Santu Shahaney

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Santu Jouharmal Shahaney was an IOFS officer. He served as the first Indian Director General of the Indian Ordnance Factories. [1] He was awarded Padma Shri in 1962, and Padma Bhushan in 1965, for his contributions during the Indo-China War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, respectively. [2] [3] [4] He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College, London, then a constituent of the University of London. [4] He died at the age of 48. His younger brother was Ram Shahaney, the first Chairman and Managing Director of Ashok Leyland, [5] and Bhagwan Shahaney, a brigadier in the Indian Army and Chairman of Instrumentation Limited, Kota, he was a recipient of Padma Shri. [6] All three brothers studied engineering in England.

References

  1. ↑ "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1965-10-27, Extra Ordinary". 27 October 1965 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2017) - Year-Wise List" (PDF). www.mha.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Annual Report 2018-19" (PDF). Hindustan shipyard limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Sindhi Personalities – Indian Institute of Sindhology". Archived from the original on 23 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ram Shahaney, former Chairman of Ashok Leyland, passes away". 8 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard".
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