Gagandeep Bakshi or GD Bakshi He is a retired Indian Army officer. He served in the Jammu & Kashmir Rifles. He has been awarded several medals for his distinguished service in the Indian Army.
Wiki/Biography
Bakshi was born in 1950 (Age 70 years old: as on 2020) in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Since he was a child, he had a desire to serve in the Indian Army. His brother, Captain Raman Bakshi, was the first martyr in the 1965 Indo-Pak war at the young age of 23. In honor of his brother, a street in Jabalpur has been named ‘Raman Bakshi Marg’. He completed his basic education at St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School in Jabalpur. For higher education, he joined the National Defense Academy and the Indian Military Academy, where he completed his graduation.
Family
The names of his relatives are unknown. The only information is about his brother, Raman Bakshi, who was killed in the 1965 Indo-Pak war.
Military career
He was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1971 and played a major role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. He also played a crucial role in countering terrorist activities in Punjab in 1984. In the 1999 Kargil War, he commanded the battalion and successfully led operations against Pakistan.
Furthermore, Bakshi commanded the Romeo Force to counter terrorist activities in the Rajouri-Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and succeeded in pacifying the region. He has been Director General of Military Operations twice and was the first BGS (IW) at HQ Northern Command (India) where he dealt with Information Warfare and Psychological Operations.
disputes
- In 2016, when he was delivering his speech on National Security at IIT Madras, a student named Abhinav Surya called his speech hate speech. Regarding this, Abhinav Surya sent a letter to the department in which he wrote: “I still cannot digest the fact that the institute has given a platform to such hateful speech, instigating violence among students. A conference that was heavily charged with enmity, inhumanity and the glorification of brutality.
- Several times he has made fun of Mahatma Gandhi and other Freedom Fighters.
- In July 2020, he used profanity in a live debate on a news channel. While appearing as one of the panelists in a live debate on Republic TV, he called a panelist madar ****. Mr. Bakshi received heavy criticism for using such profane language.
Awards/Honors
- Vishisht Seva Medal for Commanding the Battalion in the Kargil War
- Sena Medal for counter-terrorism operations in the rugged mountains of Kishtwar
Facts
- Bakshi is also a writer. He has written many books on military matters. He has written over 24 books and over 100 articles in popular magazines.
- He has taught at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.
- Bakshi has also taught at the prestigious Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu.
- He has also taught at the Delhi National Defense College for two years before retiring in 2008.
- His hobbies are; Reading, exercising, yoga.
- His latest book, Bose: An Indian Samurai, was published in 2016.
Bose: An Indian Samurai, a book written by GD Bakshi
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