New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday mourned the demise of war hero Marshal Arjan Singh, saying the armed forces have lost a “doyen and a leading light”. [caption id=“attachment_4051435” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Arjan Singh. CNN-News18[/caption] Advani said Singh was a “distinguished, valiant warrior and inspiring leader”. “The armed forces, especially the Indian Air Force, have lost a doyen and a leading light… I deeply mourn Arjan Singh’s passing away and offer my deep condolences to the family,” he said. Singh, the hero of 1965 India-Pakistan war and the only Air Force officer to be promoted to five-star rank, died in New Delhi on Sunday. He was 98. He breathed his last at the Army’s Research and Referral hospital, marking an end to a glorious era of the IAF.
Arjan Singh breathed his last at the Army’s Research and Referral hospital, marking an end to a glorious era of the IAF
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