GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Major General Rajinder Singh, MVC & bar (3 October 1911 – May 1994) was an Indian Army officer and a two time member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament. He was nicknamed ‘Sparrow’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Major General Rajinder Singh, nicknamed ‘Sparrow’, was born on 3 October 1911. He joined the Indian army as a soldier on 3 October 1932, and was selected for a commission.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brigadier Rajinder Singh Jamwal, MVC (14 June 1899 – 26/27 October 1947), also remembered as the Saviour of Kashmir, was an officer in the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces. He briefly served as the Chief of Staff of State Forces and died fighting during the First Kashmir War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Jammu and Kashmir government and the Indian Army paid tributes to Brigadier Rajinder Singh, also known as the ‘Saviour of Kashmir’, on his 75th martyrdom day here today.