LT GENERAL SS GREWAL RETIRES

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Lt Gen SS Grewal, Adjutant General at Army Hqrs retired after putting in forty years in the Army here today. An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Lt Gen Grewal was commissioned into 5th Battalion, the Jammu & Kashmir Rifles in June 1962 and participated in the 1965 and 1971 Operations. He Commanded Ladakh Scouts at Partapur and on promotion to Brigadier commanded an Infantry Brigade in the Western Sector. He was awarded Sena Medal for the Flood relief operation undertaken in Punjab in the year 1989. As a General Officer, he commanded a Division in the Kashmir Valley and Corps in the Eastern Sector. Lt Gen SS Grewal was appointed as Adjutant General at Army Hqrs in the year 1998 and was Colonel of Jammu & Kashmir Rifles and Ladakh Scouts. He is also the Colonel Commandant of Corps of Military Police and Judge Advocate General's Branch. Lt Gen SS Grewal is decorated with Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal.