). From having been the Deputy Defence Attaché to Russia to having served as the GOC UP & MP Sub Area, his military career encompasses several key milestones.

General Officer Commanding, Purva UP and MP Sub Area. Following a meritorious career, handpicked and chosen for jurisdiction of a strategically important area extending over 55 Districts of Eastern UP and MP, comprising 5 military stations with nearly 2.5 Lakh ex-servicemen and several defence establishments.

Assistant Military Attaché, Embassy of India, Russia in March 1998 May 2001 Posted in Moscow, Prestigious Diplomatic tenure of 3 years during one of India’s most critical Conflict situations of the recent times -The Kargil War.

Followed by posted as Deputy Director and Equipment, April 2009 May 2012 Posted in New Delhi General, Weapons Instrumental in modernization of Army warfare machinery and mechanism aimed at upgrading the existent pool of defence equipment at par with India’s allies and enemies.

Honoured with Vishishtt Seva Medal,Dec 1992.

Mr. Partap Singh is qualified as B.Sc, M.A., LLB, LLM from Kurkshetra University. He is representing states of Punjab and Haryana as member of Bar Council of India from 2019 to 2024. He has also acted as Senior Deputy Advocate-General and Additional Advocate General of Haryana.

He has been active in entire Kurkshetra Parliamentary area and his well versed with aspirations and social engineering of the area. From the last 4 elections of Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, he has bagged highest number of votes in all 5 bar association of the parliamentary area.

Air Marshal PS Bhangu was a fighter pilot by profession and served the Indian Air Force for 38 years. He  superannuated in Dec 2010. During his service career he had many very important assignments both in Operations and Administrative areas.

He was specially selected, because of his professional capability, for two very important assignments abroad. One as a flying instructor and other as Military Diplomat in Indian Embassy Moscow, Russia.

He was finally assigned responsibility of South West Air Command of the Indian Air Force. He was responsible for National Security of Airspace and Offensive action, if needed, across the national border. He had combat aeroplanes, missiles, radars worth crores  and thousands of personnel as Human Resource under his Command.

The President of India has been pleased to honour the officer with Vayu Sena Medal, Ati Vishisht Sewa Medal and Param Vishisht Sewa Medals.

The officer now spends his time in social service activity,  conduct of adventure camps and motivational talks to School n College students.
He is a keen golfer.