Onkar Singh Kalkat
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Major–General Onkar Singh Kalkat, PVSM, (1917 or 1918 – 3 December 2004) was an Indian military officer in the British Indian Army and later the Indian Army. Soon after the partition of India in 1947, he stumbled upon the plans for an Operation Gulmarg, which were apparently Pakistani plans to attack the princely state of Kashmir, two months before they were to commence. Even though he conveyed the information to the Indian authorities, he was not taken seriously. Senior Indian officials including the-then Defence Minister of India Sardar Baldev Singh, Brigadier Kalwant Singh and the DGMO, Col. P. N. Thapar, were complicit in the delay in taking action on Kalkat's information. Kalkat's account also shows the complicity of some British officials in the 1947 invasion of Kashmir.
Onkar Singh Kalkat | |
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Born | 1917 or 1918 |
Died | 3 December 2004 (age 86) |
Allegiance | British India India |
Service/Branch | British Indian Army Indian Army Research and Analysis Wing |
Rank | Major General |
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Awards | Param Vishisht Seva Medal[1] Mentioned in dispatches twice |
Children | Two daughters and a son |