Dinesh Chandra Bhandary

{{Short description|Indian military officer (1934–2021)}}

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Dinesh Chandra Bhandary

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|08|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mulki, British India

| disappeared_date =

| disappeared_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|20|1934|08|04|df=y}}

| allegiance = India

| branch = Indian Air Force

| rank = Group Captain

| rank_label = Rank

| known_for = Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 service

| battles = Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

| battles_label = Battles

| awards = Vir Chakra

}}

Dinesh Chandra Bhandary (4 August 1934{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} – 20 January 2021) was a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force who was awarded the Vir Chakra,[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qunit=5%20Squadron Indian Air Force Gallantry & Service Awards Register [www.bharat-rakshak.com]] The third highest military decoration in India for the services rendered by him during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He originally hailed from an aristocratic Bunt family of Kolnadu Pademane of Mulki, India.{{cite news |title=Shining Stars of the Pademane Family |url=http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=43258 |work=Mangalorean.Com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513171911/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=43258 |archive-date=13 May 2007 |date=7 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}