Sikh museum in Amritsar to have Arjan Singh’s photo

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, September 17

The SGPC has decided to put up a photo of Indian Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh, along with the photos of two other heroes of the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan wars, in Central Sikh Museum, Amritsar.

Kirpal Singh Badungar, SGPC chief, made this announcement at Nankiana Sahib here today.

“The SGPC had already decided to install the photos of war heroes Lt General Harbaksh Singh (1965 war) and Lt General Jagjit Singh Arora (1971 war). Today, we decided to allocate a special space to a photo of Marshal Arjan Singh to motivate the future generation to join the armed forces,” he told the media.

Badungar said Marshal Arjan Singh was the longest serving warrior and his outstanding leadership in the 1965 India-Pak war would always be remembered. “The nation has lost a highly decorated soldier.”

On Rs90 lakh spent on advertisements to explain the “pardon” to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in 2015, the SGPC chief said pardon was dealt at the level of the Akal Takht Jathedar.

“We will discuss the matter in our forthcoming meeting of the executive committee and see what we can do,” Badungar said.

Guv condoles death

Chandigarh: Governor VP Singh Badnore has mourned the demise of Marshal Arjan Singh. In his condolence message, Badnore said the Marshal was the longest serving warrior and his outstanding leadership in the India-Pak war of 1965 would always be remembered.

DSGMC to institute award 

New Delhi: The DSGMC on Sunday announced to institute an award in the name of Marshal Arjan Singh. DSGMC chief Manjit Singh GK constituted a committee, including former Rajya Sabha member Tarlochan Singh, former Punjabi University VC Dr Jaspal Singh, former Army Chief Gen JJ Singh, Khalsa College Principal Dr Jaswinder Singh and journalist Pushpinder Singh. The committee would work on the details and fine print of the award, said GK. tns