Marshal Arjan Singh funeral will be done with state honor at 9.30 am on Monday morning

Indian air Forces Marshal Arjan Singh will be cremated at 9.30 am on Monday morning with the state honor. On this day, the national flag on all government buildings in the capital will be half-folded in their honor. A Home Ministry spokesman has given this information.

The 98-year-old hero was admitted to the Army’s Richters and Referral Hospital where he died on Saturday evening. The body of Arjan Singh has been placed in his residence situated at Delhi’s 7A Kautilya Marg, where many other dignitaries, including President Ramnath Kovind, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, three Army Chief, paid tribute to him. From here, on Monday morning, at 8.35 am, his body will be taken to Barar Square in Narayana, where his funeral will be done with the state honor. During this time guns salute will be given with air force aircraft.




Arjan Singh was the hero of the Indo-Pak war of 1965 and was the only Air Force officer who was given the “Five Star rank”. He was given the responsibility of leading the Indian Air Force at the age of 44, which he played in a very good manner. In the battle of 1965, when the Indian Air Force was on the front front, he was its head.

Singh, who was flying over 60 different types of aircraft, played an important role in making the IAF one of the world’s most powerful air forces and making the world’s fourth largest air force.

Arjan Singh was known as a person who spoke very little. He was not only a fearless fighter pilot, but he had a deep knowledge of air power, which he used widely in air operations. He was awarded the country’s second highest civilian honor Padma Vibhushan in 1965.