Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I riro a Lal hei Kaiwhakahaere Tuarima o te Air Staff i te tau 1969. I raro i tana whakahau, i wikitoria te IAF i a Pakistan i te Pakanga Indo-Pakistani o te tau 1971, i arahi ai ki te
te hanganga o Bangladesh i te marama o Tihema 1971. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Padma Vibhushan me te Padma Bhushan, te tuarua me te tuatoru o nga tohu nui o Inia. Whai muri i tana reti mai i te IAF, i mahi a Lal hei Tiamana me te Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere (CMD) o Indian Airlines a muri ake nei ko te Tiamana o Air India.