Santu Shahaney
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
[edit]- ^ "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1965-10-27, Extra Ordinary". 27 October 1965 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017_0.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://hslvizag.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/AnnualReports/67AR_2018-19_E.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b "Sindhi Personalities – Indian Institute of Sindhology".
- ^ "Ram Shahaney, former Chairman of Ashok Leyland, passes away". 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard".
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