Vidya Dhar Jayal

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Brigadier

Vidya Dhar Jayal

DSO
Born(1910-12-31)31 December 1910
Diedunknown
AllegianceBritish Raj Red Ensign.svg  British India
Flag of India.svg  India
Service / branchEnsign of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.svg  British Indian Army
Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
Rank Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier
Unit 13th Frontier Force Regiment
Battles / wars
Awards Distinguished Service Order
Alma mater Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Relations Narendra Dhar Jayal

Brigadier Vidya Dhar Jayal, DSO, (born 31 December 1910 - died?) [1] was an army officer who served in the British Indian Army and later the Indian Army.

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Early life

Vidya Dhar Jayal was born to Rai Bahadur Pandit Chakradhar Jayal, who after retiring from the Indian Police Service served as the Dewan of the Tehri Garhwal princely state. [2] [3] [4] The Indian mountaineer Narendra Dhar Jayal was Vidya Dhar's brother. [5] [6]

Vidya Dhar did schooling from the Royal Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun (1923–29). [7] He then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1930–31). [8] [9]

Military Service

Early service

On 29 January 1932, Jayal appeared on the 'unattached list' for the British Indian Army in The London Gazatte. [10] [9]

On 12 January 1934, his promotion from 2nd Lieutenant to Lieutenant was announced in The London Gazette. [11]

Jayal became the first Indian officer to be posted in the 6th Battalion of the 13th Frontier Force Regiment, earlier known as 59th Scinde Rifles. He came to be fluent in Pushtu and knowledgeable about Pathan culture and customs while serving in this unit. [12] [13]

He served alongside Anant Singh Pathania and Bakhtiar Rana in the Waziristan Campaign of 1936-39, among other young (then) Indian officers of the 6/13 FFR. [12]

World War II

On 28 August 1939, Jayal became a captain, was made an acting major from 12 October 1940 till 11 January 1941, and a temporary major from 12 January 1941 till 24 August 1941. [1]

In the rank of major, Jayal was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for displaying 'conspicuous bravery and military skill' against the Italians at the Barentu Road in Eritrea in January 1941, in the East African Campaign. [14] He received his decoration from King George VI at the Buckingham Palace in 1946. [15]

Later in the same year, he left Eritrea for Quetta to attend a course at the Staff College there. [16]

Post-Independence

In the rank of brigadier, Jayal commanded the 80 Infantry Brigade of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1947-48. [17]

In 1949, he held a Sub-Area Command at Allahabad. [18]

In the early 1950s, he served as the Commander of 201 Brigade Area in North East India. [19] [20]

After retiring with the rank of brigadier, over the late 1950s-early 1960s, Jayal served as Director of Military Training and Social Service in the Government of Uttar Pradesh state, India. [21] [22] [23] [24]

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