Santu Shahaney

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Santu Jouharmal Shahaney was an IOFS officer. He served as the first Indian Director General of the Indian Ordnance Factories.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.gazette.csl_extraordinary.1965-10-27.E-1769-1965-0004-80378/E-1769-1965-0004-80378_djvu.txt|title=Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1965-10-27, Extra Ordinary|date=27 October 1965|via=Internet Archive}} He was awarded Padma Shri in 1962, and Padma Bhushan in 1965, for his contributions during the Indo-China War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, respectively.{{Cite web | url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017_0.pdf | title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2017) - Year-Wise List | website=www.mha.gov.in}}{{Cite web| title=Annual Report 2018-19 | publisher=Hindustan shipyard limited | url=https://hslvizag.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/AnnualReports/67AR_2018-19_E.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301220748/https://www.hslvizag.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/AnnualReports/67AR_2018-19_E.pdf | archive-date=2021-03-01}}{{Cite web |title=Sindhi Personalities – Indian Institute of Sindhology |url=http://sindhology.org/sindhi-personalities/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723051815/http://sindhology.org/sindhi-personalities/ |archive-date=2018-07-23}} He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College, London, then a constituent of the University of London. He died at the age of 48. His younger brother was Ram Shahaney, the first Chairman and Managing Director of Ashok Leyland,{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ram-j-shahaney-former-chairman-emeritus-of-ashok-leyland-passes-away/article32549292.ece | title=Ram Shahaney, former Chairman of Ashok Leyland, passes away | date=8 September 2020 }} and Bhagwan Shahaney, a brigadier in the Indian Army and Chairman of Instrumentation Limited, Kota, he was a recipient of Padma Shri.{{cite web | url=https://dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1973-1973 | title=Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard }} All three brothers studied engineering in England.