Punjab will confer Punjab Rattan Award on Bangladesh war hero Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora and Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh for their role in defending the boundaries of the country.
Lt Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora was the Eastern Army Commander entrusted with the operations in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was his military genius that saw the occupation of 55,000 square miles of territory and over 93,000 Pakistani soldiers being taken as prisoners of war.
During the Indo-Pak war in September 1965, it was the resolute leadership of Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh that blunted the Pakistani Air Force and turned the air war in favour of India.
A release said the Chief Minister while approving the awards acknowledged the fact that both General Aurora and Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh were model representatives of Punjab and worthy brand ambassadors of the state.
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