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was formed. Mukerjee was appointed the Senior Air Staff
Officer (SASO), in addition to being appointed Deputy Air Commander, RIAF. The assets of the Indian Air Force (like other branches of the military) had to be divided between the dominions of India and Pakistan. Mukerjee led the air force part of
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Chandra Lal considered Mukerjee the foremost pioneer of military aviation in India. He was a much-loved figure in the Air Force. Aspy Engineer, a close associate of Mukerjee, assumed the role of CAS from 1 December 1960. He issued a Special Order of the Day paying tribute to Mukerjee and
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Mukerjee was cremated with full military honours. From Palam
Airport, a hearse carried him to Air House. On 11 November, numerous visitors offered their respects. As his body was leaving Air House, a 15-gun salute, at one minute interval, was fired. His body was carried on a
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and stuffed it into pairs of socks. The ammunition was dropped to the troops in a low pass under concentrated fire. The picket held out until another aircraft air-dropped a large cache of ammunition.
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family. They had one son. Sharda was active in social work, and after her husband's death, she became active in public affairs. She was elected to Lok Sabha twice. In 1977, she was appointed as the
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still helps find talented players from Indian schools. In July 1949, the RIAF introduced the
Mukerjee Trophy for the 'Airmen's Mess and Dining Competition', in order for units to further improve
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could be completely Indian. Mukerjee sat for the
Cranwell entrance examination, becoming one of the first six Indians selected to undergo two years of flying training at the college.
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and bombers. It witnessed all-round expansion and modernisation. In August 1958, Mukerjee was given a second tenure for a period of four years, starting 1 October 1958.
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December 1944, becoming the first Indian officer to command an airbase. During this time, the British Indian Army officer and author
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tribes. The Indian Air Force were forced to play a major role in containing the rebellion due to the harsh terrain of the region. Mukerjee was awarded the
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Government received tributes from around the world, conveyed by the ambassadors and military attachés in New Delhi.
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were passengers on this flight. After landing in Tokyo, on 8 November 1960, Mukerjee was having a meal in a restaurant with a friend, an
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had to be established to provide supplies to the besieged troops. The first aircraft to land at
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with the clasps 'North West Frontier 1936–37', and 'North West Frontier 1937–39'.
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in 1941 before returning to command No. 1 Squadron in 1942. He commanded the
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636:With the Indian Air Force Act being passed by the
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1082:King George VI Coronation Medal
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2119:The Air Force List: June 1939
1723:The Air Force List: June 1940
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2565:The Saga of a Soaring Legend
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1844:"First Indian Air Commodore"
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2273:"Late Air Marshal Mukerjee"
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1048:India General Service Medal
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1941:"Press Information Bureau"
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3335:Sunith Francis Rodrigues
3028:Satish Chandra Mukherjee
2885:Satish Chandra Mukherjee
2474:, Northern Book Centre,
2472:Services Chiefs of India
1384:
939:Chief of the Naval Staff
901:Imperial Defence College
537:Mukerjee's elder sister
482:Indian Education Service
454:Satish Chandra Mukherjee
440:Early life and education
411:Imperial Defence College
41:
3884:Das family of Telirbagh
3672:Chief of the Air Staff
3585:Air Marshal Commanding,
3290:Ronald Lynsdale Pereira
3113:Das family of Telirbagh
2691:Francis Parmer Smythies
2506:Sapru, Somnath (2014),
1677:Abidi & Sharma 2007
1547:. indianairforce.nic.in
1232:1 October 1943 (acting)
1208:25 August 1939 (acting)
897:annexation of Hyderabad
770:mentioned in dispatches
650:Army Cooperation School
590:University of Cambridge
551:University of Cambridge
452:family. His father was
318:Annexation of Hyderabad
304:Air Force Station Kohat
3574:Chief of the Air Staff
3410:Joginder Jaswant Singh
3325:Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni
3265:Tapishwar Narain Raina
3230:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
3225:Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
3156:Chief of Defence Staff
2931:Siddhartha Shankar Ray
2764:Karun Krishna Majumdar
2718:Karun Krishna Majumdar
2640:Chief of the Air Staff
2488:Singh, Ranbir (2002),
1571:www.telegraphindia.com
1300:Royal Indian Air Force
1276:Royal Indian Air Force
1252:Royal Indian Air Force
1228:Royal Indian Air Force
1204:Royal Indian Air Force
1182:Royal Indian Air Force
1160:Royal Indian Air Force
1138:Royal Indian Air Force
962:Awards and decorations
928:Chief of the Air Staff
867:Air Officer Commanding
839:
751:Karun Krishna Majumdar
614:
252:Royal Indian Air Force
91:Chief of the Air Staff
3786:Birender Singh Dhanoa
3721:Lakshman Madhav Katre
3706:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
3455:Birender Singh Dhanoa
3355:Vijai Singh Shekhawat
3270:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
3250:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
3240:Adhar Kumar Chatterji
3063:Amiya Charan Banerjee
2950:N.C. Mukherjee family
2633:As Commander-in-Chief
2567:- by Squadron Leader
2544:, Lancer Publishers,
2542:My years with the IAF
2452:Sharma, G.K. (1997),
2166:"Gubernatorial grace"
1906:indianairforce.nic.in
1633:sainiksamachar.nic.in
1459:Mukerjee, an eminent
1352:1 April 1954 (acting)
1256:6 March 1946 (acting)
873:with a load of three
825:
755:Staff College, Quetta
608:
518:, who had joined the
444:Mukerjee was born in
392:Staff College, Quetta
272:Years of service
3761:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
3636:Commander-in-Chief,
3615:Commander-in-Chief,
3532:British Armed Forces
3405:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
3360:Shankar Roychowdhury
3310:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
3305:Oscar Stanley Dawson
3260:Sourendra Nath Kohli
2696:Commanding Officer,
1992:. 13 September 1952.
1971:. 18 September 1948.
1950:. 18 September 1948.
1629:"1932: Birth of IAF"
1484:The Air Force School
1478:Subroto Park in the
1444:The Gazette of India
1280:15 May 1947 (acting)
730:At the outbreak of
714:aircraft with a few
582:Birbhum Zilla School
530:and the only Indian
458:Indian Civil Service
117:Aspy Merwan Engineer
3894:Deaths from choking
3796:Vivek Ram Chaudhari
3771:Pradeep Vasant Naik
3746:Satish Kumar Sareen
3736:Nirmal Chandra Suri
3645:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
3624:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
3594:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
3425:Pradeep Vasant Naik
3345:Bipin Chandra Joshi
3340:Laxminarayan Ramdas
3280:Om Prakash Malhotra
3182:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
3160:Indian Armed Forces
3033:Charulata Mukherjee
2880:Charulata Mukherjee
2662:Appointment created
2324:. 14 November 1960.
2282:. 11 November 1960.
2240:. 10 November 1960.
2184:"List of Governors"
1873:"RIAF Appointments"
1488:Western Air Command
1379:Governor of Gujarat
1075:India Service Medal
1064:War Medal 1939-1945
882:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
781:Francis Yeats-Brown
698:(NWFP), led by the
662:No. 16 Squadron RAF
574:Howrah Zilla School
462:Charulata Mukherjee
105:Gerald Ernest Gibbs
42:সুব্রত মুখোপাধ্যায়
3811:Seconded from the
3696:Pratap Chandra Lal
3530:Seconded from the
3430:Nirmal Kumar Verma
3395:Nirmal Chander Vij
2843:Prasanna Kumar Roy
2754:No. 1 Squadron IAF
2751:Commanding Officer
2728:No. 1 Squadron IAF
2725:Commanding Officer
2540:Lal, P.C. (1986),
2528:, Warbirds Media,
2366:. 17 January 1973.
2303:. 1 December 1960.
2280:pibarchsive.nic.in
2261:. 9 November 1960.
2037:. 9 November 1960.
1826:The London Gazette
1781:The London Gazette
1403:Pratap Chandra Lal
1389:In November 1960,
920:Commander-in-Chief
914:Commander-in-Chief
840:
828:President of India
812:Partition of India
669:No. 1 Squadron IAF
654:Old Sarum Airfield
619:British Government
615:
520:Royal Flying Corps
478:Prasanna Kumar Roy
460:, and his mother,
407:Partition of India
384:No. 1 Squadron IAF
376:the United Kingdom
353:Commander-in-Chief
308:No. 1 Squadron IAF
294:No. 1 Squadron IAF
93:from 1 April 1955)
3821:
3820:
3726:Denis La Fontaine
3711:Idris Hasan Latif
3540:
3539:
3370:Ved Prakash Malik
3320:Denis La Fontaine
3295:K. V. Krishna Rao
3285:Idris Hasan Latif
3199:Sir Charles Pizey
3122:
3121:
2966:
2965:
2911:Shomie Ranjan Das
2833:Satish Ranjan Das
2770:
2769:
2761:Succeeded by
2737:Henry Runganathan
2735:Succeeded by
2705:Succeeded by
2698:RAF Station Kohat
2679:Succeeded by
2673:
2647:Succeeded by
2634:
2613:Succeeded by
2588:Military offices
2364:pibarchive.nic.in
2343:pibarchive.nic.in
2322:pibarchive.nic.in
2301:pibarchive.nic.in
2259:pibarchive.nic.in
2238:pibarchive.nic.in
2194:on 27 August 2018
2058:. 14 August 1958.
2056:pibarchive.nic.in
2035:pibarchive.nic.in
2014:pibarchive.nic.in
1990:pibarchive.nic.in
1969:pibarchive.nic.in
1948:pibarchive.nic.in
1927:pibarchive.nic.in
1358:
1357:
1186:15 February 1939
1177:Flight Lieutenant
1164:15 February 1934
1142:1 September 1932
1096:
1095:
1028:
1027:
945:Sir Charles Pizey
816:Dominion of India
806:Post-independence
774:RAF Station Kohat
763:Westland Lysander
744:Lewis machine gun
513:Flight Lieutenant
396:RAF Station Kohat
339:
338:
149:Bengal Presidency
89:(redesignated as
3921:
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3701:Om Prakash Mehra
3681:Subroto Mukerjee
3663:Subroto Mukerjee
3607:
3578:Indian Air Force
3567:
3560:
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3385:Madhvendra Singh
3255:Om Prakash Mehra
3205:Subroto Mukerjee
3188:Sir Edward Parry
3176:Sir Rob Lockhart
3149:
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3104:Related families
3078:Milon K. Banerji
3059:Sharda Mukherjee
3054:Subroto Mukerjee
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2986:
2979:
2970:
2969:
2941:Related families
2921:Sharda Mukherjee
2916:Subroto Mukerjee
2895:Ashoke Kumar Sen
2864:Sudhi Ranjan Das
2854:Chittaranjan Das
2796:
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2782:
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2743:Preceded by
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2689:Preceded by
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685:Westland Wapitis
572:in Calcutta, at
541:was a prominent
378:. He joined the
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3480:(2020–2021)
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3235:Arjan Singh
3169:(1947–2019)
2569:Rana Chhina
2434:20 December
1821:"No. 37119"
1776:"No. 35825"
1584:Sharma 1997
1465:Mohun Bagan
1415:Indian Navy
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2957:Sen family
2926:Renuka Ray
2838:Sarala Roy
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2732:1942–1942
2702:1946–1947
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2551:8170620082
2534:B00307S0U2
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1739:Sapru 2014
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1638:15 January
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208:Allegiance
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138:1911-03-05
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3445:Arup Raha
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2745:C H Smith
2658:New title
2571:(Retired)
2188:ap.gov.in
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1521:Citations
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720:Miramshah
658:Wiltshire
578:Hampstead
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275:1932–1960
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2218:Lal 1986
2198:29 April
1607:Archived
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169:Tokyo
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