Not Just Dhoni, These Celebrities Served The Indian Army Too
29 Jul, 2019 16:19 IST
Honarary Rank of Lieutenant colnol was given by theTerritorial Army to MS Dhoni Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra was awarded with a rank ofLieutenant Colnol in the Indian Army The Army has honoured Kapil Dev with the Rank of lieutenantcolonel Taking Milka Singh achievement of the Aisan games 1958 intoconfederation, He was commissioned to JCO from Sepoy Mohanlal is the first and only actor to be honoured by theterritorial Army of India with the rank of lieutenant colonel After winning a silver medal in double trap event in AthensOlympics in 2004 and became a star in India, Rajyavarshan Singh Rathore was honouredwith rank of lieutenant colonel Sachin Pilot was commissioned as a lieutenant in theTerritorial Army. He is the first union minister to get this rank Sachin Tendulkar also joins in the club as the Indian AirForce with rank of group captain and made himself the first person in IndianAir Force history to get the honour without an aviation background. Subedar Major Vijay Kumar is a gold medalist from the 25mrapid fire pistol event from the summer Olympics 2012
