Brigadier Ran Singh
Brigadier Ran Singh Ahlawat son of Subedar Major Kehri Singh of Dighal village. Sub. Maj, Kehri Singh served in 1 Jat Regiment and saw action in the First World War in France and Palestine. Subedar Major Kehri Singh distinguished himself and was made Magistrate and Sub Registrar at Rohtak and granted 100 acres of land in Lyallpur, now in Pakistan. He was also made Magistrate and Sub Registrar at Rohtak. After partition, he was granted 60 acres of land in village Dujana.
Brig. Ran Singh was educated in King Georges Royal Military School, Ajmer. These schools are now called Rastriya Military Schools. He was commissioned in 1940 in 3 Jat and saw action in 2nd World War in Assam and Burma as part of the famous 14th Army of then General William Slim, that drove the Japanese out of Burma. In 1948, Lt. Colonel Ran Singh Ahlawat commanded 3 Jat in Kargil. He, with Rustamji IPS, were instrumental in formation of BSF and particularly BSF Academy at Takenpur.
His son Capt. Badan Singh Ahlawat was educated at Doon School and after ISC from Doon in 1955, he joined the NDA. He was a boxing blue at NDA and IMA and won the Gulmarg Skiing championship two times. He was commissioned in 3 Para Regiment in 1960. He volunteered for a hazardous recce in Kashmir in 1963. He along with one officer and three soldiers died in an avalanche and a monument exists to the officers and men at the spot. Brig Ran Singh was then commanding 161 Brigade in Kashmir.
Brig. Ran Singh won the Beri Vidhan Sabha election in 1968 and was Speaker of the Haryana Assembly from 1968 to 1972. His inability to get along with Bansi Lal forced him to leave the Congress Party and he again won from Beri seat in 1977 and was Speaker for a short time in 1977-78, when he resigned from the seat in 1978 after Bhajan Lal joined Congress with all the MLA's.
The Govt. College in Dujana was started by Brig. Ran Singh and later taken over by the Haryana Government. The college is now named Brigadier Ran Singh Government College Dujana. Brig. Ran Singh Public school at Dujana was started by his son Shamsher Singh. This school is one of the best in the area and has sprawling grounds and fine buildings.
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