Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh (Retd), a hero of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, died while in meditation, in Dehradun.
He who was known to be a spiritual person, and lived in an ashram. He went into meditation two days back, and passed away while he was meditating.
He commanded the 17 Horse, or the Poona Horse regiment in the 1971 Indo-Pak war. He was honoured with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) and the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC). He retired from the Army in 1991.
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pauri seat Maj. Gen. (Retd) B.C. Khanduri who knew him even before the 1971 war, said, “He [Singh] was a very religious man and a great General. He never married. His life and leadership has always been a source of inspiration.”
Lt. Gen. Singh, who was a cousin of former union minister Jaswant Singh, was born in the year 1933 in Jasol in Rajasthan’s Barmer district.
He last rites will be conducted at Haridwar, on April 13, 2015.
