Mrs. Beant Kaur - Sikhs The Supreme

Mrs. Beant Kaur (right) is India's First Woman Pilot. She is widow of Air-vice Marshal Harjinder Singh, the IAF's First Indian Technical Officer. A pilot as well as an Engineer he was compatriot of Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh and IAF's legend Air Commodore Baba Mehar Singh. Harjinder Singh was instrumental in the indigenous production of Avro transporters in India. His story is the story of the birth and growth of Indian Air Force in its early days. He retired as AOC-inC of the maintenance Command in 1964. A locality in Kanpur near Air Force Station has been named as Harjinder Nagar after his name. P.M. Jawaharlal Nehru used to fly with him.

Mrs. Beant Kaur had obtained her private pilot's license from Lucknow.

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