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Squadron Leader

Rana Tej Pratap Singh Chhina

MBE
Born1960 (age 65–66)
Delhi, India
Allegiance India
Branch
 Indian Air Force
Service years
1981–1997
Rank
Squadron leader
Service number16389
AwardsMacGregor Medal
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of the Order of Leopold
Other workMilitary historian

Squadron Leader Rana Tej Pratap Singh Chhina, MBE (born 1960) is a writer, a military historian and a veteran of the Indian Air Force.

Military career

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Born and raised in New Delhi, Chhina was selected for the National Defence Academy in 1976, shortly after graduating from St. Columba's School. He was commissioned into the flying branch of the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a pilot officer on 11 June 1981.[1] He served with distinction as a helicopter pilot in all sectors in which the IAF was operational. From 1990 to 1993 he was an IAF flight instructor.[citation needed]

Military historian

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After retiring from active service in 1997 as a squadron leader, Chhina became a historian of the IAF,[2] the former British Indian Army, and Indian military medals and decorations.[3]

Chhina is the secretary and editor at the United Service Institution of India (USI) Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, New Delhi, and is the vice-president of the Indian Military Historical Society (IMHS), UK.[4][when?] He is also a member of the IAF Aerospace Museum Apex Steering Committee and the Government of India's Archival Advisory Board, and was a member of the joint USI–MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) Steering Committee responsible for coordinating international and national commemoration of India's participation in the First World War in connection with the centenary of the conflict.[5][6][7] In 2016 Chhina was awarded an Honorary MBE for services to First World War centenary commemorations.[8]

Books

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As author

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  • The Indian Distinguished Service Medal[9] (2001)
  • The Eagle Strikes[10] (2006)
  • The Indian Army: An Illustrated Overview[11] (2007)
  • Medals and decorations of independent India[12] (2008)
  • Indian Order of Merit (with Cliff Parrett, of the Indian Military Historical Society (IMHS))[13] (2010)
  • India And The First World War 1914-1918 (2014)
  • Last Post Indian War Memorials Around the World[14](2014) ISBN 978-81-902097-9-3
  • India in Flanders Fields [15](co-author) (2017)

As editor

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  • For the honour of India: a history of Indian peacekeeping, by Lieutenant General Satish Nambiar[16] (2009)

References

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  1. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch)". The Gazette of India. 16 January 1982. p. 84.
  2. ↑ "Book Review: THE EAGLE STRIKES - The Royal Indian Air Force 1932-1950". Bharat Rakshak. 4 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Books by Rana Chhina". Amazon. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Indian Military Historical Society". durbaronline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "India and The Great War". indiaww1.in. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Hindustan Times - Archive News". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Long War, India's too". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "2016 Honorary Awards" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.
  9. ↑ Harfield, Alan. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, vol. 81, no. 325, 2003, pp. 83–84. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44230924. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
  10. ↑ "THE EAGLE STRIKES : The Royal Indian Air Force 1932-1950 – Indian Air Force". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "The Indian Army : An Illustrated Overview" (PDF). www.usiofindia.org.
  12. ↑ "Medals and Decorations of Independent India – Indian Army". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Harfield, Alan. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, vol. 81, no. 325, 2003, pp. 83–84. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44230924. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
  14. ↑ "Last Post - Indian War Memorials Around the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Officer of the Order of Leopold" (PDF). www.usiofindia.orgFix bare URLs, add titles.
  16. ↑ "For the Honour of India: A History of Indian Peacekeeping" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2026.
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