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List of Punjabis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchThis is a full spectrum list of famous and prominent Punjabi people from the Punjab region of India, Pakistan and the emigrant Punjabi diaspora worldwide, including in the EU, United States, Canada and other places.
Military leaders
Indian Armed Forces
Airforce
- Marshal Arjan Singh, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force., Only Marshal in the History of Indian Air Force
- Air Chief Marshal Surinder Mehra, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
- Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
- Air Chief Marshal Satish Sareen, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
- Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, Former Chief Of Indian Air Force.
- Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, Former Chief of Indian Air Force.
- Harita Kaur Deol, first Indian woman pilot in the Indian Air Force, on a solo flight .
Army
- General Deepak Kapoor, Indian Army Chief.
- General Pran Nath Thapar, Former Indian Army Chief.
- General Om Prakash Malhotra, Former Indian Army Chief.
- General Ved Prakash Malik, Former Indian Army Chief.
- General Nirmal Chander Vij, Former Indian Army Chief.
- General Joginder Jaswant Singh, Former Indian Army Chief.
- Lt General Punita Arora, first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to don the second highest rank of Lt General and the first lady to become the Vice-Admiral of Indian Navy.
- Shabeg Singh
- Lt.Gen.Vijay Khanna,PVC,Signals
Navy
- Admiral S.N Kohli, Former Chief Of Indian Navy
- Admiral S.M Nanda, Former Chief Of Indian Navy who became famous as The Man who Bombed Karachi.
Other notables
- Kiran Bedi - First women IPS officer
Pakistan Armed Forces
- Zia ul Haq former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General (R) Tikka Khan former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General (R) Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief Of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Pakistan army
- General (R) Muhammad Yusaf Khan Kaimkhani, former Vice Chief Of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General (R) Muhammed Akbar Khan - The first Muslim to become a General in British Indian Army.
- Lt Gen (R) Raja Saroop Khan former Governor of Punjab
- Maj Gen (R) Iftikhar Khan - the first lo
