Kalwant Singh

Lieutenant General Kalwant Singh (23 February 1905–2 January 1966) was an Indian Army general. Career British Indian Army A King's Commissioned Indian Officer (KCIO), Singh was initially educated at Forman Christian College before entering the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, As was customary for newly commissioned Indian Army officers, Singh, along with his batchmate Atal, were attached to a regular British Army regiment for a year of training, in their case the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (the "Gordons").

Following his attachment to the Gordons, Singh was posted to 2/1 Punjab, then stationed at Kohat, as a company officer on 7 April 1926. Apart from leaves, he remained with the battalion over the following years. By 1931, Singh's fellow company officers included lieutenants Pran Nath Thapar and Thakur Mahadeo Singh, along with second lieutenant Udey Chand Dubey, all of whom would rise to general rank in the independent Indian Army.

In 1935, by then a captain, Singh was among the few Indians to sit the examinations for and to be selected to attend Staff College, Quetta. After completing Staff College, he was appointed staff captain of 2/1 Punjab on 1 November 1938. He was subsequently brigade major of the Thal Brigade through 1941, when he returned to Quetta as an instructor at the Staff College. From 8 May 1948, Singh served as Chief of the General Staff (CGS), receiving promotion to substantive major general on 1 January 1950.

On 3 April 1950, Singh was appointed a corps commander. On 1 September 1953, he was appointed officiating GOC-in_C, Western Command, and was appointed as the regular GOC-in-C of that army command on 15 May 1955, retiring in May 1959.