Sarabjit Singh Dhillon

Lieutenant General Sarabjit Singh Dhillon (Retd.) is a senior General of the Indian Army. He was the Indian General Commander of Kashmir (GoC) since 2005 and was Master General of the Ordnance (MGO) of the Indian Army.

Lt. Gen. Sarabjit Singh Dhillon is a veteran of the 1971 Indo-Pak war and has held several important command and staff appointments at various levels of his career. An alumni of National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Dhillon was commissioned to the Grenadiers regiment in 1968. He attended the Defence Services Staff Course, Wellington, senior and higher command courses at Army War College, Mhow and also at the National Defence College at New Delhi.

Honoured with Presidential Award

In May 2008, he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal by the President of India.^[1]

BBC Interview with General Singh-Dhillon

In an interview with the BBC General Singh-Dhillon stated, in 2005, that there had been more infiltration attempts made across the line of control (Loc) in Kashmir.^[2] Moreover, the ceasefire with Pakistan over the Loc had helped the situation improve and the fencing slightly improved matters but not significantly.^[3]

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