Jas Ram Singh
{{short description|Ashoka Chakra recipient}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant Colonel
| name = Jas Ram Singh
| honorific_suffix = AC
| image = Lt Col Jas Ram Singh.jpg
| image_size = 250 px
| caption = Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Jas Ram Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|03|01}}
| birth_place = Bhabokra Village, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
| allegiance = {{Flag|India}}
| branch = {{Army|India}}
| serviceyears =
| rank = 61x61px Lieutenant Colonel
| servicenumber = EC-53763 (emergency)
SL-1687 (special list)
| unit = 6 Rajput Regiment
| awards = 30x30px Ashoka Chakra
}}
Lieutenant Colonel Jas Ram Singh, AC (1 March 1935) is a retired Indian Army Officer. He is a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.{{Cite web|title=JAS RAM SINGH | Gallantry Awards|url=http://205.147.97.190/gallantry-award/hi/Awardee/jas-ram-singh}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Early life
Lt Col Jas Ram Singh was born in Bhabokra Village, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India on 1 March 1935.{{Cite web|title=Captain Jas Ram Singh|url=https://www.thankyouindianarmy.com/captain-jas-ram-singh/}} His father's name was Shri Badan Singh who was a simple farmer. He was got his primary education in another village. After he joined NREC in Khurja for his higher education.
Military career
He joined in Indian Army as a Signalman. Later he joined as an instructor in Army Education Corps. On 13 October 1963, he received an emergency commission via the OTS Madras and became an Indian Army officer in the 6th Battalion of the Rajput Regiment.{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=701 |date=10 August 1968 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1968/O-1537-1968-0032-68913.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}} He was promoted lieutenant on 13 October 1965.{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=298 |date=21 May 1966|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1966/O-1663-1966-0021-75842.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
Ashoka Chakra awardee and later career
For his bravery in Naga Insurgency in 1968, Jas Ram Singh was awarded India's highest peace time gallantry award Ashoka Chakra. On 30 October 1969, he was granted a permanent commission as a lieutenant in the Special List of the Indian Army with seniority from 29 April 1967 (seniority as second lieutenant from 29 April 1965 and seniority for pay from 13 October 1963).{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1404 |date=14 November 1970|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1970/O-1392-1970-0046-62819.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}} He was promoted to captain on 29 April 1972,{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=528 |date=5 May 1973|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1973/O-1284-1973-0018-57226.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}} and was further promoted to major on 7 February 1980.{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=745 |date=30 May 1981|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1981/O-0960-1981-0022-42640.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}} He retired as an honorary lieutenant-colonel on 28 February 1990.{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1616 |date=29 September 1990|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1990/O-2466-1990-0039-112597.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
References
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Category:Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)