Abhey Singh [SEP] date of death
Abhey Singh
Major Abhey Singh, (14 August 1922 – June 1981) was a cavalry officer in the Indian Army.
Early life.
Abhey Singh was born in the Thikana of Palaitha in the Princely state of Kotah on 14 August 1922, the youngest son of Major-General Sir Onkar Singh, KCIE, a minister for the state of Kotah. He attended the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College (RIMC) from 20 January 1934 to October 1940. Afterwards he entered the Indian Military Academy.
forces. Following his re-capture, he spent the remainder of the war in Oflag 79 near Braunschweig. His camp was eventually liberated by the US Ninth Army on 12 April 1945.
After the Second World War ended, Abhey Singh was transferred to the 17th Queen Victoria’s Own Cavalry (The Poona Horse). In 1948, Major Abhey Singh participated in Operation Polo. On 6 September 1948, Abhey Singh led a tank squadron against the Nizam of Hyderabad’s troops who had been harassing the citizens of Mangala Enclave