Gurbaksh Singh

Major General Gurbakhsh Singh, (1904 - 11 December 1979), also spelled as 'Gurbaksh Singh ', was a general officer who served in the British Indian Army and later the Indian Army. He is known for his leadership of his battalion of the British Indian Army under the gruelling captivity of the Japanese forces in Singapore for three years. Later, he served with the Indian Custodian Force in Korea following the Korean War.

Early life Gurbaksh Singh was born in a wealthy Madahar Jatt Sikh family, in the village of Badrukhan in the princely state of Jind, in British India. His father, Harnam Singh, was a doctor who had studied at the Medical College in Lahore. He joined the Jind State Forces as a cadet on April 1, 1923, and got commissioned as an officer on December 15, 1923.

His younger brother, Harbaksh Singh, joined the British Indian army.

Singh was married twice, his second wife being Sudesh Gurbaksh Singh.

In 1947, he was appointed as Commandant of the Jind State Forces, and promoted to the rank of brigadier. He served in this capacity from August 1953 till March 1954. Later in 1954, he took the command of the East Punjab Area and was promoted to major general.

He retired from the Indian Army with the rank of Major General on 5 February 1958.