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Gurpal Singh Sangha,

AVSM Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime Dis ...

, SM, VSM is a former Chief of Staff Western Command of the

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and assumed office on 30 December 2018. He assumed the post from Lt General Amarjeet Singh Bedi. He retired from his position on July 31, 2020.

Career

He was commissioned into 11 Grenadiers in 1981. He has extensive operational experience and has held numerous commands including counter-insurgency operations in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir as a company and brigade commander; 27 Mountain Division (Kalimpong); and GOC of Bengal area. He has also served at Warminster, Wiltshire, United Kingdom as an Indian Army Liaison officer. During his career, he has been awarded the

Vishisht Seva Medal The Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) is a decoration of the Indian Armed Forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of a high order" to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize excep ...

for his contributions in sports for shooting, the

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(Distinguished) in 2006 for successful counter-insurgency operations and the

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime Dis ...

in 2019.

Honours and decorations

Personal life

He has excelled in sports and has won various medals for shooting.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sangha, Gurpal Singh Living people Indian generals Indian Army officers Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Recipients of the Sena Medal Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal Indian liason officers at the School of Infantry, Warminster