Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Lal ya dauki matsayin shugaban rundunar sojin sama na bakwai a 1969. A karkashin jagorancinsa, IAF ta sami nasara mai nasara a kan Pakistan a cikin Indo-Pakistan War na 1971, wanda ya haifar da...
kafa Bangladesh a watan Disamba na shekarar 1971. An ba shi Padma Vibhushan da Padma Bhushan, na biyu da na uku mafi girman lambobin yabo na farar hula na Indiya. Bayan yin ritaya daga IAF, Lal ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban da Manajan Darakta (CMD) na Indian Airlines kuma daga baya Shugaban Air India.