Sant Singh
Rank Component Date of rank
Second Lieutenant British Indian Army 16 February 1947
Second Lieutenant Indian Army 15 August 1947
Lieutenant Indian Army 16 August 1948
Lieutenant Indian Army 26 January 1950 ( short-service commission , recommissioning and change in insignia ) 15 August 1951 ( regular commission )
Captain Indian Army
Major Indian Army 16 February 1960
Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army 2 February 1966
Colonel Indian Army 17 December 1970
Brigadier Indian Army 28 August 1969 ( acting ) 22 May 1972 ( substantive )
Dates of rank
Brig Sant Singh was an officer in the Indian Army. He was one of the six officers of the Indian Army to have been twice decorated with the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest war time military decoration. He was one of the Indian officers involved in training the Mukti Bahini, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.