What is Arjan Singh?
[[File:Arjan Singh.gif|thumb|right|200px|Singh in 2015]] [[Marshal of the Indian Air Force]] '''Arjan Singh''', [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] (15 April 1919 – 16 September 2017) was an [[Indian Air Force]] Officer. He served as [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]] from 1964 to 1969. He was born in [[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] ({{small|now [[Faisalabad]], [[Pakistan]]}}). After retiring from the IAF, he served as a diplomat, politician and advisor to the Indian government. In 2002, he became the first and only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to [[five-star rank]] as Marshal of the Indian Air Force, equal to the army rank of [[Field Marshal]].<ref name=br>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/256-Arjan-Singh.html |title=Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-date=2010-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207164106/http://bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/256-Arjan-Singh.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1971 (after his retirement) Singh was appointed as the Indian [[Ambassador]] to [[Switzerland]]. He concurrently served as the Ambassador to the [[Holy See|Vatican]]. He was also appointed as the [[High Commissioner]] to [[Kenya]] in 1974. Singh died of a [[heart attack]] on 16 September 2017 in [[New Delhi]], India at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arjan Singh, Marshal of Indian Air Force, passes away|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/arjan-singh-marshal-of-indian-air-force-passes-away/articleshow/60712831.cms|access-date=16 September 2017|work=The Times of India|date=16 September 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Arjan Singh}} * [http://www.indianairforce.nic.in Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh - Indian Air Force Official Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080327195335/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Legends/Arjan.html Marshal of the Air Force Arj