Janak Singh
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Major General
Janak Singh (surname Katoch
) CIE
, OBI
, ( 7 Aug 1872- 15 Mar 1972) hailed from Village Khaira,District Kangra in the present day State of Himachal Pradesh in India.He was Army Minister and later Revenue minister in the government of Maharaja
Hari Singh
of Jammu and Kashmir
State. On 10 Aug 1947 he was brought out of retirement to be the Prime Minister at a turbulent time on the eve of the independence of India and Pakistan. He steered the 'Standstill Agreement" that Kashmir State wanted to sign with India and Pakistan.The agreement was not signed by India, before further deliberations were done Pakistan assisted raiders had marched into Kashmir state. Maj Gen Janak Singh asked to be relieved and was replaced by Mehr Chand Mahajan
on 15 Oct 1947.On 13 September 1947 Maharaja Hari Singh had requested for loan of the services of Lt. Col. Kashmir Singh Katoch (son of Major-General Janak Singh)of the Indian Army to act as the Military Adviser to the Maharaja. This request was granted by the Indian government. Lt Col Kashmir Singh Katoch was the eldest of the three sons of Major General Janak Singh.He had won a Military Cross with a unit of the Frontier Force Rifles during World War II in action in Italy. He ultimately retired as a Lt General in the Indian Army. The other two sons also served in the Indian Army, one in the 5 Gorkha Rifles Brigadier Devendra Singh Katoch, AVSM and the youngest Lt Colonel Rajendra Singh Katoch followed his father into the J&K State forces were he was commissioned into the J&K Bodyguard Cavalry.
Major-General (United Kingdom)
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Janak Singh (surname Katoch
Katoch
Katoch is the name of a Rajput clan belonging to the Chandervanshi kshatriya lineage. Their traditional areas of residence was Trigarta Kingdom, Jalandhar, Multan i.e...
) CIE
Order of the Indian Empire
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, OBI
Order of British India
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, ( 7 Aug 1872- 15 Mar 1972) hailed from Village Khaira,District Kangra in the present day State of Himachal Pradesh in India.He was Army Minister and later Revenue minister in the government of Maharaja
Maharaja
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Hari Singh
Hari Singh
Maharaja Hari Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in India.He was married four times...
of Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
State. On 10 Aug 1947 he was brought out of retirement to be the Prime Minister at a turbulent time on the eve of the independence of India and Pakistan. He steered the 'Standstill Agreement" that Kashmir State wanted to sign with India and Pakistan.The agreement was not signed by India, before further deliberations were done Pakistan assisted raiders had marched into Kashmir state. Maj Gen Janak Singh asked to be relieved and was replaced by Mehr Chand Mahajan
Mehr Chand Mahajan
Mehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Prior to that he was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during the reign of Maharaja Hari Singh and played a key role in the accession of J&K to India...
on 15 Oct 1947.On 13 September 1947 Maharaja Hari Singh had requested for loan of the services of Lt. Col. Kashmir Singh Katoch (son of Major-General Janak Singh)of the Indian Army to act as the Military Adviser to the Maharaja. This request was granted by the Indian government. Lt Col Kashmir Singh Katoch was the eldest of the three sons of Major General Janak Singh.He had won a Military Cross with a unit of the Frontier Force Rifles during World War II in action in Italy. He ultimately retired as a Lt General in the Indian Army. The other two sons also served in the Indian Army, one in the 5 Gorkha Rifles Brigadier Devendra Singh Katoch, AVSM and the youngest Lt Colonel Rajendra Singh Katoch followed his father into the J&K State forces were he was commissioned into the J&K Bodyguard Cavalry.