Niranjan Singh Gill
Niranjan Singh Gill (born January 15, 1906 in Pritan House, Majilha PO, Amritsar district, Punjab , † August 19, 1992 in Amritsar) was an Indian military and diplomat .
Life
Niranjan Singh Gill was born into a landowning Sikh family. Niranjan Singh Gill studied at Aitcheson Chiefs' College in Lahore , Rashtriya Indian Military College in Dehradun and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . In the British Indian Army he was first in the 7th Cavalry Regiment later in the 4/19 Hyderabad Regiment, which was taken prisoner by Japan in 1942 after the Battle of Singapore . There he helped the Self-Defense Forces build the Indian National Army . After August 15, 1945 he was temporarily detained by the British in the Red Fort in New Delhi . In 1954 he was a participant in the first landscape in Srinagar , which later became part of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (Dehali Sabha). From 1955 to 1960 he was ambassador to Addis Ababa , from 1960 to 1963 in Bangkok and from 1964 to 1967 in Mexico City . He introduced a number of maize varieties to India and became involved in plant cultivation .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Indian ambassador in Addis Ababa 1955 to 1960 |
Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi. | |
|
Indian ambassador in Bangkok 1960 to 1963 |
Kottakaran Vadagarakaran Padmanabhan | |
| Purshottam Lai Bhandari |
Indian Ambassador to Mexico City 1964 to 1967 |
Perala Ratnam |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Independent , August 25, 1992, Obituary : Niranjan Singh Gill
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gill, Niranjan Singh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian military and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pritan House, Majilha PO, Amritsar district |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1992 |
| Place of death | Amritsar |