Major General Sardar Kulip Singh Bajwa of Kalasbajwa also known as “Major-General Kulip Singh Bajwa”, was born into Bajwa Jat family of Kalasbajwa Estate , He had served with Bombay Sappers in the first Kashmir War of 1947-48. After being transferred to the Jat Regiment, he served near the ceasefire line with the regiment’s 3 Battalion. Later, he was transferred to artillery, where he served with 13 Field Regiment, 51 Mountain Regiment (Pack) and 161 Field Regiment. After graduating from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, General Bajwa raised 85 Light Regiment. and took it into action in the prelude to the 1965 war; directing the fire support to successful attacks, which resulted in the capture of the Kargil heights.
As a Brigadier, he commanded the largest artillery force in the history of the Indian Army in the Shakargarh sector during the 1971 war. After the war; while commanding 54 Infantry Brigade, he defended Amritsar and organised the repatriation of Pakistani prisoners of war:
Thereafter, he commanded 54 Infantry Division at Secun-derabad and pioneered new tactics of assaulting fixed defences and helped in the formulation of the strategy for employment of strike formations post-1971. He also served in counter-insurgency operations in the North-East. He was passed away at the Command Hospital, Chandimandir in the age of 92.
References :-
- Maj Gen (retd) Kuldip Singh Bajwa – The Tribune
- Maj Gen (retd) Kuldip Singh Bajwa, Times of India