Indian Army gets its first three star General from Kashmir Valley

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Lt Gen Mehta becomes first three star General from Kashmir Valley

Lt Gen PS Mehta​

CHANDIGARH: Lt Gen PS Mehta, a second generation Army Officer, who has his parentage in Shogapora (Badgam) and Singhpora (Baramulla) of Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Sikh officer from the Kashmir valley who has been elevated to the rank of Lt General.

Lt Gen Mehta, at presently posted as Major General, general staff (MGGS) at Western Command headquarters at Chandimandir, has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in situ, which means he would continue to be posted as MGGS.

Gen Mehta had completed his studies from Presentation Convent School Srinagar and did his graduation (B Sc.) in 1977 from government degree college Udhampur.

Commissioned into an elite Armoured Regt - SKINNERS HORSE in September 1978, Gen Mehta has an outstanding service track record, having passed out as First in the Order of Merit (Gold Medalist) from Officers Training Academy Chennai.

He has also worked on the subject of 'Resolution of Kashmir Issue' and intends to publish the same as a book to evolve the way for the ultimate resolution of the same.

Lt Gen Mehta's father Colonel Amarjeet Singh Mehta (Retd) an Artillery Officer was also the first commissioned Sikh Officer from Kashmir valley. His father was selected as a guide to Indian Army in 1948 during the Tribal attack on Srinagar who escorted 4-KUMAON battalion in the operations led by Param Vir Chakra awardee, Major Som Nath Sharma, who had achieved martyrdom close to Mehta's village Shogapora.

In his service career spanning over 36 years, Gen Mehta has served in various sectors pan India. He has commanded an Armoured Regt, T-90 Armoured Brigade and an Armoured Division. He has also served in the counter insurgency operations in J&K as a Colonel General Staff. The officer has held many important and prestigious staff appointments like Aide-De-Camp to GOC Corps, Brigade Major of an Armoured Brigade, GSO 1 Strike Corps, Commander of Recruit Training Group Armoured Corps Centre & School, Colonel General Staff of RAPID Division and Colonel General Staff of Counter Insurgency Force, Deputy Director General Military Operations (AHQ), Instructor at the School of Armoured Warfare and Directing Staff at the Higher Command Wing of Army War College.

Lt Gen P S Mehta has become the first Sikh army officer from Kashmir Valley who has become a three star general of the rank of Lt General.

Earlier, General Bikram Singh and General N C Vij, both from Jammu region, has served as army chief but nobody from Kashmir valley had risen to such high rank.

Source:- Lt Gen Mehta becomes first three star General from Kashmir Valley - The Times of India

 

[kaykay]

Congrats Sir.

 

[Kinetic]

congrats sirjee.

 

[Sam Manekshaw]

welcome.

 

[Krate M]

What about Syed Ata Hasnain sahab? He was from valley?

 

[Kompromat]

A Hindu/Sikh general from a Muslim state is just another evidence of whats wrong with Kashmir.

 

[SrNair]

A Hindu general from a Muslim state is just another evidence of whats wrong with Kashmir.

Then what about Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain sab?

 

[Capt.Popeye]

A Hindu general from a Muslim state is just another evidence of whats wrong with Kashmir.

Which is why there is NO HINDU COLONEL; LET ALONE A HINDU GENERAL IN A MUSLIM STATE NAMED PAKISTAN.......now that is another evidence of what is wrong in Paksitan., right?
Or maybe you cannot fathom that?............ Hors

 

[EyelessInGaza]

Which is why there is NO HINDU COLONEL; LET ALONE A HINDU GENERAL IN A MUSLIM STATE NAMED PAKISTAN.......now that is another evidence of what is wrong in Paksitan., right?
Or maybe you cannot fathom that?............ Hors

Colonel or General? You kidding me? Barely enough Hindus left in Pakistan who have equal access to amenities these days....

 

[Razia Sultana]

Then what about Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain sab?

Syed Ata Hasnain is not a kashmiri. He hails from Allahabad UP. Prior to Lt Gen PS Mehta the highest ranking military officer from the Kashmir valley was Maj Gen Mohammad Amin Naik.

 

[ShahidT]

Lt Gen Mehta becomes first three star General from Kashmir Valley
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Lt Gen PS Mehta​

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he is not ethnically kashmiri sikh. judging by the name i think he is khatri punjabi from around rawalpindi. lot many of them migrated during partition to delhi and ambala. some of them were encouraged to settle in kashmir valley by dogra hari singh and later nehru.

 

[janon]

A Hindu general from a Muslim state is just another evidence of whats wrong with Kashmir.

Actually it shows what is right with India. Unlike you, we don't believe that people from minority communnities should not aspire to high positions. I know that it would never happen in muslims Pakistan, that a hindu general can emerge. He would have to learn his place, because how can a hindu be allowed to rise in a muslim majority place, right? That's your failing, not your triumph. Sorry, but we do not go by the dictum of the tyranny of the majority.

BTW a Sikh general from a mostly hindu country, a Muslim chief of intelligence, a Parsi field marshal, a jewish Lt General, a sih Marshal of the air force, muslim PVC awardees who bled and died to protect the country against the islamic republic next door, all show what is right with India.

Unlike the pure land, here appointments in the army is not based on religion. Muslim and christian and other soldiers from hindu majority states also show what is right with India.

Further note that Kashmir is a muslim majority state, not a "muslim state". There are no hindu states or muslim states or Sikh states in India, because we are a secular Republic. Some religions may be in a majority in some parts, but that doesn't make them a religion-state. And there will be no tyranny of the majority.

 

[Cat Shannon]

A Hindu general from a Muslim state is just another evidence of whats wrong with Kashmir.

An overseas muslim admin of a pakistani website can not look beyond religion is actually evidence of all that is wrong with pakistan today.

Amen !!!

 

[ChennaiDude]

A Hindu general from a Muslim state is just another evidence of whats wrong with Kashmir.

He is a general in the Army representing the nation....He is not a General to represent the State of Kashmir!....Now when has a Sikh become a Hindu. I hope you you were only trying to Troll.

 

[INDIC]

A Hindu general from a Muslim state is just another evidence of whats wrong with Kashmir.

1/3 of the population of Jammu and Kashmir is not Muslim.