Bhopinder Singh
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Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh (retired) PVSM, AVSM is the former Lt Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Puducherry. In his Military career spanning over 40 years he has fought the 1965 & 1971 wars, served extensively in J&K and North East, was posted as the Military, Naval & Air Attaché for East & South Africa and was also the Military Secretary to the Presidents of India, Shri KR Narayanan and Shri APJ Abdul Kalam.
Commissioned in 1965 into the famous 17th Battalion (‘Barhe Chalo’) The Rajput Regiment, he commanded the same battalion and was also the ‘Colonel of the Rajput Regiment’. A soldier with multiple combat experiences, diplomatic tenure, service with two former Presidents of India and later becoming the Lt Governor of two Union Territories – he has a wide experience and perspective on matters concerning national, security and geopolitical domain that he regularly shares in his prolific ‘third innings’ of his career i.e. by writing and contributing articles for leading newspapers of the country.
